Josh Carr's Port Adelaide

[johnnysix]

I was thinking about this the other day...
I remember in 2004, Mark Williams did a lot of talking early in the season and preseason about empowering the on field leadership and also the wider playing group and almost taking a slight step back in terms of constant pressure and micromanagement. When we won that year, I remember thinking that was an early indicator and a hallmark of a team about to hit it's absolute peak. I think generally, the path of a coach and a playing group tends to go like this:

Tough love & breaking bad habits > Establishing the news norms and "style" > Leaders emerge and establish consistency > Trust between coach and playing group is 100% embedded > Coach empowers playing group > Success > Either the fire still burns or group is satisfied > Players grow too comfortable and abuse trust > Because of the success and established relationship the coach's judgement is compromised > Gold passes, playing / staying too long, downhill from here

I expect that to a degree, Josh will need to start from stage one. We call this a succession plan, but it's not really (at least I hope not). It's basically a way for the club to do what it's too compromised to do in a way that it saves face. I would hope there's a little Josh can carry over, but I really hope there's a lot he doesn't. Pragmatically we need to treat Josh like a year 1 coach while in the long term judging the club for decision and method.

 

[VineValerian]

Of course he is, he’s not a fool.

he’s a fool if he doesn’t, which is exactly why this type of thing is stupid.

He'd better not acquiesce to the current Ship of Fools down at Alberton.

No suffering them lightly.

Be blunt. Be his own man.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

If Carr is ghosting Kane as the kids say, then that is the best news since Hinkley moved out of the coaching box on game day.

Carr won't take any rubbish from Kane and he won't leak to him.

It is also more than likely that Chad is gone too. Chewy has mentioned it a couple of times that he is more than likely out the door when his contract finishes up at the end of the year.

Start the Carr.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

I'd prefer to keep an open mind on literally everyone at the club.

You just never know. Burton was one of our best for a long time. We know C Cornes is a winner. Rozee has elite skills.

Let's let them have a crack under a proper coach before writing anyone off.

 

[Portwrld]

Start that damn Carr asap [emoji594]

 

[Weez]

I'm over all the negatives of how this came about now and I just want Josh in there and going, whatever happens it's part of the next step. The player he was and the approach to the game he had gives me hope on what he can impart to the group when he has full control and the stale air out the door.

you are on the wrong forum if you are not looking for negative comments. It's all anyone on here posts about.


#sackcarr! (j/k)

 

[Launchpad McQuack]

you are on the wrong forum if you are not looking for negative comments. It's all anyone on here posts about.


#sackcarr! (j/k)

BLOODY WELL SAID

 

[GoPorts]

My worry is that anyone who's agreed to be part of this stupid handover and stupid gameplan isn't the coach we need. But I'll take anything over Ken right now so I hope he's letting it be known that he'd be happy to take over at a moments notice. He could take 10% of the bump in membership revenue when Ken leaves to cover any gap in pay for the rest of the year.