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Damien Hardwick
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Yep, this is it in a nutshell. I've been stunned how stubborn Dimma is selecting these absolute hacks. He is coaching scared and it shows. That game was also unlosable, with some basic coaching adjustments. A little keepings off from time to time in the last quarter and it was done - how can a professional playing group and coaching panel not see what is obvious to every punter out there. Horrible loss, can't even blame the umpires!.
Definitely - two if possible. Dow, Martyn & RCD are write-offs. Still have hope for Ross & Sonsie untried.
Stack will never have a tank to play midfield unfortunately. He’ll have to make it as a halfback or high half forward.
So are we.
For such a great coach he does some dumbass stuff at times.
Our problem is the midfield.
We not only need a clearance beast, we also need some defence in the midfield as we get killed when the opposition start to get centre clearance after centre clearance. It is a problem we need to fix, in today's game you cannot let the opposition get cheap clearances so easily. Maybe Pickett in the middle when the going gets tough.
But playing Castagna and Aarts is not going to get us anywhere. they are not the future.
DS
We not only need a clearance beast, we also need some defence in the midfield as we get killed when the opposition start to get centre clearance after centre clearance. It is a problem we need to fix, in today's game you cannot let the opposition get cheap clearances so easily. Maybe Pickett in the middle when the going gets tough.
But playing Castagna and Aarts is not going to get us anywhere. they are not the future.
DS
The problem isn't with Dimma it is with the drafting and devolpment of younger players in the premiership period of 2017 onwards. Only Baker and Balta have really made it. There have been some signs from Gibcus.
Just too many misses.
Just too many misses.
100%. Doesn’t help that Hardwick has been in denial about clearance for the past two seasons.
Love Pickett on a wing & he’s been fantastic this year, but agree to halt a run on (especially those clean opposition centre breaks), why not throw him in the middle.
When Balta comes back, I’d also consider giving him some ruck rover clearance time too to get a big body in there. Geelong did that effectively on Thursday night with Blicavs.
Respectfully disagree. Yes much of what you say is true but look at what has happened this year. We have lost 7 games. 5 of those games we held 5 goal plus leads and we still lost. How do we not learn from that after one or two losses? Why does it keep happening? Yes no doubt the players hold some responsibility but Dimma gets $1m a year to work this *smile* out. It has cost us so badly this year; the last chance at a flag with this group is gone because of it.
Even in games we won we blew big leads; Collingwood, Hawthorn, West Coast, Port, Carlton, Essendon. It's not good enough. We've been highlighting it since round one; he needs to sort it out.
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He's talking about ball security again. Like pre 2017. We're done.
Given this has been an issue for a long time not holding my breath about him fixing it..
The only way this gets fixed is if Dimma gets moved on. He is too stubborn and stuck in his ways to change. He is in *smile* denial
