sinbagger wrote:
Every coach talks about player driven culture and knows it’s important, I bet Teague has said the same thing at some stage.
The problem is, how can a coach drive player driven culture? I’d suggest this is a player problem, not a coach problem.
I guess it depends on if you have the entire Coaching Staff and Football Department onboard promoting the same thing i.e. One Agenda. Any Player Driven Culture needs to be actually taught and nurtured in the youngsters and newbies. You need that core of Senior guys calling the shots and making demands, for all the right reasons. It has to be sold to the Millennials in the right fashion.
I think the loss of Sam Docherty from the field in 2019 and 2020 was a huge loss for player Culture. Sure he was on the sidelines, but he was dealing with his own injuries and health issues. I like Murph but we all know he is miles away from being a Selwood, Voss or Cotchin. In 2019 Weitering and Jonesy were struggling at times and having self doubts. Krueser was physically shot.
I'm not saying the CFC Coaching panel wasn't pushing it but.......there is obviously a disconnect somewhere. The departure of one assistant probably leans towards that fact.
Player Driven Culture needs so many of the right aspects to be in place at the right time. It needs Character, Integrity, Honesty, Commitment, Resilience, Skill and an unwavering Belief by one and all that the road being traveled is the right road for the group.
And on top of that you have to have the Coaching Staff and Football Department providing 100% support, 100% of the time (not just when it suits them)
And on top of that the President and the Board have to do their jobs, STFU, not leak, not bitch, not snipe, not grandstand and above all stay out of the way when things go wrong, and things will go wrong.
It is always 3 steps forward and 2 steps back, so suck it up and hang tough when it is 2 steps back time.
Regards Cazzesman