10-07-2023, 09:58 AM
(10-07-2023, 09:37 AM)kruddler link Wrote:If you predict what going to happen based on the team that's picked....and then it happens...is that dumb luck? Coincidence? Perhaps it's people knowing a thing or 2 about football.
This year we have been better than in the past. Less games won or lost at the mc meetings than at anytime in the past. In years gone by, the team selection has been VERY average.
Vossy played his hand early when he basically said we'd be playing 2 rucks and Harry (and Charlie goes without saying) at the press conference after the dees game. That gives the opposition the whole week to plan for that.
At least keep some mystery about it.
Look, everyone has said their piece. I doubt anyone is going to change their minds.
There's not much to predict. We either win, draw or lose. Given the number of variables in play, how you can possibly say a loss was because the MC picked a team you don't agree with ? Why not 50 other possible reasons that we lost, nothing at all to do with the team selection ? My posts in this space are essentially a plea for a little modesty, a little perspective, and a little humility. I've said it before - if we tested our ideas about team selection with Voss and the MC, we wouldn't last 2 minutes. This has nothing to do with intelligence, and everything to do with lack of experience and lack of access to information. If you need 20 pieces of information to make an informed decision, and we are lucky have two or three, then you can't make the correct decision. This is simply logic IMO.
In 2022, Geelong played 2 rucks and 2 KPF the whole year. Rhys Stanley played 20 games, Blicavs 24. Jeremy Cameron played 24 games, Hawkins 25. That's basically 4 talls the whole season, and the 4 of them played in all 3 finals. History shows 2 rucks and 2 kpf can work. I don't see why this setup is such a bad idea, and I don't see why we can't make it work.