08-17-2019, 06:53 AM
What a magnificent coaching effort, today and the last 10 weeks.
He's done it today without one of our key forwards and a key defender who was a late withdrawal, and a group of some fringe players who would struggle to get a game in any of the top four teams.
Yes, the players that took to the field had to deliver and despite a million mistakes, many of them did, but you still have to have the brains and coaching ability to get the win.
The last 10 weeks, were no different than the first 11, from the playing point of view. They still make mistakes, they miss their targets, they miss goals, and they miss tackles.
So essentially, it's the same mob we have had all year.
However, we are later in the season, the knocks and bumps and sore shoulders and groins and other niggles are more pronounced,and we have players who would walk into our best 11 out injured.
Yet, with all that against him, D.T has got them playing way above the level that they were for the first half of the year, and his coaching, and tactical moves have added a dimension to our team that we haven't had in years.
In 65 years of supporting this football club, I have seen the lot. The high's the lows, the in betweens.
I haven't been as excited for our club about the next two years, as I have been since the golden era, 79, 81 and 82. And I was also at the MCG in 68 and 70.
So let's all enjoy the ride together.
We are in the best of hands in David Teague, and I believe that at 38, he has the capacity in time to be recognised as one of, not only the greatest coach the Carlton Football Club has ever had, but one of the greatest coaches in VFL/AFL history.
I hope time proves me to be correct.
He's done it today without one of our key forwards and a key defender who was a late withdrawal, and a group of some fringe players who would struggle to get a game in any of the top four teams.
Yes, the players that took to the field had to deliver and despite a million mistakes, many of them did, but you still have to have the brains and coaching ability to get the win.
The last 10 weeks, were no different than the first 11, from the playing point of view. They still make mistakes, they miss their targets, they miss goals, and they miss tackles.
So essentially, it's the same mob we have had all year.
However, we are later in the season, the knocks and bumps and sore shoulders and groins and other niggles are more pronounced,and we have players who would walk into our best 11 out injured.
Yet, with all that against him, D.T has got them playing way above the level that they were for the first half of the year, and his coaching, and tactical moves have added a dimension to our team that we haven't had in years.
In 65 years of supporting this football club, I have seen the lot. The high's the lows, the in betweens.
I haven't been as excited for our club about the next two years, as I have been since the golden era, 79, 81 and 82. And I was also at the MCG in 68 and 70.
So let's all enjoy the ride together.
We are in the best of hands in David Teague, and I believe that at 38, he has the capacity in time to be recognised as one of, not only the greatest coach the Carlton Football Club has ever had, but one of the greatest coaches in VFL/AFL history.
I hope time proves me to be correct.