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So whose job is it to make sure the players are switched on for four quarters?

Quote from: PassIt2Carrots – on June 02, 2014, 12:07:02 pm

So whose job is it to make sure the players are switched on for four quarters?

Players have switches these days? Fork me ya learn something every day. Seriously, whose job is it to whipe ones backside after one takes a crap? We are talking elite (and I use the term loosely in Carltons case) AFL footballer. I am sure a message went out to not take the pedal off and keep going hard. If the players cant figure it out for themselves though, they shouldn't be out there. As for the leaders on field....
Maxwell was chastised for having a crack a Fasolo last week for mucking up, I would welcome that at our Club and pay bonusses to those who did it. Nuffs enuff fellas.

Quote from: Gointocarlton – on June 02, 2014, 12:36:26 pm

Quote from: PassIt2Carrots – on June 02, 2014, 12:07:02 pm

So whose job is it to make sure the players are switched on for four quarters?

Players have switches these days? Fork me ya learn something every day. Seriously, whose job is it to whipe ones backside after one takes a crap? We are talking elite (and I use the term loosely in Carltons case) AFL footballer. I am sure a message went out to not take the pedal off and keep going hard. If the players cant figure it out for themselves though, they shouldn't be out there. As for the leaders on field....
Maxwell was chastised for having a crack a Fasolo last week for mucking up, I would welcome that at our Club and pay bonusses to those who did it. Nuffs enuff fellas.

What's the role of the coach then?

Each player knows what it takes to SWITCH ON before the initial bounce, they are after all highly paid PROFESSIONAL athletes, playing in a team sport. The problem is our lack of leadership on the field, no one takes charge and leads the way.

It's the blind leading the blind. 

Quote from: Gointocarlton – on June 02, 2014, 12:36:26 pm

Quote from: PassIt2Carrots – on June 02, 2014, 12:07:02 pm

So whose job is it to make sure the players are switched on for four quarters?

Players have switches these days? Fork me ya learn something every day. Seriously, whose job is it to whipe ones backside after one takes a crap? We are talking elite (and I use the term loosely in Carltons case) AFL footballer. I am sure a message went out to not take the pedal off and keep going hard. If the players cant figure it out for themselves though, they shouldn't be out there. As for the leaders on field....
Maxwell was chastised for having a crack a Fasolo last week for mucking up, I would welcome that at our Club and pay bonusses to those who did it. Nuffs enuff fellas.

What's the role of the coach then?

In fairness to MM, and I do often put the boots in, but I reckon that game was lost at selection!

I don't think he coached too badly this week, we had plenty of inside 50s but just could not register a score.

We are introverts, the competition know if we get pushed hard enough we pull our head in, and Brisbane picked a side full of hard heads!

It was refreshing for me to see Murphy, Yarran and Waite have a go, but they are too few and too late. If we had Walker and Armfield we may have won!

Seems to be happening quite a lot Elwood......

Seems to be happening quite a lot Elwood......

Quote from: PassIt2Carrots – on June 02, 2014, 03:21:31 pm

Seems to be happening quite a lot Elwood......

Dont disagree Carrots and when you are 16 points up in the last quarter playing the bottom team you do have to ask questions of all parties...players and coaching staff.
If Malthouse has some gonads he will drop Waite for a couple of weeks......if he keeps him in the team then I know we lack discipline and have no standards to play by...

"Very disappointing,"
"Can't look for any excuses and that's not going to be the case"

"We had an opportunity to draw level with our win-loss record but over the last couple of years when we've been expected to be better we haven't."
They got a break early on because they "hunted the ball longer and harder"

"Not going to point the finger at individuals"...... (at least publicly, he's not )

"When we had opportunities we didn't take the next opportunity and allowed them to score a relatively easy goal....and that got them back in the hunt" (and the home ground advantage becomes a factor ...."surge of emotion" that you have to stop.)

"When we kicked the first two goals of the last quarter I knew, and I think the boys knew, that the job wasn't done....but we allowed them to score goals at will and paid a massive penalty".

"We cant change it all we can do is just keep coaching it....and try to get individuals (again not mentioning any names)..... to stand up and try to rally the troops on the ground to stop any advances they make."

"It's a testing time...we hope you're all on board... please stick and we will do everything we possibly can."