Braithy wrote:
DocSherrin III wrote:
GreatEx wrote:
We were @#$%&! exciting to watch! I loved seeing us play, even when the results didn't go our way. Couldn't believe how many on this site wanted him gone - it had already happened by the time I joined, but I was in the minority who rued the decision.
He had to go, if only for his own good. A really good coach, but the weekday man management was not a strength.
he needed a better deputy, that could take on the man management side.
the more i think about coaching, the more i think there's not many head coaches out there that can do all the bits required. and the ones that can, are the legends who win flags.
we have leadership groups on the field, i think most clubs should have 2 or 3 head coaches that collaborate as equals. take turns at the pressers etc ... spread the load, spread the knowledge, coach to their strengths etc - ie combining the strengths of 3 really good coaches into 1 uniform voice.
not sure if it'd work. the human ego usually prevents such things huh
Exactly
Ratten needed good player managers around him
But the board used him as a scapegoat
Voss won’t last the season
That’s obvious. It’s a matter of of when
In 2024 we were 60 points to donuts in an Elimination Final with a ruckman as a sub one of our better players at the time who could play multiple roles subbed out in the second quarter
a player coming back from a third ACL in 6 months with not one minute of match practice etc etc
Voss stood there on the boundary line clueless and then hid in the coaching box in the second half
I have never played footy never been involved in an AFL club but it was Captain obvious he needed tactical support in the form of new assistant coaches
As Braithy said you can’t be good at everything
That’s why McCrae has Leppitsch and Skipworth to assist
Who did the board use as another scapegoat for the backend disaster of season 2024
The head of fitness Andrew Russell
Fast forward to round one 1 2025
We lose to a bunch of kids after being 7 goals up
No change to coaching staff
No change in game plan
As we lie down the bottom of the ladder half way through 2025 they the replace 3 assistant coaches
Then in the draft we recruit 3 list cloggers in Florent Ainsworth and Haywood
On 5 and 4 year deals on over average salaries at the end of 2025
Whether the football departments become dumb or are dumb in the first place the board is ultimately the group of people that are responsible for the mess we are in
They escape scrutiny and when their time is up they are replaced by another person cut from the same cloth
Nothing against lawyers marketing or finance people
And it doesn’t help that Greg Williams the person in a paid position whose responsibilities is to convey info from the football departments to the board can’t string two words together
But if they don’t know collectively how to run a football club onfield successfully you are [REDACTED]
It doesn’t matter who replaces Voss
It will be the same shit again
Rinse and repeat
I’ll tape the game tomorrow
Going bushwalking rather than watch it live
At least I can fast forward the ugly parts
Very little care factor left until the board goes which is unlikely
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