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Darcy and Wardlaw are the next two

Taken from here today: https://www.afl.com.au/matches/injury-list (value 1 is total injuries (excl suspensions which are listed), value 2 is soft tissue (defined as Hamstring/Calf/Groin/Quad/Adductor/Achilles) Adelaide 8 1 Brisbane 7 1 Carlton 9 5 Collingwood 15 5 Essendon 7 3 Fremantle 8 2...

Graded low impact - fine only. It's probably right under the rules - reckon the off the ball loading needs to be a factor. Newman also fined for striking - likely in retaliation.

Is Christian going to cite the umpire who struck Cripps in the head? For me it's careless, low impact, high contact

Well that's not how our club had the role structured when Russell joined. He was a director role reporting into Brad Lloyd as head of football. Our club psychologist is Tarah Kavanagh who came over from Hawthorne at the same time as Russell.

I think they all have a level of responsibility, but ULTIMATE responsibility for mentality and psychology is in the Head of High Performance job description (according to the things Russell has said to the media about his role at the club). My CEO point seems to have conveniently slipped by...

Yes, he has a team - which he leads - which means responsibility and accountability when things go wrong.

You seem to think Russell has no responsibility for mentality when it's literally part of his job description and self assigned measures of success.

The concept of a senior leader in an organisation taking responsibility for the actions of their team is hardly a long bow. See recent examples of businesses having a scandal and the CEO resigning (Westpac, PWC, Qantas, Woolworths). Brad Banducci wasn't doing nightfill, jumping on the tills...

I've made my position clear for multiple years now - I don't know if there's better out there, but what I do know is that he's paid handsomely, has been in the role for 6 years, and we haven't seemingly had an edge in running out games, soft tissue injury management during his tenure. Mental...

Do you keep extrapolating incorrect positions from what people say because you want to continue arguing? He didn't say Russell is the "only" thing that should change - he just didn't refer to other staff because this thread is about Russell.

nope - Arr0w quoted my response to someone who said "tackling nothing to do with Russell. That is a mentality thing", and I've demonstrated how Russell himself has publicly declared that mentality and psychology are clear parts of his remit as head of high performance. There will always be an...

He has responsibility - that doesn't make him solely responsible - again, that's an inference you have made (and I'd suggest that comes from you incorrectly assuming I am approaching this with ill-intent)

Unfortunately you are mistaken - I've never said that he is the "only" person responsible - that's your inference.

Arr0w - i'm not going to go back against every bit of that post separately as its clear we don't agree. I'd appreciate if you took my points at face value though, and didn't keep raising some strawman of me pointing the finger at Russell for contact injuries/ACL's etc. The thrust of my position...

Mentality and intent on match day is psychological - which according to Russell makes up 80-90% "of it all". As high performance manager, he is responsible for the players maximising their performance, which is driven by psychology to get that extra 1-2% out of themselves. He's also responsible...

From the horses mouth: With a highly successful career in football, Russell believes psychology is the most important factor in the life of an AFL player. Bringing his wealth of football experience to the Blues, he said the mindset of both the group and the individuals within a club were key...

Mentality and intent still falls squarely under high performance.

Tough reading the latest injury report

We won by a point - they had 20 more inside 50s and had 21 scores to our 17. If they had kicked a bit straighter (or Kemp didn't get that dangerous tackle free) we would have lost. The possession % tell a pretty compelling story on our fitness and ability to run out the game. (Blues on the...

A text platform is always a challenge as sarcasm isn't always obvious.... A look at the score worm suggests we were lucky we built up a big enough lead, and their inaccurate kicking saved us an embarrassing loss from lack of fitness. Cerra was playing very well until subbed off, McGovern and...

I like to watch......

Unfortunately a "non-suspicious" death in a residence with all news articles including a section at the bottom regarding lifeline and other metal health support services is code for suicide. They wont report it outright as a suicide in most cases, but the signs are all pointing in that...

You're better than this Arrow. This strawman of ACL injuries is nonsense - the question marks on Russell (including from the club) are off the back of the soft tissue injuries.

Glad he didn't challenge - terrible look and certainly lowered my thoughts on him as a player.

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2024/05/03/blues-investigation-into-raft-of-soft-tissues-finds-unfortunate/ Can't ask for much more than this. At least the club has told us they acknowledge it as an issue and are trying to establish why. The only counter here is that if the bad times are bad luck...

I've never criticised Russell for ACLs - I've been incredibly consistent that: 1) we anticipate he absorbs a large chunk of our soft cap; 2) we havent seemed to have significantly stronger injury minimisation or better fitness than our opposition; As a result, I would challenge if we are getting...

So is that a knock on the high performance manager at the time (Russell) or Voss stepping into an area he shouldn't be interfering in?