Lost some of his best right hand men in Leppitsch and Macrae. The soft cap has hurt. He can’t do it all on his own.
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Damien Hardwick
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He has had a really bad week as coach. Poor at match committee and really poor in the coaches box.
In my reckoning, the Fly was a huge loss for Dimma AND the players
Fly was very instrumental sitting on the bench and taking to players as they came off.
I haven’t seen the team so disorganised since the Wallace days. I think his lack of support is telling. I reckon his affair has ruined any good karma we once had too.
Reminded me of Round 3 2016 when we were exposed as being on the wrong track. I don't think there's any coming back from this in 2021.
Needs to lift. Poor selections and poor coaching this season. Coaching like a bloke who’s very happy with his record. As he should be. But he is in the chair for a while yet and has plenty of work to do.
Seems to have lost the edge much like many of the players.
Seems to have lost the edge much like many of the players.
Nothing competes to the Wallace years sorry.
20 goal losess
Games over before qtr time.
No thanks
Bring back Balmey, he has been far too long on the outer. Also bring back fly!111
First thing he needs to do is instruct the team to take the game on & be direct - don’t go sideways. That was the first noticeable difference between 2016 & 2017. Secondly he has to address clearance & contested ball. Not negotiable - it isn’t just a turnover game anymore. Give our forwards the first chance. Thirdly - lots of player decisions to be made.
You’re right but not sure we ever kick only 2 goals in a game in the Wallace era.
The scoreline was a disaster but they we played tonight over shadowed the score.
In 2 weeks no-one will remember the score only how baldly we played. It was 1989 quality more then 2008 quality
The players usually light up with excitement when we get the ball, but lately those same players appear to be tensing up. Perhaps classical conditioning could partially explain it?
Playing a link in a clean, uncontested chain carries little reward, while the risk of major punishment looms over every possession in the chain:
Player A gets the ball. He tries to get it to player B. He didn’t stuff up - good.
Player B gets the ball. He tries to get it to player C. He didn’t stuff up - good.
Player C gets the ball. He tries to get it to player D. He didn’t stu—— oh god damn he stuffed it up, bloody hell, if he knew how to kick we would’ve got a goal!
I‘d like to see us go small, go fast, and go directly towards goal in unpredictable ways... funny enough, it seems to make the opposition feel tense.
Playing a link in a clean, uncontested chain carries little reward, while the risk of major punishment looms over every possession in the chain:
Player A gets the ball. He tries to get it to player B. He didn’t stuff up - good.
Player B gets the ball. He tries to get it to player C. He didn’t stuff up - good.
Player C gets the ball. He tries to get it to player D. He didn’t stu—— oh god damn he stuffed it up, bloody hell, if he knew how to kick we would’ve got a goal!
I‘d like to see us go small, go fast, and go directly towards goal in unpredictable ways... funny enough, it seems to make the opposition feel tense.
With such a horrendous performance would the MC analyse the game to death or will they just go “ let’s never speak of thy again”
Hardwicks lack of tactical nous was exposed big time last night.
The loss in the last few seasons of good highly experienced assistants who have been replaced with new assistants who were supposably highly rated is now being
exposed.
In 2016 after we went down this path we had a clean out of all of Dimma's mates and a fresh group was assembled by Balme and it clicked.
But over the last few seasons those assistants have left to be replaced by this current group and we are being flogged tactically on a regular basis.
I believe the three assistants who have hurt us big time by their departures were Caracalla, Lepitch and Mccrae, the loss of these has re-exposed Hardwicks tactical
issues.
The loss in the last few seasons of good highly experienced assistants who have been replaced with new assistants who were supposably highly rated is now being
exposed.
In 2016 after we went down this path we had a clean out of all of Dimma's mates and a fresh group was assembled by Balme and it clicked.
But over the last few seasons those assistants have left to be replaced by this current group and we are being flogged tactically on a regular basis.
I believe the three assistants who have hurt us big time by their departures were Caracalla, Lepitch and Mccrae, the loss of these has re-exposed Hardwicks tactical
issues.
This is completely wrong, look at how the game has changed this year due to the rule changes.
Geez, you all turned on Hardwick really quick.
Don’t underestimate the impact of the rule changes. In a single offseason the AFL undermined years of meticulous list management and player preparation in a game plan that ultimately won 3 out of 4 flags. You cannot reasonably expect to Hardwick to radically alter the fundamental DNA of the team in a few rounds let alone in a single off-season and a shortened one at that.
It is going to take time and Hardwick deserves our patience. Heck he could never coach another winning team again and would still have a good case for a statue outside Punt Rd.
Don’t underestimate the impact of the rule changes. In a single offseason the AFL undermined years of meticulous list management and player preparation in a game plan that ultimately won 3 out of 4 flags. You cannot reasonably expect to Hardwick to radically alter the fundamental DNA of the team in a few rounds let alone in a single off-season and a shortened one at that.
It is going to take time and Hardwick deserves our patience. Heck he could never coach another winning team again and would still have a good case for a statue outside Punt Rd.
We kicked 3.11 at the Western Oval in late 1989 and speculation was rife that it was the end of the club. 1987-93 was another level compared to the Wallace era.
