Brett Ratten, Brett Ratten, Rah Rah Rah!!!
My post was half way through the second quarter and a release of anger. So let me reply to some of the posters that are oh so wise... just ask them.
Member for over 20 years, Caz, and haven't destroyed a membership yet. Go every week and absolutely love this club. I reckon I have a right to let off some steam. They were playing deploarable football against a team that has hardly won a game this year who was without their best player, the equivelent of removing Judd from our team. Did they deserve a spray. I reckon they did. Was Ratten coaching well? I'd say his coaching was pretty much [REDACTED] at the 10 minute mark of the second quarter. So Caz, if you want to have a crack at me for an impassioned spray about my club who were playing like an eastern suburbs div 3 side, go right ahead if it makes you feel superior.
No I do not know that the players don't respect Ratten. That was my OPINION. MY OPINION was based on the way the players were playing. IN MY OPINION they were not playing for each other, for the jumper or for their coach. IN MY OPINION they were playing no one but themselves. self preservation football. Once again when I posted at the 10 minute mark of the 2nd 1/4, an angry comment but once again how I felt at the time.
The comments about did Ratten instruct the players to be second to the ball, kick to the opposition to do this and to do that are nothing short of stupid. Pretty sure no suggested this. Of course the mindset that players take into the game that causes them to be 2nd to the ball and not do the hard things is attributable to Ratten. Why??? Because quite simply the coach needs to be able to extract this desired effort and committment from his players. Malthouse with collingwood is perfect example. I would dare say that player for player they are barely in front of us in talent and perhaps a touch in front in terms of experience. Yet Malthouse has every single player committed to the cause and every damn player knows their role within the team structure. Can that be said of our side? No way. whose fault is that? The responsibility rests with one man alone. The head coach, Brett Ratten.
There is a culture at the club IN MY OPINION of jobs for the boys, hence the unneccessary contract extension for Ratten, and this is where my comment came of "we are the next Richmond". This comment now that the red mist has cleared is somewhat embarrassing and regrettable. However, the jobs for the boys opinion is held, and nothing you can say to me can change that.
Finally, to all those saying Ratten is young and just learning the caper, I find it very frustrating that we have put ourselves in this situation. In the 'real world' when a management position is available, do you put the traineeship kid in the job or do you go with the bloke that has been working as an assistant manager under a broad spectrum of other managers and is ready to step up, or even go to another company and recruit a great manager that has the runs on the board? I reckon Ratten is equivilent to the traineeship kid. sure he is learning on the job and may eventually work out how to do the job, but when you have an inexperienced staff, they need genuine knowledge and direction if they are going to eventually gel as a greta unit.
I really don't think Ratten is the right man.
Last night did little more than mask the issues because we came away with the win. I'm rapt that we could come back the way we did, but it is an indictment that we were in that position against 15th placed team without their best player.
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