As bad as we were, you have to give credit to Port. They were on from the get go.
Just a perfect storm type of game. All our problems and bad qualities come to the fore in one game : bad kicking for goal, injuries, lack of depth, poor field kicking and general disposal, lack of foot speed. You know it's been a bad game when you don't hear any complaints about the umpiring.
We will find out once and for all whether the new Cook/Wright regime is made of the right stuff, or if they are same old same old. If they sack Voss, they have no business complaining about the players being unable or unwilling to handle heat and pressure, because they themselves will be guilty of exactly the same. Time to put on your big boy pants gents, and stop bailing out at the first sign of trouble
Your life will be better off if you never have to listen to BT again. Kayo is the way to go if you can afford it.
There's no way of escaping corporations in professional sports, but I'm not giving a nickel to Kayo. I'll just turn the volume down, or better yet, just turn it off altogether. Go and slam a few doors, kick a few tires, howl at the moon, and beg the footy gods for forgiveness.
I don't think we'll win. The external hate and speculation merry-go-round, players injured or underdone, interstate, 5 day turnaround. A win will be a bridge too far IMO.
The fans and media that pile on the players after a loss, they are part of the problem not part of the solution.
There is a difference between a technical or tactical debate, and blatant abuse.
For example, Mathieson's comments are destructive not constructive. In effect he spit in the face of players like Ollie Hollands, Lachlan Cowan and Jagga Smith. Ollie Hollands in particular is starting his career off better than a previous 300 gamer like Kade Simpson, yet Mathieson gave OH a drive by at the first opportunity.
By his own admission, Matt Kennedy was not pushed out. If we're recruiting Jagga Smith to add some speed and variety to the midfield, someone has to make way, and it's not going to be Cripps, Walsh or Cerra. That leaves Hewett and Kennedy, and I guess one could argue it's a coin toss between the two. If Jagga wasn't injured, either one of them would've spent a lot of time in the 2's. As it turns out, both Hewett and Kennedy are playing very good football in the seniors at their respective clubs. It would not have been right for either of them to be languishing in the VFL. Win-win IMO.
You're right but the tail wags the dog and once the players get sick of their voices they stop playing for them. Very sadly, you end up having to change them. Becomes a pointless, frustrating exercise for the coach. They'd have more enjoyment then as an assistant elsewhere. We've changed coaches, overhauled playing lists, and still nothing. Nothing will change unless the deep, prevailing inner culture changes, as it did for Richmond after their 2016 disaster. They were no different to us now then, with a million coach changes and 37 years without a flag. 2016 was their light bulb moment. Until we have a light bulb moment this is our lot. Only thing is we play our best footy in the first year of a coach's tenure when they are more enthusiastic. Can't be changing the coach every 12 months though....haha.
I would speculate and say that with the Tigers and their 2016 season, their light bulb moment was that even though the players had switched off to Hardwick's voice, and that they "stopped playing for him", the higher ups refused to let the tail wag the dog, and kept him on. Might be something there for us to think about.
Ratten will always be popular among the Carlton faithful - nice bloke, club champion, significant personal tragedy. But his records at both Carlton and St Kilda are virtually identical. I get that fans will always go in to bat for him, but taking the data on its own terms, it suggests an OK, mid table, nibbling-at-finals coach, and nothing more.
Just like it won't matter if you, me or anybody else here is pro or anti-voss, or somewhere in the middle. Our opinions are just that, opinions, and they are like sphincters, everyone has one. But something is certain we can all agree on.... there are issues/problem/s at the cfc, and hopefully they get identified and actioned by mr.wright in the very near future.
Changing coaches every few years hasn't worked. There's 20 years of clear evidence for that. I'm suggesting a very basic, simple logic of trying something different, something that has proven successful at the Tigers, Cats, Crows etc. Weather the storm, don't cr@p yourself at the first sign of trouble (a CFC specialty), and show some spine.
If we sack vossy, he'll be the best coach weve sacked since David parkin. His current record is better than Rattens in terms of win percentage.
Are we sure this is the right reign to be pulling?
On the what we have done lately measure maybe, but im not convinced.
It won't matter to the anti Voss brigade. They just keep moving the goalposts, and looking sideways to justify their dogmas : in his 4th year we should be better, the list is better than the results indicate, no plan B, no match day tactical nous, was never a fan from day 1 etc.
