I've said all year that I would hold my judgement till seasons end on ratts future as our coach....... But geez he's making it tough on me by giving the players a day off after possibly the worst performence of the past 3 years!

What the he'll is he thinking????

It is the coach's job to get the best out of the players. This is not happening.
It is the coach's job to have a clear, defined game plan. This is not evident.
It is the coach's job to take a collection of players, and to mould them into the best possible 'team', so that they work with and for each other. This is not happening.

We have players with immense skill and ability, who are not performing as they should. Gibbs and Murphy are the obvious ones, number 1 draft picks who, while they may be picking up possessions, are simply not having an influence over games. It is the coach's job to get the best out of these players. Of course, the players are not immune to criticism, and they should be copping their fair whack, but at the end of the day, if the coach cannot get the best out of his players, if he cannot motivate them, if he cannot implement a clear, defined game plan based on the players he has, then he is not the right person for the job.

Look at Malthouse and Roos, look at what they were / are able to achieve with a list of players that were / are not stars. Roos won a Premiership, Malthouse may very well this year. They have absolutely defined game plans that the whole football world understands. When a player comes into the team, he knows exactly what his role is. And the coaches are able to get the absolute best out of their players week-in, week-out.

We are so far away from that it is laughable.

Half a day...they missed the normal Tuesday arvo weight session. It has merit. A midweek weights session isn't going to make the difference. It isn't what I would have done though. I would have taken them to a rundown gym in the 'burbs...put them in front of Wes Lofts and John Nicholls who would say...[/i]

Yesterday Carlton also tried to lighten the mood after a grim weekend, with Brett Ratten giving his players half a day off to get out of the place and go home.

With a scheduled rostered day off today, the players have been instructed to forget about football for a while, with Ratten deciding the less-is-more approach would be of more benefit for lifting team spirits.

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Not meaning to be pedantic but with a "scheduled" RDO today its one and a half days off.

One would think given the efforts of the team that perhaps the "scheduled" day off would have been put on hold and that they should be using the time to work on structures and basic skills, two of the key areas this team has stuggled with most of this season....

In todays HS. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/line-in-shirk-game-onway/story-e6frf9jf-1225901352568


"It is partially a line in the sand (game), I wouldn't say fully line in the sand,
but maybe it's the biggest defining moment of our season so far," Ratten said yesterday.


What is a partial line in the sand ?,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,It either is or it isn't. !!!!!!!

In todays HS. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/line-in-shirk-game-onway/story-e6frf9jf-1225901352568


"It is partially a line in the sand (game), I wouldn't say fully line in the sand,
but maybe it's the biggest defining moment of our season so far," Ratten said yesterday.


What is a partial line in the sand ?,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,It either is or it isn't. !!!!!!!

Ratten may be regretting his words after the game about players not going in for the ball and changes will be made. While he never mentioned names (nor he should) any player who is dropped this week will be seen as the players he was referring to. This could have a really negative impact on not only the player/s involved but the rest of the team.
He is really all over the place with his comments and the club needs a strong leader at this time.

Ratten may be regretting his words after the game about players not going in for the ball and changes will be made. While he never mentioned names (nor he should) any player who is dropped this week will be seen as the players he was referring to. This could have a really negative impact on not only the player/s involved but the rest of the team.
He is really all over the place with his comments and the club needs a strong leader at this time.

Brett Ratten = Rafa Benitez
Those who follow the English Premier League will understand this comparison.

Maybe we are really like Geelong of 2006?

Maybe we are really like Hawthorn of 2003?

Maybe we are really like St Kilda of 1999?

Maybe we are really like Fremantle of 2004?

Maybe we are really like Richmond of 1996?

Maybe we are really like Carlton of 2010?

We could be anything really. No reason to keep a guy in charge who isn't doing a good job in the vain hope it will start coming up all Geelong suddenly.

Not saying we sack him now, but we don't give a guy an indefinite period just because it worked for Geelong. How about this example, St Kilda got rid of Grant Thomas in 2006, does anyone think they would of been better off keeping him?

In todays HS. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/line-in-shirk-game-onway/story-e6frf9jf-1225901352568


"It is partially a line in the sand (game), I wouldn't say fully line in the sand,
but maybe it's the biggest defining moment of our season so far," Ratten said yesterday.


What is a partial line in the sand ?,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,It either is or it isn't. !!!!!!!

We don't have long to wait now.