05-24-2023, 04:15 AM
(05-24-2023, 03:26 AM)Baggers link Wrote:Further to what I wrote before, this group folds under expectation/pressure. Classic low confidence/leadership/trust stuff. We should want to eat expectation and demand more. Enter the training I mentioned previously.
I played local suburban footy (U/13, U/15, U/17 & open-age) in the Essendon District league plus cricket from age 10 till 32 in the local Churches comp (first game was in the U/16 as a 10yo) and it was always instilled in us that sometimes you are going to come up against a better opponent. When you did, you gritted your teeth and went just as hard as you would against an inferior opponent.
Winning was not the occassional thing to achieve, it was a weekly expectation and when we did lose, it actually meant something to us, it hurt !!
When you won a game you were not expected to, usually on the basis of playing as a complete team and genuinely wanting that win, the satisfaction & pride amongst the palyers was immeasurable.
I hate losing, I always have and always will !!
Some of our players seem to just accept it with a sh1t-eating grin on their face. I can't trust players like that and never wanted them in the team with me.
"its not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog"
[size=8pt]"The Other Teams Can Rot In Hell"