Interesting comments from Teague from about the 1m25s mark about the game plan.

https://m.carltonfc.com.au/news/2019-10 ... the-future

No set game plan from day one of preseason, wanted to work on the fundamentals first and let it evolve from that with player buy in and watching the training sessions to understand the strengths of the playing group.

Yep don’t mind the fundamentals first approach, just hope he has the right players and coaching staff to back up the game plan evolution through the preseason.

CARLTON senior coach David Teague has impressed some of the country’s brightest draft prospects.

With the 2019 NAB AFL Draft fast-approaching, Teague joined the process with Carlton’s recruiting staff in getting to know the prospective talent ahead of his first full season at the helm.

In most situations, it’s whether or not the impending draftee can impress the club they’re interviewing with.

However, in this instance, it was Teague who impressed top South Australian prospects Dylan Stephens and Cameron Taheny.

“The amount interest David Teague took in the interview – he asked the majority of the questions – it was really, really good,” Stephens told Superfooty’s Lowdown Podcast.

Stephens was pleasantly surprised with how open Carlton’s Senior Coach had been with him during his national combine meeting.

“He was open to talking about his experience of going from a caretaker to being appointed head coach,” he said.

“He was someone who was really, really good to talk to. I loved that interview.”

Teague has become known for his relationships-based coaching style in his short tenure as Senior Coach, as well as his time in various assistant coaching roles.

For Norwood young gun Cameron Taheny, having an AFL senior coach show such an interest in his career was “quite an experience”.

“David Teague pretty well ran the whole interview process at the combine,” Taheny said.

“You don’t expect to walk into an interview and have the head coach of a club fire away questions at you for 20 minutes.”

My view hasn't changed since the end of last year, yes the last ten games or so was exciting, fantastic to see supporters up and about.

We are popular on social media, in the papers etc, I just think that many supporters just automatically think that its all going to click this year - our membership numbers support this. I love the excitement however we are coming from such a poor base that we still have a long way to go. Close to if not the weakest midfield.

Good luck Teague, watch the supporters turn if this goes pear shape. Seriously some supporters are expecting finals, id take 6 to 8 wins.

Hope I'm wrong and we do better.

No excuses for Teague and the club now. The pressure is rising and this club needs to deliver in 2020

https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/571142/cripps-time-for-action

Reading between the lines dare I say the players were given a foot up the backside after the Freo praccy match.

yes, but im afraid, having witnesses many false dawns that talk is cheap ...

its all about the actions..

(having said that, im not losing my mind over a practise match either)