05-02-2018, 08:56 AM
I don't think the issue is should the club be sticking to a rebuild because the answer is an unequivocal yes.
The issue isn't even should we be doing better this year than last because it should be obvious that losing Docherty after trading Gibbs would be a set back.
The issue is whether the rebuild given these set backs is meeting expectation and if not the question must be asked if the brains trust behind it (coaches, selectors and development crew) are taking the playing group on the right path.
IMHO, we are underperforming in this rebuild. Young players seem to be under developed (particularly in comparison to their draft cohort), skills are not improving and our game plan seems to confusing players. That game plan seems to treat defence and attack as two separate things and as a result we either set up so defensively we can't score or try so hard to attack that we can't defend (a big problem when our skill deficiencies let us down so much) Again, it's just my opinion but we need to find the middle ground and do both by getting players to run both ways. I don't see this or steps forwards it.
I don't know if this means a change in the coaching panel. I see everyone's points about the fallout if Bolton is dumped but something has to change to get us back on the right rebuild path. I do think we have the right young players to develop but question how we're doing in that task of developing them.
(Ps I still vote for adding one or two marquee free agents this year. I like the idea of our young group playing with and learning from some players like Sloane and GC's Lynch)
Here endeth my rant.
The issue isn't even should we be doing better this year than last because it should be obvious that losing Docherty after trading Gibbs would be a set back.
The issue is whether the rebuild given these set backs is meeting expectation and if not the question must be asked if the brains trust behind it (coaches, selectors and development crew) are taking the playing group on the right path.
IMHO, we are underperforming in this rebuild. Young players seem to be under developed (particularly in comparison to their draft cohort), skills are not improving and our game plan seems to confusing players. That game plan seems to treat defence and attack as two separate things and as a result we either set up so defensively we can't score or try so hard to attack that we can't defend (a big problem when our skill deficiencies let us down so much) Again, it's just my opinion but we need to find the middle ground and do both by getting players to run both ways. I don't see this or steps forwards it.
I don't know if this means a change in the coaching panel. I see everyone's points about the fallout if Bolton is dumped but something has to change to get us back on the right rebuild path. I do think we have the right young players to develop but question how we're doing in that task of developing them.
(Ps I still vote for adding one or two marquee free agents this year. I like the idea of our young group playing with and learning from some players like Sloane and GC's Lynch)
Here endeth my rant.