Effort, Skill not game plan or coach

[Wayne42]

It's not an accident that the most skilful teams make the finals. Generally, the two most skilful teams make the GF and the one with the best backline takes the flag. The role of the coach is to oversee the skills and fitness programs, and to motivate and focus the players over a long season. Coaches rarely take a dud under another coach and turn him into a star. Both Jack Newnes and Blake Acres were turn over merchants with us and are still turn over merchants with new clubs and two coaches later. The coaches haven't made one bit of difference.

So just have empty coaches boxes then?
They just play indoor cricket with the boys during the week and laugh at fart jokes???
IF you listen to Sam Mitchell he believes a core role of the coach is to improve the skills of players and he’s view is this happens through a methodical approach to training skill execution under pressure
What would he know Hawks only won 4 flags with one of the most skilful sides getting around
I suspect the coach might also be accountable for the system of play and ensuring he builds one that capitalises on the strength of his team and instills the discipline to ensure players stick to it
We have none of that atm

Does that mean that anyone who is employed at the Saints is asked if they can maintain a certain level of incompetence, before they get the job. If that's far fetched then it's amazing how
they achieve it anyway.

[perfectionist]

I thought I'd republish this as it seems some only read the first and last words.

It's not an accident that the most skilful teams make the finals. Generally, the two most skilful teams make the GF and the one with the best backline takes the flag. The role of the coach is to oversee the skills and fitness programs, and to motivate and focus the players over a long season. Coaches rarely take a dud under another coach and turn him into a star. Both Jack Newnes and Blake Acres were turn over merchants with us and are still turn over merchants with new clubs and two coaches later. The coaches haven't made one bit of difference.

[Teflon]

I thought I'd republish this as it seems some only read the first and last words.

It's not an accident that the most skilful teams make the finals. Generally, the two most skilful teams make the GF and the one with the best backline takes the flag. The role of the coach is to oversee the skills and fitness programs, and to motivate and focus the players over a long season. Coaches rarely take a dud under another coach and turn him into a star. Both Jack Newnes and Blake Acres were turn over merchants with us and are still turn over merchants with new clubs and two coaches later. The coaches haven't made one bit of difference.

Apologies concur

[bigred]

Anyone thinking that Friday night's loss is acceptable in any way is dead set delusional.

Through both the 2021 and 2022 seasons, all bar perhaps two or three of our losses have played with questionable effort.

It is a problem. No it is a damn emergency. Something is rotten for this to happen over and over again.

You cannot trust this side. You just cant. Effort should not be negotiable at this level. But yet here we are again.

Thirteen tackles in a half. THIRTEEN.

Every member should be damn well obligated to call out this rubbish. We dont deserve this.