Carlton pasted by Pies (Post Game)

[IvanAwfulbigone]

When a team gets a run on, the players start playing for themselves.
I remember watching Ed Curnow Blanket a man next to a Player with a free kick, while two Collingwood players ran forward of the ball unopposed. It was like... "I am on this guy".

There must be or has been someone or something at the club during the tenure of these guys that has caused them to be like this? It would be highly unlikely for ALL or even many of them to have this trait built in surely? In other words, it's more likely to be something they've learned at the club over years. What could be the common denominators?
Culture (onfield/off field)  inherited by the group from a previous time?
Coaching - been a problem, by degree, under multiple coaches?
Prolonged lack of effective leadership (lack of) - like growing up without a father can be detrimental?
Recruitment selection - bad psych profiling?
All of the above?
I give up, but maybe someone closer to the club could answer?

I have no idea either but I suspect it's 'All of the above'. shadesy has articulated something that drives me mad. You'd think these habits/attitudes would be easy to fix but ... no.

Another thing I've noticed is the way we corral an opposition player in a one on one situation so that he's completely hemmed in, only to have another Blues player leave his man and try and help out. For the love of God, WHY?!?  Opposition player then has an easy handball or chip over the top to the (now) loose man and they're away.  Happens time, after time, after time, ...