Re: 2018 Rd 2: Post Game Prattle: Carlton vs Gold Coast
Reply #248 –
Bolton is a good educator of young players but a inexperienced match day coach and tactician IMO....also he seems to trouble learning from previous defeats....this game was a repeat of last years GC game at Etihad. It was the Lynch show and nothing changed, GC ran the same game plans they did then, clear out the forward line and have Lynch one on one with his opponent. We had no second player to help and if ever there was a time to play an extra player back it was yesterday.
Missing his mentor?
As much as some weren't keen on Neil Craig, his role may have been another factor.
No doubt there are another 99 contributing factors. Some we might guess, others will never be aired.
I'm trying to keep my eye on the big picture.
- 3rd yr into rebuild with a novice coach and changing coaching staff
- Some quality in with some ordinary temporary patches added to existing but aging quality. Unproven middle tier
- loss of top shelf players in ruck, middle (Gibbs), and back (Doc)
- unlucky run of seasonal injury and form issues
- some early signs of the big plan starting to coalesce
- a couple more pieces still to come (?)
- time for the group to gel and practice the various game plans
I hope this all comes together in the next year. If it does we should be on the up 2019 and the following several years.
In the meantime, I'm glad it's Easter because chocolate = comfort ?
Go Blues