(03-26-2020, 11:04 PM)Gointocarlton date Wrote:Its a return to the good old days (thank fark). Was listening to Ross Lyon talk about a recent coaching experience, he talked about when he coached the International Rules team, he said there was him, Clarkson (I think) and one ther coach and one IT guy. Thats it. He reckons they all commented about how much purer it was. Know I bet you will all moan and groan but I 110% agree with this. All we have done is copied the NFL (utterly crape game for mine) model for coaching numbers, the game is none the better IMHO.
As for drafting players with big tanks, atheletic abilities but cant kick a footy to save themselves, we are a prime example of this.
Firstly, I think we are talking about two different problems, the number of coaches is a separate issue to the shorter quarters;
On the coaches, these famous photographs have been floating around for a while, more coaches than team!
[img width=450]https://s.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL%20Tenant/AFL/Files/Images/AM-6788_Main_1024x315_a1.jpg[/img]
[img width=450]https://s.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL%20Tenant/AFL/Files/Images/AM%206788_Main_1024x315_2.jpg[/img]
Anybody who can't see the above problem must be blind, more coaches than players!
I wonder how many coaches would fair if you remove this ridiculous support system, it's not infeasible that some high end coaches might be better at utilizing assistant coaches than they are at actually coaching players.
On the shortening of the quarters and the players, the problem is strength and power players are disadvantaged because fatigue won't set in with enough of the quarter left. Guys like Cripps and Pendlebury will be devalued because the quarter is over before their main strength kicks in, it's similar to the old adage that taller players don't get shorter when legs get tired but if the quarter ends before the legs get tired!
Pendlebury and Cripps need more game time so that they can make use of their skills instead of chasing blokes they cannot catch.
It's the current rotation system with shorter quarters that allows a bloke like Prestia to dominate a Cripps. Short quarters, fresh legs, lots of interchange and video MRP would leave Diesel a spud! That is not the football I want to watch, I want the guys like Diesel, Sam Mitchell, Cripps, etc., etc., to star, blokes who need lots of physical contests!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"