Not bad from the end 2020 when people were expecting them to live in the bottom 4.
Collingwood proves letting go of big names dosent necessarily mean you will go backwards.
They replaced Treloar over night.
The brought in hungry kids wanting to play, using trade and drafting not all top 10 picks and they have done extremely well.
Coach plays a part in that process LZ.
McCrae brought with him a game plan similar to ours, a ‘lovey dovey “ caring approach to his players which was genuine not contrived Buckley style.
He allowed them to play to a sustainable game plan, “it’s ok to make mistakes”, ‘ keep the ball in motion”, etc which they were able to thrive.
It was similar to us in 16 to 17.
Hardwick released the shackles and emphasis on stats and changed the game plan up early in 17.
Was it due to losing Griffiths, or our other talls not good enough, ‘our game plan of ‘Kaos football’ was born.
Was it his assistants in McCrae & Leppa who brought it up, was it he, we may not know fully, but it’s no coincidence the Pies are playing ‘that brand of footy” with a bit more skill, netted him & the Pies a premiership in 23!
The test for McCrae in 24, with a year older aging list , can he go again and the team replicates a top 4 H & A finish?
But I’ve fallen for this trap before with the Cats. Only this year was I finally right after 4-5 years thinking they were done.
Let’s see what and how we play and if Yze will keep some of that DNA that made us a Dynasty Side., or he will implement HIS style and nothing may remain of Kaos Tigers!
