Hornet wrote:
One of the commentators said "Blues less a corridor team under Barker than they were under Malthouse"
Can any of the forum stats aficionados confirm this?
i have no stats at all to back me up, but i thought we used the corridor more in the first two games before the bye, then less since.
the big noticeable changes from barker to mick i've seen are:
we're no longer obsessed with tagging and eyes only for the other player. when players are being told to zone, it only takes one tag/ run-with player to break up the whole zone. under mick, he was inexplicably asking the players to zone, yet having no less than 5 or 6 tags all game long running with players, not filling space. that just won't ever work, even if you had hawthorn's list.
we're playing on more. it's like the players have been given the 4-second rule (except for carrots, who kills this notion). have the ball for 4 seconds or less and get rid of it, unless you're running forward with the pill (or you're carrots).
and obviously because the zone is more effective and players aren't in two minds of eyes-only for their tag (and ignoring all footy instincts in the process) we're now able to be in positions to tackle and pressure the opponent. hence our tackle numbers have doubled under the new structure.
it's a modern game and mick was toxic, outdated and way past it. eddie and collingwood knew it. sticks and mathieson were too stubborn and far too stupid to see the patently obvious.
barker has us playing modern footy and in the process he's instilling belief into the playing group that they can in fact play the game.
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