CC1961 wrote:
Gutted.
Absolutely gutted.
495 very upset fellow travellers there last night (+ 5 GWS supporters)
It was so quiet I took the opportunity to lean over the rails and yell some very pointed remarks to several players within earshot but they just seemed to ignore me.
We have a COACHING CULPABILITY CRISIS.
I saw a complete and utter lack of movement by almost the entire team last night. They looked like they were at the least energetic next morning post-game warm down session in history.
If there was anyone on the coaching staff that may have the player's respect they should have walked up to each and every player except Sam Walsh, grabbed them by the chin, looked them squarely in the eyes and bellowed:
"Why aren't you respecting Yourself and this Jumper?
Why don't you show/play like you have Half the dignity and determination of that dirty Richmond mongrel Dustin Martin?
HE never stops - YOU never even Start!
Until you can DO THAT, you don't deserve a paycheck!"
TACTICS / STRATEGY
There are None. That's the entirety of the problem.
For the first time in 20 years we do have the players and they do have the skills but it's the Execution that is absolutely Abysmal.
Broken record here, but...
1. No one presents. No movement forward of the ball time and time and time again so Always dependent on winning contested ball which we have been extremely fortunate to be able to do our fair share of due to 'those' players and skills. But that is not enough to win games of football, it's just enough to not get flogged anymore.
2. No overlapping run past the ball holder.
As someone else did post, there are attempts occasionally but always ignored.
Doing it, as the best clubs do consistently (Geelong, Richmond) gains at least another 15-30 metres that has the result of unsettling the 'ready to go pack' that forms the estimated kick distance ahead to reveal potential players in free space past or laterally to that congestion.
3. No leading out by our forwards.
Forwards competing for overhead marks just doesn't cut it.
How sick and tired do you get watching Hawkins, Lynch, Riewoldt, Kennedy, Darling running hard out on a lead for a straight forward chest mark??!!
I am heartily sick of it coz i cringe in that moment of recognition that I WON'T see that from the Carlton forward line.
Here's a recipe for success:
Casboult, McKay, McGovern all stand in the goal square at ALL times and when the ball appears over half way they ALL start running in Different directions - one straight forward, the others in opposite 45 degree directions.
THEN our maligned mids can drill it low onto the clearest looking chest at an achievable range of only 30-35 m out and Not on tight angles near the boundary.
yes- it means practice practice practice; but if they put in the effort and the coaching staff reinforce it we Win Every Game.
When those circumstances aren't created on other forward entries, then slam it over the top toward goal so an Eddie can run onto it and score.
NOT ROCKET SCIENCE - Just watch winning Richmond, Geelong games.
speaking of which....
4. Teague should be locked in a room and made to spend an entire week watching Richmond, Geelong & WC games with a stack of notepads so he can draw a diagram of EVERY successful forward entry by those teams in every game.
He is only allowed out when he can show the full set of diagrams with corresponding Carlton players names pencilled in.
We've had 2nd rate (non)coaching for 20 years.
Anyone, who thinks Teague has done ok coz he's almost broken even is kidding themselves: a favorable comparison to the previous deadbeat Bolton makes no sense as he was historically the worst coach Carlton ever had - which was never a surprise to me as he had NOT played one single game of AFL football.
Enough is enough. No-one at the club should escape having to go back to grade-school basics.
We should not let Teague have the typical 'honeymoon period' that creepingly extends to another 5 wasted years until someone steps in yet again.
He needs to demonstrate he is capable of implementing much of the above in the remaining three games or he should be ditched in October.
The list we have now IS good enough if properly coached and drilled.
The time to act is NOW while we still have a chance.
GOLD
Thank you for your close up observations CC61.
Can't see the formations on tv.
Footy is simple but tough.
Its a physical game and a mental game.
Stengths
Weaknesses
Teamwork
Open up the forwardline.
We are getting it in there.
It can be 2 talls one small leading out.
We are getting it in the 50 and that is important.
Proves we have players who can do it.