09-13-2020, 10:14 AM
(09-13-2020, 09:09 AM)kruddler link Wrote:I disagree.
We had that last year and what did it give us?
I reckon we are better off this way.
We had a good year, but complacency cost us a spot in the finals. This is what happens when you slack off. We need a big off-season to take the next step.
We need the fire in the belly. We need the hurt. We need to realise its not just going to happen for us.
A good, happy ending can mask that.
We'll agree to disagree on some points and not others.
I feel less confident about the future of this side going into the 2020 off-season than I did going into the 2019 off-season.
The ending we need (ed) to see is pressure, commitment and unity
That's not masking a problem.
That's showing we're advancing.
I don't think what we've witnessed over the last few weeks is complacency.
I think it was more a dropping of the bundle.
A decline into a rabble.
Players playing for themselves and not as a unit
To my mind the players had had enough of this season and just wanted to get it done and dusted.
Do you really think they were 'hurting' there this afternoon.
Smiling, laughing, sharing good times with former team-mates. (not just Gibbs)
What I saw was more likely 'relief' that our finals chances were gone and they could go home soon.
On your second point I totally agree. We need a big off-season. A harsh, ,tough off -season.
Reduction in list sizes may be more dramatic than we assume...it may be that to add draft and trades into the side a much greater number of players are on the chopping block.