Certified Legendary Thread 2 x Premiership Coach Chris Scott contracted to 2026 (aka the Chris Scott volumes

[Catman]

I think there is a degree of concession in his coaching:

Ok here is what we want to do if we can - win the ball at the centre and move it forward as any team would, using our preferred method. But realistically we don’t have the midfield that most other contenders do so this is what our main strength is so let’s make a focus of it and use it to our advantage


What I am absolutely stoked to see at the moment is that we are #1 in the comp for tackles and #3 for pressure. Stats don’t always mean a lot but these are areas we aren’t often that great at - pure effort areas and in the absence of some class in the middle we are absolutely giving it to teams when they have the ball and it’s great

This mindset change started at the beginning of the 2022 pre-season. Scotty said as much in the shows documenting the flag that they decided to focus on what we CAN do, and less on what we CAN'T.

You could argue why weren't we doing that before? Much comes down to personnel. If you haven't got the cattle to play a certain way, then what's the point? Having a fit Jezza, the addition of Tyson and the further improvement of many of our younger, lesser lights (Close, Miers, Atkins, SDK, etc) all contributed to that change.

There's no doubt the coaching changes at the end of 2021 were crucial too. Many had been calling for a change for years, but we as a club remained loyal, to a fault arguably, to the long standing coaching group that had overseen year after year of failed finals series.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Not impressed by the MC (not just CS) deciding to manage Bowes when Bruhn went out but credit for not letting tonight fester. Tactical sub before HT with it being a structural positional player is ballsy. And the performance at subbing Stanley made it vindicated.

 

[Vdubs]

Not impressed by the MC (not just CS) deciding to manage Bowes when Bruhn went out but credit for not letting tonight fester. Tactical sub before HT with it being a structural positional player is ballsy. And the performance at subbing Stanley made it vindicated.

Do you have any inside knowledge as to why Bowes was subbed this week?
No, none of us do.
They have the bigger picture in mind, and some honourable losses in May may be tolerated by the MC after a 7-0 start if it means some in jury-prone players can be managed and then peak later on when it is more important.

 

[The Casey Cat]

Do you have any inside knowledge as to why Bowes was subbed this week?
No, none of us do.
They have the bigger picture in mind, and some honourable losses in May may be tolerated by the MC after a 7-0 start if it means some in jury-prone players can be managed and then peak later on when it is more important.

Bull s**t. If he's well enough to be an emergency he's well enough to play. Same with Parf and O'Connor last week. Dangerfield and Bruhn probably our best two mids already out (even with them we're not strong in there) we don't need to be stupidly managing people and making the problem worse.

Seriously dumb by match selection and fitness people (if they are influencing it). Picking the absolute best midfield group we could worked well enough until the last two rounds. Time stop pissing around and get back to it. Confidence of the group already been needlessly messed up.

 

[Vdubs]

Bull s**t. If he's well enough to be an emergency he's well enough to play. Same with Parf and O'Connor last week. Dangerfield and Bruhn probably our best two mids already out (even with them we're not strong in there) we don't need to be stupidly managing people and making the problem worse.

Seriously dumb by match selection and fitness people (if they are influencing it). Picking the absolute best midfield group we could worked well enough. Time stop pissing around and get back to it. Confidence of the group already been needlessly messed up.

All managed players are named as emergencies, and he is not a lot better than the players we had out there. How do you know anything about the confidence of the group? That second half did not smell like lack of confidence. As always, some serious underrating of our opposition. They have brilliant bull mids, and their classiest mid was out, plus they were playing for their season tonight.

 

[Footy Smarts]

Amazing how good players who get left out suddenly become. Bowes has had a decent year but would he really have stopped us being torched any more than the guys already out there? Sounds like trying to pin blame on the coach for the team not turning up until almost half time and being beaten by a few exceptional players.

In fact having the guts to sub Stanley and put Mullin into the centre bounces is one of the best tactical moves you will ever see. It completely changed the game.

 

[Mr Meow]

Amazing how good players who get left out suddenly become. Bowes has had a decent year but would he really have stopped us being torched any more than the guys already out there? Sounds like trying to pin blame on the coach for the team not turning up until almost half time and being beaten by a few exceptional players.

In fact having the guts to sub Stanley and put Mullin into the centre bounces is one of the best tactical moves you will ever see. It completely changed the game.

A healthy/fit Bowes for Clark and we win (in full games this season he's a 20 disposal, 4 clearance and 5 tackle a game midfielder who uses the ball well), but I have no idea about the status of him so it's kinda pointless speculating.

 

[VerC]

Bull s**t. If he's well enough to be an emergency he's well enough to play. Same with Parf and O'Connor last week. Dangerfield and Bruhn probably our best two mids already out (even with them we're not strong in there) we don't need to be stupidly managing people and making the problem worse.

Seriously dumb by match selection and fitness people (if they are influencing it). Picking the absolute best midfield group we could worked well enough until the last two rounds. Time stop pissing around and get back to it. Confidence of the group already been needlessly messed up.

EXACTLY we are not in a position where we can just manage players in the midfield when its already the worst in the comp.

 

[No Quarter]

I'd just like to commend Chris and the coaching squad for doing what they did with Stanley last night.

An absolute ruthless (yet warranted) decision, made steadfast and early. Really respectable. And gee how did we look after the change was made.