maverick wrote:rodgerfox wrote:degruch wrote:maverick wrote:rodgerfox wrote:maverick wrote:
Our depth is better now than it has ever was when the fat man was coaching us.
Two things...
Our depth right now is bordering on pathetic. We have 2 guys missing from last year and don't have a single player in the 2s banging the door down to get a game.
Secondly,
if it was better than when 'the fat man', Stan Alves or even Tim Watson was coaching - so what?? I want it to be good - not better than it was before.
Currently, it's not good at all.
Don't agree.
+1. Was amazed with what a well balanced list we have, considering we have lost guys like Attard and Allen in recent years, just as they were starting to look the goods. Of course, Lovett cost us this year too. We look to have done very well from limited opportunities.
Limited opportunities?
We lost Goose, X Clarke and Luke Ball for nothing.
Plus we've had a no. 5 draft picks and a no. 16 pick.
That's at least 5 decent players we should have been able to get.
But all we have a to show for it is a ruckman who can't get a game in the ruck division which is 9th in the comp for Hitouts.
Who was the no.5 draft pick?
We also gained King, Gardiner and Ray for nothing also, I think we are better off.
Sorry, typo. No. 9 draft pick - McEvoy.
Without going over too much old ground....
When we took on a new coach, I said we wouldn't be a contender until 2010-2011.
I was wrong.
The reason I said this, was because I made an assumption that a new coach would come in and have a crack at the list.
I assumed guys like Goose, Kosi, Milne etc. would be traded for Draft picks. I kind of figured that a new coach would have to come in and do something with the list - bring in youth which would set us back 2 years but with the brilliant talent we kept would make us a genuine contender in 2010-2011.
Supposedly the list was in such bad shape and going backwards at such a rate, something had to be done!
I was amazed when Lyon did nothing with the core of the list. We just cut dudes that were most likely going to be cut anyway, and naturally didn't get anything to really boost the list long term.
We just topped up the discarded 'fringe' players with discarded 'fringe' players form other clubs.
Schneider even with all of his flaws, is the exception. We haven't been improved at all apart from him.
Now, we see that not rolling the dice and getting some kids in 3 years ago has left us a bit stagnant. The short term fixes have almost passed that used-by date already and our kids are sub-standard.
And....we're relying on the same stars that have been on the list for 6-8 years.
Recruitment is one area that I'm very disappointed in.
Now granted, had we won the flag last year (like we should have) then clearly history would have shown it to be a great play - but we didn't. And one year in footy is a long time.