
He's a very good coach.
He should go and be a very good coach somewhere else.
He should go and be a very good coach somewhere else.
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Good luck with that, Haven’t seen her in 2 yearsUp 42-2 in a final, all over them, let’s see if the president has some cajones. (Don’t mean to disrespect males and females, but it’s the best word).
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Who does the but gusting two way running these days ? I see a lot of individuals out there, I don’t see a great team.
If that's right, and youo spotted it, you are a genuine student of the game. What tweaks did Longmuir make ?Tr... Longmuir saw the midfield edge we had in that massive lead and made tweaks to replicate the same game plan they had at Marvel stadium earlier this year a...![]()
If that's right, and youo spotted it, you are a genuine student of the game. What tweaks did Longmuir make ?
I dips me lid. I don't know whether you are right or not but I absolutely agree with you about the lack of forward pressure by the 4 you named although I query Weightman, ordinarily an aggressive chaser and tackler (no tackles last night, I don't know about chasing, that's the trouble with watching games on TV). Why aren't you in the Coaches' Box ?In the Marvel stadium game, Freo's edge was the Lobb/Taberner combo against Darcy/Cordy. Since its a dry deck, they would purposely hold the ball in their defence since the forwards we named in Bruce/U-Hagan/Weightman/Vandermeer apply poor forward pressure.
Then when they found a midfield matchup that was in their favour they would go through that avenue then quickly go long to Lobb/Taberner for 1 v 1s.
In last nights game the scenario was a bit different. Bont/Dunkley/Smith initial onball combo was absolutely destroying Freo's Serong/Brodie/Brayshaw and since it was the start of the game, our wingers in R.Smith and Mclean were able to hold our defensive shape without fatiguing.
This is why our mids racked up the ball like crazy and we were able to go inside 50 without much pressure allowing us to score by picking out leads on the turnover.
Longmuir would have known that to replicate what happened at Marvel, they just needed their defenders to hold onto the ball instead of giving it back to us so quickly. The only way Bevo could have countered this is to provide sufficient forward pressure on their defenders but with Vandermeer/Johannisen/Weightman/U-Hagan, its not possible. Look at Ryan/Young/Chapman's possessions after half time. They were through the roof.
Then they were picking out Serong or Brayshaw when they found a mismatch through the middle and using their leg speed to break a line and hit their forwards on the lead which is how they were able to peg us back slowly without any resistance.
I dips me lid. I don't know whether you are right or not but I absolutely agree with you about the lack of forward pressure by the 4 you named although I query Weightman, ordinarily an aggressive chaser and tackler (no tackles last night, I don't know about chasing, that's the trouble with watching games on TV).
I didn't pick that up. You're a forward scout, aren't you. .I agree with you. Maybe there was something wrong with Weightman which is why he started on the bench instead of Johannisen.
I think he gets singled out because the Salty Dog story got out in 2016. Any time we’ve got in a run since commentators have speculated about what Bevo’s new yarn is.For those commenting (negatively) on Bevo’s use of narratives.
I’m reading Dean/Danielle Laidley’s autobiography and the football side of it, which two thirds of it is mainly about, provides very interesting insights into clubs and coaches. He includes this (direct quote) about Denis Pagan:
“Coaches come up with stories not just when they want to inspire but when they want your attention. People follow narratives. It’s the one weapon a storyteller possesses: every human needs to know what happens next. Denis tells us a story at the start of 1996. It’s about… (a theme)
He’s a good coach in this way. He reads and watches documentaries and borrows material wherever he can.”
Do other modern-day coaches still do this? Maybe. Surely they do. If so I don’t know why Bevo gets singled out and made to look quirky.
They all use them. Macrae uses them at Collingwood, Goodwin uses them at Melbourne anyone that thinks they don't all use themes is kidding themselves.For those commenting (negatively) on Bevo’s use of narratives.
I’m reading Dean/Danielle Laidley’s autobiography and the football side of it, which two thirds of it is mainly about, provides very interesting insights into clubs and coaches. He includes this (direct quote) about Denis Pagan:
“Coaches come up with stories not just when they want to inspire but when they want your attention. People follow narratives. It’s the one weapon a storyteller possesses: every human needs to know what happens next. Denis tells us a story at the start of 1996. It’s about… (a theme)
He’s a good coach in this way. He reads and watches documentaries and borrows material wherever he can.”
Do other modern-day coaches still do this? Maybe. Surely they do. If so I don’t know why Bevo gets singled out and made to look quirky.
Good summation. This belief that Bevo is the only issue is laughable, Is he apart of the problem for sure but realistically we have issues in our lack of quality assistant coaches, lack on field leadership, have a vastly overrated and unbalanced list and have a poor CEO that makes poor decisions. Hopefully the review is clubwide and we can get the club back on track. I don't think we are far off at all but in reality if you look on the weekend all our key forwards were 22 or younger and our 3 key defenders wouldn't get a game in any of the sides left in the finals series.It’s good some sort of review is happening, but I think any decent club will do that regardless. What I hate is clubs publicising it to appease frothing masses.
This year was a bit of a dud but there are ten clubs who should be more pissed than us. I always look at a coach as their body of work rather than a given year. Goodwin wasn’t a terrible coach in 19-20, Buckley wasn’t terrible in 2017 and Hardwick wasn’t terrible in 2016.
All made some changes and took their clubs forward. All looked a reasonable chance to be sacked, and in each case it would have been the wrong call. Hardwick didn’t even win a final until his eighth season.
We don’t know 90% of what goes on behind the scenes. Strongly suspect Bevo is still our guy. Could be he’s losing the plot, or his assistants are crap, or there are issues in the playing group, or our medical staff suck, or the players just need a full preseason, or some combination of the above. Or none of it.
People talk on here like there are absolutes but we’re all mostly relying on observation from the outside and rumours from nuffies and journos (and there is clearly overlap between the two). It’s fair to be disappointed, but the worst thing we could do is have a knee jerk response because supporters are peeved.
They all use them. Macrae uses them at Collingwood, Goodwin uses them at Melbourne anyone that thinks they don't all use themes is kidding themselves.