CK95 wrote:
Sydney Blue wrote:
If Josh can take us through that and out the other side without them falling apart - Appoint him
They'd at least have to invite him to apply should we make the 10.
Without going through the numbers, to the eye it looks like we're handballing more & kicking less. Which is good because some of our field kicking against Geelong was shocking
Conversely some of our handball chains lately make us look like a top side.
Of his wins, I thought the game against the Dogs was a pretty terrible standard for 3q, & the Port match the oppo were very sub par. But can't ignore Friday night, absolute breakout win since he took over.
The kids are getting a game but it's a bit of a myth to say that Voss didn't play kids. Last year was a terrible season but one of the positives out of it was we unearthed some good young talent.
I get the feeling Fraser's persona is just what the squad needs at the moment. For all Voss' failings, his strength appeared to be his connection & relationship building with the players. But maybe that was also his greatest undoing. Maybe at the end they were so stressed & nervous about their mate losing his job that they kept showing it on field & shitting the bed when the pressure came on.
With Fraser it's different. You see him interviewed & he's all business - not an asshole or anything, but more a pure coach who the players aren't going to hate, but also aren't going to be emotionally invested in. He reminds me a bit of Longmuir of Fremantle, who I have a lot of time for.
4 weeks ago the results mattered some ones job was on the line - the playing group hasn't been able to handle this expectation for years
Now results don't matter - just go out and play
we haven't had a coach in years who has been able to get this team up when results count
We will see after this block of 4 games and if we are pressing for wild card and expectations rise if Josh can get through to the playing group
We still have some talented players on the list but they are the most mentally fragile group in the entire comp
It is breaking through that which is going to be difficult for anyone who takes over and this has hung around for nearly 30 years - Even the 99 Prelim was a free hit no one expected us to win and the following week when there were high expectations we failed dismally - Same applies to the prelim against Brisbane we put ourselves in a terrifc position to win that game but they couldn't handle it
I don't know a lot about Josh and his coaching abilities but it is
getting over the mental barrier that is the issue not positional changes or ball movement
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