Coach Fages and the coaching group

[Gadzorks]

Umpiring is hard, expect there to be mistakes but the daicos duck was atrocious.

i am struggling (and failing) to be ok with it.

 

[Nunez]

Ashcroft would of been handy .
Gunston too .

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[briztoon]

I’ve said it before, but I believe we’re still not fit enough, or have enough gut runners, two way runners and speed in the team.

Wouldn’t be putting a lot of emphasis on time trials next year.

McCluggage is a very, very good time trial runner. He’s a pretty poor two way runner and looks gassed early-ish in games.

And the same applies to all our half forwards, except Zorko.

Would rather see some brutal beep test sessions.

 

[Thomasno]

Given how much we improved on our massive glaring issue last year (team defence) this year, I’m hopeful the theme this off season will be fitness.

We’ve got the personnel, we’ve now got the structure; an improvement to our fitness (halfbacks and midfielders specifically) will go a long way to making us a force to be reckoned with.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

Agree on McCluggage, I mentioned it to our group watching today he looked like he was gassed inside 15mins. His pressure and tackle efforts looked fatigued, even early in the game.

 

[M Malice]

I’ve said it before, but I believe we’re still not fit enough, or have enough gut runners, two way runners and speed in the team.

Wouldn’t be putting a lot of emphasis on time trials next year.

McCluggage is a very, very good time trial runner. He’s a pretty poor two way runner and looks gassed early-ish in games.

And the same applies to all our half forwards, except Zorko.

Would rather see some brutal beep test sessions.

I mentioned similar in the review thread, it is a strange one though apart from Coleman and Rayner I am struggling to come up with a swag of players who are "unfit", I am sure the coaching staff will know with access to GPS data though. Repeat efforts and sustained pace need to be focused in on, Sidebottom and J.Daicos clearly out ran our wingers, no blame whatsoever on an 18 year old Jaspa though, he may have been overawed and sapped of energy from over thinking the game.

 

[T Rick]

Dodongo mentioned it elsewhere but a move that Fages and the coaching group regret will be not bringing in Lyons earlier. There were a couple of players that were clearly were not up to standard and we needed a beast like Lyons in the middle.

The wisdom of hindsight - Hinkley learnt the hard way about making a tactical sub change too early in the Qualifying Final.

 

[martinson]

I mentioned similar in the review thread, it is a strange one though apart from Coleman and Rayner I am struggling to come up with a swag of players who are "unfit", I am sure the coaching staff will know with access to GPS data though. Repeat efforts and sustained pace need to be focused in on, Sidebottom and J.Daicos clearly out ran our wingers, no blame whatsoever on an 18 year old Jaspa though, he may have been overawed and sapped of energy from over thinking the game.

Rayner is overrated and the sooner we get him fit and play him in a role that he is capable of rather than swing him around the ground naively thinking he's capable of doing something the better off he and the team will be. It cost us dearly yesterday.

Coleman had leather poisoning but just wasn't getting the penetration from his entries that he got last week because we played more risk off footy for fear of making a mistake. It's not surprising that he got tired in the sun ,though he struggles to keep up the intensity good and all as he is.

Cal had the legacy of a corkie , it's also not surprising that Sidebottom and Daicos outran Bez and Jaspa who as yet aren't in the same class but they're the best we had.

General fitness is an area we can improve on I suppose. We get away with it at the Gabba but the MCG is a different proposition on a warm day. I think the majority of our guys ran it out , Oscar was gassed but understandably so ,needed more backup , and we could easily have pinched it. Not to be.

 

[MSB ROYS]

The wisdom of hindsight - Hinkley learnt the hard way about making a tactical sub change too early in the Qualifying Final.

I always think about that song "Monday's expert"

"Monday's Experts
Hey they've always got the good oil
Pity you can't put a bet on at the finish of the race"

 

[M Malice]

Rayner is overrated and the sooner we get him fit and play him in a role that he is capable of rather than swing him around the ground naively thinking he's capable of doing something the better off he and the team will be. It cost us dearly yesterday.

