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Itās fine, I just felt your style of writing was familiar.This has been my only name. I asked in another thread how I can change it because now itās outdated haha
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Itās fine, I just felt your style of writing was familiar.This has been my only name. I asked in another thread how I can change it because now itās outdated haha
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Yeah. I read an article recently that revealed something I didn't think about as much - and that is, often low numbered draft picks who have a couple of good seasons can command quite a bit of salary and if you have too many of them you can get a bit stuck.Chris Scott - and Geelong in general - realised ahead of time how big a deal Free Agency is and how much it changes everything. No longer need to rebuild; can instead get senior players for cheap and surround youngsters with them and get finals experience into young players fast. Its a double edged sword because players can also leave, but build the culture and build the success and players for the most part will play.
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Exactly my thoughts with point 1 and 2.A bit conflicted on this one, as I used to constructively criticise a bit. It seems the two things that I disliked the most changed this year though.
1. A more attacking game plan that didn't have us clamming up in finals
2. More prepared to play the kids - the irony being that it meant when the whips were cracking, the likes of Joel, Mitch and Rodney were cherry ripe to dominate.
I also found it interesting that he deliberately stopped his coaching box histrionics this year - in solidarity with players and umpires around the new dissent rules.
I never had a huge problem with it - he was blowing off steam and never carried the grudge into the post game press conferences - but I do wonder if it helped him to focus energy on the things he could control.
I think Scotty deserved the criticism he got at the end of the last three years when he persisted with that chip kick game that even the least knowledgeable footy fan could see didn't work in finals. Although, it seems Fremantle hasn't got the memo yet. I can remember how one year he dropped Stanley for the finals to play Blicavs in the ruck. He took our AA full-back out of position, and it ruined the balance of the backline and the team. So, to say he hasn't got to here without mistakes is just pandering to the sentiment of winning the flag.
But this year, he has been outstanding, which I agree with. The way he tackled the restructuring of the Coaching department at the end of last season and let fresh ideas come in and change the game plan at long last was overdue. But it took a lot of maturity from Scotty to do that. I understand that sometimes game plans depend on the cattle you've got to work with. The injection of speed on the wings especially played a big part in the evolution of how the Cats played this year.
So I applaud Scotty for leading all of that. I don't apologize for being critical of the times I thought he was stubbornly persisting with a dud game plan despite all the evidence saying it doesn't win you flags.
I'm not arguing with that. I even say so in my post. Credit where credit is due. Scotty has done an outstanding job this season. But it's been a bumpy ride to get here. Let's not forget that. I've even heard Scotty admit in various interviews over the weekend he deserved the criticism sometimes.ultimately the team is better this year than it was in the previous couple.
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I think Scotty deserved the criticism he got at the end of the last three years when he persisted with that chip kick game that even the least knowledgeable footy fan could see didn't work in finals. Let's not forget last year we lost the prelim by 83 points.
I can remember how one year he dropped Stanley for the finals to play Blicavs in the ruck. He took our AA full-back out of position, and it ruined the balance of the backline and the team. So, to say he hasn't got to here without mistakes is just pandering to the sentiment of winning the flag.
But this year, he has been outstanding, which I agree with. The way he tackled the restructuring of the Coaching department at the end of last season and let fresh ideas come in and change the game plan at long last was overdue. But it took a lot of maturity from Scotty to do that. I understand that sometimes game plans depend on the cattle you've got to work with. The injection of speed on the wings especially played a big part in the evolution of how the Cats played this year. So I applaud Scotty for leading all of that.
I don't apologize for being critical of him during the years he stubbornly persisted with a dud game plan despite all the evidence saying it doesn't win you flags.
Chris Scott- and Geelong in general - realised ahead of time how big a deal Free Agency is and how much it changes everything. No longer need to rebuild; can instead get senior players for cheap and surround youngsters with them and get finals experience into young players fast. Its a double edged sword because players can also leave, but build the culture and build the success and players for the most part will play.PLAYERCARDSTARTChris Scott
- Age
- 48
- Ht
- 182cm
- Wt
- 89kg
- Pos.
- Fwd
CareerSeasonLast 5
- D
- 16.6
- 4star
- K
- 11.2
- 4star
- HB
- 5.4
- 4star
- M
- 5.1
- 5star
- T
- 1.6
- 4star
- G
- 0.4
- 3star
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- D
- 13.2
- 4star
- K
- 10.2
- 4star
- HB
- 3.0
- 3star
- M
- 2.2
- 3star
- T
- 2.8
- 5star
- G
- 0.4
- 3star
PLAYERCARDEND
Scott is an American Sports fanatic which I think played a part personally, he's going to the US yet again this off-season as well.
Through free-agency and such the ideology of rebuilding on the run and never bottoming out has been commonplace in American Sports for years...luckily we're the only ones who seem to have caught on and it's working brilliantly.
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