09-13-2020, 07:11 AM
(09-13-2020, 06:11 AM)Macca37 link Wrote:As well as addressing the usual issues - lack of ability, abysmal kicking skills, etc, surely we need to find out what is causing these dreadful first halves of football.13-14 is a big improvement on 4-40. Wasn't turning everything around in a year, especially that losing culture. Will take more time. Hardwick took years to turn around Richmond's horrible losing culture.
It's like watching somebody who has had a drug overdose being given an antidote injection and suddenly spring to their feet.
We can't go into 2021 season fearing a repeat of this season's many bad first half starts. Is Teague responsible? The coaching staff in general? Do we need to employ sports psychologists?
13-14, given where we were, is more than acceptable but, at the same time, not good enough given it was total mental aspects, whether it's handling the heat when finals are on the line, or simply switching on, that has cost us playing finals. That's in no doubt. Most disappointed with today that they couldn't switched on in a game so important. Actually, was quite disgusted. While we'd have taken 7 or 8 wins at the start of the year it's turned out that our season was totally wasted. The only way it won't be is if we don't learn from it.
Ironic our season finished the way it started, with horrid first halves, and it did our season in the end. Let's just hope we don't do the usual "put cue in the rack" last round performance.