Coach John Longmire - Part IV

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The coaches have a had a huge amount to do with our success this season. We have beaten teams playing well and come up with answers to the questions they pose and not only (or even primarily) because our list is better. Every week we are preparing well. Clearly Horse deserves the lion's share of the credit - but there are a whole team producing these outcomes. Spike is something fresh. But Pyke probably still deserves some of the credit for what still has his fingerprints on it.

The club also deserves a lot of credit for putting everything in place and supporting it to flourish. We've built our list patiently and methodically so that now we have a list that is among the younger but also among the more experienced teams, and beautifully balanced. Despite difficulties recruiting players to come to Sydney sometimes. Our performance and physios have done a sterling job to have such a healthy list. The club culture and ethos is flying. The whole club is united and pulling together (notwithstanding some glitch involving Wicks).

Please don't let us peak too soon and let us drive hard all the way to the last Saturday in September. And in the meantime let's enjoy the ride. It's not often we get to enjoy being the outright, consensus best team in the comp, playing champagne footy.
 

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Our last 2 games show how we want to play:
1. Defend as a unit, both with and without the ball. We moved our players into position at all times, ensured we always had players in the right spot and even held up play when moving forward in case we needed to defend quickly
2. Attack through the middle. We have been doing this for a few seasons now but it still shows. We are at our best when we break down the middle and move the ball quickly.

Both are a big part why we beat 2 finalists comfortably, and both are a result of Horse and the coaches
 

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