Fair call. Whoever it was, it seemed a strange decision at the time. As you say, it might not even have been Meehan as you'd think he would be in WA with the AFL boys anyway.
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Luke Meehan and Conditioning team
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Fair call. Whoever it was, it seemed a strange decision at the time. As you say, it might not even have been Meehan as you'd think he would be in WA with the AFL boys anyway.
I have been concerned about the caffeine intake of our players over the past couple of years, so now it makes sense.
I just can't even...Clarke now with an ACL.
Why was he put back out there yesterday?
FFS.He did back in 2019. He's ruptured the graft.
Don't know whose call it was to bring him back on, but the question has to be asked.
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If you are in charge of a team, you are accountable for the decisions they are making. That's how it works. Can't see why the VFL support staff would be in a separate reporting structure.
I am no physio but I believe stretching before training/games is now an outdated process.
Serious question, but what happens if we don't have enough senior listed players to field a team?
Yes Meehan overlooks the entire conditioning program but he isn’t on his own.
What happened with Clarke yesterday was not something Meehan could control. It would be up to others who work in that area.
What happened with Clarke yesterday was not something Meehan could control. It would be up to others who work in that area.
We'd need, what, 8 more injuries for that to happen? Only way it would happen is for something like cover or gastro to run through the club. West coast got to bring up WAFL players when they were running that low, so surely we'd get to call up some of our VFL ones
Given he’s ruptured the graft, I’d firstly like to know what his S&C program has been since he joined the club, but especially after the patella injury last year.
Did he have sufficient strength in that joint/leg to be playing games now? Given the strapping he had on, I’d say that’s a fair question. We’re talking about one of our key drafted players from 2021 who we hope will be a 10-year valuable player.
The secondary issue is who decided to send him back out there in the second half of the VFL yesterday? Was it the VFL Doctor, Physio or who?
Our injury toll is beyond a joke and effectively stops Yze and his team from fully competing. Fair enough some injuries are from collisions but many seem to be S&C related. On the back of injuries and S&C concerns over the past two years, as members we have every right to question what’s going on.
Did he have sufficient strength in that joint/leg to be playing games now? Given the strapping he had on, I’d say that’s a fair question. We’re talking about one of our key drafted players from 2021 who we hope will be a 10-year valuable player.
The secondary issue is who decided to send him back out there in the second half of the VFL yesterday? Was it the VFL Doctor, Physio or who?
Our injury toll is beyond a joke and effectively stops Yze and his team from fully competing. Fair enough some injuries are from collisions but many seem to be S&C related. On the back of injuries and S&C concerns over the past two years, as members we have every right to question what’s going on.
That’s not how leadership works.
You pick your team and/or change it. You give them the direction, resources, tools and expectations.
Control implies micromanagement which would be absolute failure as a leader and leads to all sorts of problems.
When you aren’t there and they *smile* up / or do awesome that’s on you.
I don’t know the Richmond org structure but if these folks are in meehans team it’s on him.
Urgent review needed and surely leads to a leadership change.
So he shouldn’t micromanage which he isn’t but any indiscretion from one of his staff members is his fault?
You give responsibility to your staff to execute what the team/business wants.
Individuals need to take ownership for what their role entails.
You don’t just chop off the head of the snake and expect everything to be alright.
Your view is very simplistic and unrealistic.
