(06-20-2018, 05:32 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:They arent worried about his leading, they are worried about the timing of his leading.
I.e.
Hes leading along with other forwards or he isnt leading when he should be or perhaps not as often as he could be.
Im no expert but thats how i interpret speak.
That how I initially interpret the speak coming from the coaches, and I think it's rubbish.
Kerr's a natural forward, he is by some margin the best lead up forward we have, I'm not saying he is Fev or Lance, but he's better than the others we have. Kerr actually leads up the guts regularly, but our mids and HBFs are dead-set petrified of kicking it there! Either they have no confidence, or they do not want to chase if they fork it up, or they are told not to! As a result everyone ends up in a pocket!
The other problem is our mids and HBF mark the ball on the wing and go sideways, or the kick the ball on his head, or kick the ball over his head, or kick the ball 30m away from where he's heading! Which often results in our KPF, whoever it is, marking the ball 70m from goal!
If Fev was in the current team he would be going ballistic, taking off his boots and throwing them at the bench!
I am reminded of a Dev team I was involved in many years back, we had a coach who told the mids they had to run straight at goal, get the ball and go, even if it meant you ran into opponents. He coached this tactic because as the time we had a goal kicking but dud KPF, who couldn't think his way out of a paper bag but could mark and kick goals given a one on one. But, he gave and we got exactly one chance at leading per midfield play which the coach wasn't prepared to burn on a delayed exit from the midfield. In the end the opposition quickly learned our tactics and we lost the finals series, we had structured a game plan around a player's weakness.
It reminds me of Carlton, we can't kick so we don't, and in the process of trying to minimize mistakes/risk we remove all opportunity and unpredictability! We are a pre-programmed car crash!
If our kids have any talent, give them some advantage and see if they can make something of it, don't smother then to death trying to keep them safe!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"