04-24-2022, 01:37 AM
(04-24-2022, 01:23 AM)Mav link Wrote:I'm also not sure the more even pacing we displayed through the game was evidence of increasing fitness. I suspect we went into the game with the mentality of a boxer who is wary of his opponent's ability to counter-punch; we tried to get into clinches with Freo. Rather than the helter-skelter attack that allowed us to open up big early leads against the Hawks and others, we tried to go down the line and limit Freo's ability to get some width. That produced more subdued scoring and also reduced the amount of flat out sprinting.
Given our recent performances...
I'm wondering whether the plan might have been along the lines of....
" Last week Freo had a great third quarter we had a poor second half.
They may go in expecting a similar game.
Let's take a measured approach to the first half and hit them hard in the third quarter."
The intention would have been to focus the players on what has been the danger period for us.
The problem was, we had a poor second quarter and when the effort was needed in the third we just didn't have the ammunition