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An interesting observation from the bench cam footage.

Charlie had moved himself into defence late in the last quarter.  Carroll was on the bench and Greaves instructed him to go back on, tell Charlie to go back to the forward line, and ensure that all seven defenders were in defence. 

While Charlie’s ability to go back and pluck a mark in defence has been game saving, our priority was to have the seven defenders working together as a unit and as they have been drilled.

It’s interesting that Aaron Greaves is the bench coach now. 

I think he has been in the bench for some time now, Voss has been alternating btw Coaches box and bench.

An interesting observation from the bench cam footage.

Charlie had moved himself into defence late in the last quarter.  Carroll was on the bench and Greaves instructed him to go back on, tell Charlie to go back to the forward line, and ensure that all seven defenders were in defence. 

While Charlie’s ability to go back and pluck a mark in defence has been game saving, our priority was to have the seven defenders working together as a unit and as they have been drilled.

It’s interesting that Aaron Greaves is the bench coach now.

Quote from: DJC – on May 01, 2025, 10:36:09 am

An interesting observation from the bench cam footage.

Charlie had moved himself into defence late in the last quarter.  Carroll was on the bench and Greaves instructed him to go back on, tell Charlie to go back to the forward line, and ensure that all seven defenders were in defence. 

While Charlie’s ability to go back and pluck a mark in defence has been game saving, our priority was to have the seven defenders working together as a unit and as they have been drilled.

It’s interesting that Aaron Greaves is the bench coach now.

Another side of that same story.

There was on the ground footage of weitering and charlie chatting on the ground (may have been after the siren?)
As best as i can tell from the footage, it looked like Weitering was telling charlie to get out of there and push up the ground. Charlie was giving him a shrug of the shoulders look as in "but i'm just trying to help".

I noted that at the time, without any of the above, which basically confirms what i picked up from the gesticulating on TV.

Was behind the goals on level 2 city end of the ground.

Weitering late in the second was jumping up and down waiving his hands in the air to bring Charlie back into defense for the remaining few mins.

Besides that, happy with what they are doing to change things up.  I think a few mins of swinging Charlie back is warranted at times, if nothing else to keep the opposition guessing.  Do they hold the line?

Do they push a number forward (the second they do, we can tell Charlie to run off, creating a situation where they might have been happier having a loose man behind the ball).

Its good stuff, and im neither here nor there.  A goal resets everything due to the 6.6.6 rules.

At the 20 minute mark of the last quarter both Weiters and McGov were waving their arms and yelling out to Charlie to come back, even the crowd around me, level one Carltonians Bay joined in calling out for Charlie, he duly came back. So Charlie doesn't decide, he's called back by Weiters, we were there we saw it