Re: Post Game Analysis: AFL 2021 Rd 12: Carlton vs West Coast
Reply #54 –
I am afraid that we do need to have a change in coach.
I hate saying that, as it is an admission of failure. But we have failed. There is no greater certainty this year.
[1] We do not have a good system, or, if there is one, we don't appear to follow it.
[2] We don't win enough one-on-ones, mainly because our opposition is streaming forward with little pressure.
[3] Our ruck division is not up to taking on the AFL's best. Teams with a good ruckman smash us. Even Collingwood, and they are terrible.
[4] After the Hawthorn game I mentioned that even they have a better system than we do, and they are rubbish this year. You could see by the way they positioned themselves.
[5] Our players do not believe in themselves. They are accepting defeat too easily.
The season is over. After the bye, assuming we still have it, we need to start seeing if our kids have what it takes.
I really hate that, as it is an admission of failure, but what else can we do?
What to do? Dunno mate, its rnd 12 and we have been seeing the same thing more or less every week. We have been hearing the same thing more or less every week in the pressers from the coach, CEO, Footy Manager, High Performance guy. But nothing changes.
So here's my suggestion. They need to sit down as a group from the Prez to the Bootstudder over the next two weeks and work out how to change or fortunes. And the fact we have injuries to key players is NOT an excuse, I would tell the group at the start of the session, if the injury word is used, that person will be fired. We just lost to a side who supposedly fielded a VFL side so no excuses.
As a group, we must use this break wisely and plan the rectification. If things dont change, there must be consequences.