livolover wrote:
they say "everyone makes mistakes...but only dumb people make the same mistake again"
what does that make brett ratten ? DUMBER AND DUMBER !!!!!!!!!!!!
he has now coached against Essendon* 5 times and lost the same way every time....we huff and puff along the boundary, kicking to one on one contests in row 8...while we leave the corrdior open for them to attack the heart of our defence !
Let me pose a few questions:
1. why do we refuse to use the corridor at all costs ?
2. why do we constantly take the longest route forward hugging the boundary line and hence limiting the direction of our attacking thrust?
3. why do we still have no kick out strategy ?
4. why do we not flood back and fill out space in our defensive 50's like other teams do to us ? (In the first half both monfries and lucas found space despite us having 15 players back - unacceptable !)
5. why do we always end up having set shots for goal from row 8 of the grandstand (houla, fev, judd, etc etc) ?
6. why did rats not make the statement that had to be made in the 3rd quarter by not dragging fev (and I am a fev fan and have somew sympathy from him ....but consistency in his efforts are required - his chase in the 1st or second on reimers was brilliant but cannot be a once off !) ???
7. Given our current list, are we fuliflling our potential ?
7. do you honestly think that brett ratten has what it takes to coach Carlton to a premiership ?
I just hope that the people who count at out club are trying to work out the answers to these questions....and when they do, are not afraid to act accordingly !
I'll ask again....if brett can't work out the answers himself, for the sake of the club rats undoubtedly loves, please fall on your own sword and allow this group to reach their potential ....whatever that is !
I have been a long term Ratten advocate but the arguement above is very compelling.
We can all argue it is a young team and this sort of stuff happens but for flowers sake after all this time there is zero improvement on the same basic errors.
How could Ratts be sucked in severasl times to play ther same game plan that does not work against these flowers?
Why can`t he get the team up for huge matches like this?
Why do we still use this stop, chip around the flower boundryline, kick to 1 vs 2 opposition contest bullshit?
Do not get me started on kick ins ... grrrrrr
Or Fev spitting the dummy .... double grrrrrr
We can all handle losses but in the end he has had enough time to improve in essential area and I think the spotlight should fall on him.
In the end, up until now he has not got the team to meet its potential.
I still think give him to the end of the year ... but if we do not massively improve on the areas above (and a few others) .... whether we make the finals or not, I believe there wil be much better coaches out there at the end of the year .... ones with proven records of turning lists with potential into premeriership sides.
Exactly what we need.
Sorry Ratts but yesterday was beyond pathetic, worse than Adelaide (in both coaching, structure and performance) and sadly the straw that broke my back.
We all in our hearts love Ratts ... he loves the club etc etc ... but its all about premierships ... we have a window ... WE CANNOT MISS IT!
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