Do you follow another team thinking its the swans or something. Diluted little fool you are, arnt you.Originally posted by Schneiderman
In short:
1. The GAMEPLAN does not exist in such a simple form. Even as discussed in this thread, Roos and his coaches employ a variety of tactics and strategies on game day. Having a GAMEPLAN to begin with makes you very vulnerable as a coach and side. It makes you predictable and defeatable.
2. Roos is very early in his coaching career. This means he is still learning and makes plenty of mistakes. He has admitted this much too. Plus he is only halfway through his five year plan. To all the bandwagoners out there: Give him at least till the end of that plan before you knee-jerk your way to another short-lived coach.
3. Its not like he has not been an instrument of change. This year alone he has debuted three kids, and rotated a number of youngsters. In an established side that finished 3rd and 5th, plus has had a reasonable run with injuries, thats not too bad. And there is still more than half the season to go.
4. He has cut poor performers, and been willing to throw some selection surprises. Sometimes they have worked (Ess, WB) sometimes not (StK). We have even had a Captain change, and a revolutionary rotational policy. You may not agree with them, but it certainly does not indicate a "boring" or "stubborn" or "dour" coach in my mind. I still see him as quite revolutionary at the moment, but of course history may well judge him more harshly. Still the risk-taking IS there.
5. Confidence IMO has far more impact at the moment on this team than the GAMEPLAN. Sure you can drill and instruct players to kick long to the F50, but they can quickly go into their shells when that plan fails. This is particularly true of a team that is now too experienced to have a cavalier style of play (a la 2003), or knows it is not talented enough that the sheer capacity of skill will eventually outweigh the mounting errors and costly turnovers from risks.
I believe those of you ganging up on the GAMEPLAN are simplistic in your analysis, and are butchering the scape-goat the simplistic Melbourne media have trotted out for this week/month.
Moderator Edit: unnecessary comment
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