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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 9 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Brisbane in Brisbane
Last post by Thryleon -In any management environment, if you are shuffling things around too much, this is actually bad. It creates a lack of stability and makes people feel a bit like you dont have faith in them to perform their role. Sure, its team sports and its not quite the same thing, but there is an element of that which shouldnt be ignored.
I think on a tactical or game play type of level, we have the way we want to play. That involves players playing a role and taking an action or reaction in play. For those roles, at the start of the year, Voss had his roster, and came up with plans for each role. This is why players seemingly come into the team irrespective of form line. I.e. Cottrell 2 weeks ago. The player he is up against, for a game in our team, may not obviously be the same one, even if they can play the same role. You probably identify a couple of different options for each role, and this is why its a bit strange.
The sort of things that people on here get annoyed about regarding the lack of obvious "attempts to change things" is very much magnets on a board stuff. It doesn't involve managing people and forgets that this is a more involved process, with flow on impacts and effects that are not considered. It also fails to understand why some players get omitted vs others at times, because it may be a multi faceted change. Thing
Showing a lack of dare is something, but Harry to CHB is a fandom moment. He might work back there, but robbing him from the forwardline given our other forward options, and his lack of experience back there is a shock factor move, not a planned one. You might try it for a game or two at some point, but you wont just do it on the fly without giving him some input, because he might very well be a lost puppy without a specific assignment.
I think for Harry they would have identified his forward roles, and a backup ruck role with nothing else happening. How he moves with and around Kemp and Mcgovern is his focus. You flick that switch up too much and you wreck players confidence, and lets face it, Harry is a delicate flower.
He swings the magnets that are a bit more palatable to it, rather than trying things with guys that are what you see is what you get footballers. Cripps is fine as an additional tall. Put him at full forward from the start, and I reckon defenders would lick their lips. Not overly fast, not overly strong over head (his shoulders arent great) and he has a history of back issues. We have broken him a bit too.
Anyway, of our 46 players, having them learn more than 2 roles per player is likely undesirable as you hit a critical mass of too many "pinch hitters" all of a sudden not figuring out how to play next.