Coleman had leather poisoning but just wasn't getting the penetration from his entries that he got last week because we played more risk off footy for fear of making a mistake. It's not surprising that he got tired in the sun ,though he struggles to keep up the intensity good and all as he is.

Cal had the legacy of a corkie , it's also not surprising that Sidebottom and Daicos outran Bez and Jaspa who as yet aren't in the same class but they're the best we had.

General fitness is an area we can improve on I suppose. We get away with it at the Gabba but the MCG is a different proposition on a warm day. I think the majority of our guys ran it out , Oscar was gassed but understandably so ,needed more backup , and we could easily have pinched it. Not to be.

The whole team need to do their endurance training with Harry Sharp over the off season.

If we start hearing reports of groups of players out training independent of the club before the end of this month that will be a good sign that they are using the heartbreak of yesterday as motivation for 2024.

 

[Nuggo]

I waa ok with substitution at that time. Seemed pretty consistent with what happened throughout the year.

They clogged up the midfield and spread hard so basically outworked our midfield group. Seems to be a big factor when you playing at the G. So this need to be one of the focus points of the coaches this preseason.

At the beginning of the year I said anything but a GF appearance would be a fail so well done to the team for getting us there.

 

[Squizz89]

Just announced on Trade Radio that Jed is moving on to the Roos, so that’ll be one spot to fill in the coaching group.

 

[_hyphy]

Just announced on Trade Radio that Jed is moving on to the Roos, so that’ll be one spot to fill in the coaching group.

Wow. He’s had a big impact on the group, especially the forwards this year.

 

[JasRulz63]

Just announced on Trade Radio that Jed is moving on to the Roos, so that’ll be one spot to fill in the coaching group.

Arrived back at the club as coach when Fagan started and has been around during the rise up the ladder. Wish him the best of luck, hopefully more luck than the previous Brisbane person that took a coaching role at North.

A new voice in the coaching staff may help us take the next step in 2024.

 

[Nathan Barley]

I thought other clubs didn't want our coaches

 

[vic_LION]

I thought other clubs didn't want our coaches

I think that’s more about assistants being linked to head coaching gigs, like Yze had been for numerous years before landing the job at Richmond.

 

[Nathan Barley]

I think that’s more about assistants being linked to head coaching gigs, like Yze had been for numerous years before landing the job at Richmond.

So big Vic clubs wanting our assistant coaches because they're good assistant coaches doesn't mean anything?

 

[Cubs2Lions]

Arrived back at the club as coach when Fagan started and has been around during the rise up the ladder. Wish him the best of luck, hopefully more luck than the previous Brisbane person that took a coaching role at North.

A new voice in the coaching staff may help us take the next step in 2024.

McQualter tipped to join Dees after missing main job at Tigers

Richmond says stand-in coach will be starting at another AFL club

www.afl.com.au

Wonder if the club will ask the question to Mcqualter about joining our club, as an assistant and then senior coach in-waiting, once Fages does retire from the job in the future.

 

[almagoo]

Wow. He’s had a big impact on the group, especially the forwards this year.

He was backline coach this season.

 

[Tom14]

Confirmed now:

Jed Adcock to Depart the Lions

The Brisbane Lions confirm assistant coach Jed Adcock will depart the Club after accepting a new role with North Melbourne for the 2024 season.

www.lions.com.au

 

[Nathan Barley]

Leaves a vacancy Gunston could fill?

 

[CarterS]

He was backline coach this season.

Did a great job then as our backline was markedly improved.

 

[Cubs2Lions]

Leaves a vacancy Gunston could fill?

Wonder if Murray Davis might leave as well, then we could possibly allow Gunston to become our forward’s coach and McQualter comes in as our defence coach in 2024, would be a nice refresh of bringing new assistants to the club.

 

[Gadzorks]

To Just announced on Trade Radio that Jed is moving on to the Roos, so that’ll be one spot to fill in the coaching group.

Symmetry - Clarkson taught fagan, fagan taught adcock, now adcock going to Clarkson.

We will definitely see Jed as a senior coach one day. Maybe doing another apprenticeship with the goal of coming back after fagan retires.

 

[Dalions]

Wonder if we just promote from within and move Dale Morris to a line Coach