04-08-2019, 03:45 AM
(04-08-2019, 03:33 AM)LP link Wrote:Statistically we had a dominant midfield, despite struggling for wins we were right near the top of the tables for clearances and center breaks, yet MM applied the same handbrake game style that he'd applied at the Filth! :o
MM saw the boundary line arm-wrestle as the way to win finals, yet ironically he didn't win that many and when he did it was off the back of significant running power from guys like Daisy, Swan, Ball, Pendlebury, Didak, Matera, Mainwaring, Heady or Lewis!
It wasn't a bad game plan, but after a decade or more of being picked apart by opposition the chances of further success using it was at best slim.
I'm not sure the skills issue has much to do with a senior coach at AFL level, but he does need to wear the tactical criticism.
Didn't win that many finals? He holds the record lol.
2012 HAPPENED!!!!!!!