Post Game Passion: AFL 2019 Rd 4: Carlton vs. Gold Coast

[sydneybluesfan]

We played 2 patches of good footy - 10mins at the start of the 2nd and 10 mins at the start of the third. In that time we kicked 5 of our 8 goals. For the other 60mins it was largely a mess of skill errors and lack of poise. We have so many dumb footballers and have done for years and years. When the pressure came on in the last quarter we wilted as we always do.

I can't see how Bolton can keep his job next year. 4 games in and we are rock bottom on the ladder again. You can't sugar coat the fact that we can't score, and cant play anything more than the 10-15 mins of AFL standard football before we start to look like a VFL team.

Here a great stat from today - they had 96 marks in total for the day. 71 of those came from our kicks. 3 out of 4 of their marks came from intercepts!

[LP]

Yes, but the "we" that picks coaches has been different over the last 20 years. The importance of the senior coach is over stated by many on here, who fall into simplistic, old school thinking. But don't take my word for it :

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/time...hd3l9.html

I think the bigger problem is the old boys circuit, the ones that think the natural progression to the end of their playing career is to be an AFL assistant coach!

[Robblues]

It's rarely one area that contributes to this team mis function , but it's the coach that will be replaced, we can't continue shuffling the players any more, have to try a different process, wether Bolts has the teaching process or not , it's either not being implemented, or not working. He gets the big bucks, and carries the can.

[JonHenry]

The coach isn’t the problem?

Geez you guys are in fairy land

You always wanna make excuses for these guys.
He is the problem
We have no system and no confidence

How can we simply forget about this game?

[Robblues]

Last week it was The Gov that created a spark, and he looked the only forward today to look threatening, when he went of we had no targets

[PaulP]

I think the bigger problem is the old boys circuit, the ones that think the natural progression to the end of their playing career is to be an AFL assistant coach!

I'd have no problem sacking Bolton if I thought it would achieve something. But I look at our recent history with senior coaches, I look at the Tigers, I look at the Pies and I simply don't see how it will solve anything.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Can I ask if we had won by 1 point would that have changed much?...just given us another false dawn?
Look at the game today, would you want to coach either of those teams?

[Robblues]

Other part is if he was dumped say mid year, who would you look at?

[flyboy77]

Last week it was The Gov that created a spark, and he looked the only forward today to look threatening, when he went of we had no targets

Would help if the players streaming (being generous) into F50 actually kicked to a legitimate target!

Again, that's a coaching 101 issue.

[PaulP]

Can I ask if we had won by 1 point would that have changed much?...just given us another false dawn?
Look at the game today, would you want to coach either of those teams?

Then Bolton get a 1 week reprieve, until the next loss, and then it's on again. Both teams were shocking. Is Dew also a problem ?