(06-06-2019, 08:11 AM)townsendcalling link Wrote:The Docherty interview re Teague on the CFC makes for very interesting listening. Less meetings, less strategies, simple messages. Maybe we’ve been ‘overtaught!’
It's certainly one possibility. I'd be very curious to know where Bolton's coaching sits compared to other coaches on the "over coaching" spectrum. This could be one of those urban myths that arise to explain a poor W/L. I suspect he learned a fair bit from the Hawks and if there was over coaching, then maybe it's because of the number of kids on the list. Bolton did say he was wary of over coaching someone like Walsh, so I suspect this is getting legs without too much reason.
In my view, the emphasis on strategy and meetings is to equip the kids to think for themselves. Which is much better than just giving them rote instructions. It's the difference between a university education, which is knowledge based, and a TAFE education, which is skills based.
It's basically a "better in the long term" approach, which is what I thought the club wanted.