06-15-2024, 10:53 PM
(06-15-2024, 10:14 PM)PaulP link Wrote:It has to be about more than access to statistics. If our coaching staff have the same footy knowledge and footy IQ as a few big mouths on social media, then we are seriously wasting our time and money, and the club should pack it in and go and play in some dust bowl league out in the boonies, where the local waste collection guy is the coach, physio, high performance manager, list boss………
Yep
Of course it's more than stats....even advanced ones.
Naturally they play a part in some decisions and the coaches have access to better ones than we have but...
Our head coach has 289 playing games.
He has around 15 years experience as a senior or assistant coach.
Add the experience of our other assistants.
Then add an in depth knowledge of the playing group.
-their strengths and weaknesses
-their injury and form situation at any one time
-priorities they may be working on at any given time.
-what their training loads look like
- development plans.
-how players fit in the team structure and roles they play
-team balance considerations
- opposition strengths and weaknesses in up coming games
-proposed match-ups
-personal issues players may be dealing with (relationships and family illness)
etc etc.
We think we might know.
We actually have little idea