Jim Park Analysis 2021

[crashlander]

I don't read The Hun, but I heard that in an article about Carlton Buckenara doesn't even rate Walsh an A-Grader.

Surely somebody is taking the piss! :o

If it is Buckenara's position, then he has even less idea than Kane Cornes, and that is saying something.

[crashlander]

It says a lot about our season that 35 players this season managed to get some votes. Considering that some guys who played didn't manage a vote at all, it suggests that we haven't had a stable team.
That is an understatement. One of the things about successful teams is that they generally have a lot of stability in their line-up. Maybe our new coaching staff will manage to find that stability, but I doubt it.

One way of getting stability is to have few injuries. That is a trick we haven't managed this century yet. Certainly Russell cannot be the only source of blame: this trend goes back to the mid 90's at least. We have had at least 5 fitness guys since then: are they all duds? Very unlikely.
Do we blame out medical staff? Another good question with the same not very good answer. Now we have links with LaTrobe University's Sport's medicine people, it would be reasonable to expect that we have better results than other clubs. But we don't.
I know I go on about injuries, but teams that have a large portion of their best players off the field regularly don't make finals and don't win flags.
For example, how many votes did Charlie Curnow get this year?

[kruddler]

It says a lot about our season that 35 players this season managed to get some votes. Considering that some guys who played didn't manage a vote at all, it suggests that we haven't had a stable team.
That is an understatement. One of the things about successful teams is that they generally have a lot of stability in their line-up. Maybe our new coaching staff will manage to find that stability, but I doubt it.

One way of getting stability is to have few injuries. That is a trick we haven't managed this century yet. Certainly Russell cannot be the only source of blame: this trend goes back to the mid 90's at least. We have had at least 5 fitness guys since then: are they all duds? Very unlikely.
Do we blame out medical staff? Another good question with the same not very good answer. Now we have links with LaTrobe University's Sport's medicine people, it would be reasonable to expect that we have better results than other clubs. But we don't.
I know I go on about injuries, but teams that have a large portion of their best players off the field regularly don't make finals and don't win flags.
For example, how many votes did Charlie Curnow get this year?

Causation or correlation.....
Our club is a mess.
As a result it puts extra stress on the players, albeit mentally, not physically.
However, could the mental stress translate to physical injuries?

Mens Sana in corpore sano

More injuries this year than just about any other, more stress on the players and the club too.
So....causation or correlation?

[DJC]

I don't read The Hun, but I heard that in an article about Carlton Buckenara doesn't even rate Walsh an A-Grader.

Surely somebody is taking the piss! :o

Buckenara had Walsh in his top ten for the 2018 draft but rated four or five players ahead of him.  He won't concede that Walsh is an A-Grader until/unless his top four or five are and/or he's forced to do so by Walsh's overwhelming accolades.

Buckenara doesn't get much wrong ... in his own opinion  :

[LP]

Buckenara doesn't get much wrong ... in his own opinion  :

He's not a bad bloke, I've had quite a few chats with him down at the Frankston VFL ground where he is/was the venue manager, not sure if he still is.

But I think he's missed the whole board on that throw, some of it might be the doing of his editor, the old journo trick of adding some controversy to boost readers. If he is still around next time I get to a game at Frankston I'll ask him! ;D