Training Pre Season - Who's deadset training the house down 2024 style.

[Callipygian]

Very quick off the mark Ticky. I just found this vid (your last post with Dean Cox

Dean Cox

Age

43

Ht

203cm

Wt

107kg

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F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.9

4star

K

8.9

3star

HB

6.9

4star

M

5.3

5star

T

1.5

3star

G

0.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

13.0

4star

K

5.8

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.0

1star

) and came here to share the link and you had beaten me to it.

It's brilliant! Most insightful explanation of training drills and what the coaches are trying to achieve I've ever heard from a Sydney coach. I'm not saying they don't all have this ability - it's more a comment on how rarely they share it with us. I'm really grateful for this video and I'm going to rewatch it. Please please please more of this type of content.

 

[Millky95]

Actually I'm looking at the last decade of midfields winning flags with bang average rucks who don't give them much clean ball from a tap.

Question from nothing: Did the side on GF day with the better ruck win? Or did the team that won have the better ruckman on the day?

 

[Jewelsbon]

Future senior coach written all over him, desperately hope it's with us. I'm a big Longmire supporter, but when the time comes for him to stand down, I hope the succession plan with big Cox is firmly in place.

 

[dosser]

Future senior coach written all over him, desperately hope it's with us. I'm a big Longmire supporter, but when the time comes for him to stand down, I hope the succession plan with big Cox is firmly in place.

I've noticed that the media is concentrating more on Cox this preseason than Longmire, which makes me think that they are into the next stage of grooming him for the big role.

 

[Swansujelly]

when does Longmires contract finish?

 

[Adnico26Parker]

From a Jan 21 article

 

[Ticky009]

More insights from pre-season training sessions. I think the access has been pretty good this year

 

[Ticky009]

Schedule for viewing the upcoming games

 

[caesar88]

Yeah this video might as well've been titled "Meet your future coach!"

 

[Kiama Chris]

Yeah this video might as well've been titled "Meet your future coach!"

I love the simplicity of the explanation. Great communication. Moves his eyes to every participant.

 

[Dubai Quacker]

Yeah this video might as well've been titled "Meet your future coach!"

Indeed.

It took me a long time to get over the “Cox was part of the West Coast drugs era” concern - but I’m there now.

 

[caesar88]

Indeed.

It took me a long time to get over the “Cox was part of the West Coast drugs era” concern - but I’m there now.

He was always one of the (few) good guys during that era anyway, wasn't he?

My bigger concern is that he's been our midfield coach so is he actually any good tactically. Sure seems to have a bit of presence about him which is a good foundation.

 

[Dubai Quacker]

He was always one of the (few) good guys during that era anyway, wasn't he?

My bigger concern is that he's been our midfield coach so is he actually any good tactically. Sure seems to have a bit of presence about him which is a good foundation.

There’s no real way to know who was good / not good during the drugs era.
And I’m sure some have matured over the years.

But the place had a rotten culture.

Kerr, Chick, Gardiner, Cousins etc …. it ain’t great.

One thing I can say with certainty - David Wirrpanda is a lovely bloke. So there was at least the odd good guy among them.

But I still hate the Eagles. Worst crowd & worst club in the AFL.

 

[JackHiscoxWasFast]

There’s no real way to know who was good / not good during the drugs era.
And I’m sure some have matured over the years.

But the place had a rotten culture.

Kerr, Chick, Gardiner, Cousins etc …. it ain’t great.

One thing I can say with certainty - David Wirrpanda is a lovely bloke. So there was at least the odd good guy among them.

But I still hate the Eagles. Worst crowd & worst club in the AFL.

Western Bulldogs say hi

 

[Kiama Chris]

There’s no real way to know who was good / not good during the drugs era.
And I’m sure some have matured over the years.

But the place had a rotten culture.

Kerr, Chick, Gardiner, Cousins etc …. it ain’t great.

One thing I can say with certainty - David Wirrpanda is a lovely bloke. So there was at least the odd good guy among them.

But I still hate the Eagles. Worst crowd & worst club in the AFL.

There's a bit of competition!

 

[caesar88]

 

[Dubai Quacker]

Western Bulldogs say hi

Nup, the Bravedogs can’t help being the darlings of the AFL and their employees in yellow.

The only club that comes anywhere near the Weagles for rotten culture is Essendon.

But the Weagles win the “worst all-round club” award, on account of their moronic abusive fan base.

And to bring things back on topic (for bedford) …. according to the WA press, Harley Reid is training not only the house, but the entire city down.

Poor bloke. Expect at JHF style exit in 2026.

 

[Cadsky]

There’s no real way to know who was good / not good during the drugs era.
And I’m sure some have matured over the years.

But the place had a rotten culture.

Kerr, Chick, Gardiner, Cousins etc …. it ain’t great.

One thing I can say with certainty - David Wirrpanda is a lovely bloke. So there was at least the odd good guy among them.

But I still hate the Eagles. Worst crowd & worst club in the AFL.

Sorry, but nothing tops a pissed off essendon supporter who poured his beer over a 14yo girls head as she was singing the swans club song after a win. ****ing scumbags

 

[Dubai Quacker]

Sorry, but nothing tops a pissed off essendon supporter who poured his beer over a 14yo girls head as she was singing the swans club song after a win. ******* scumbags

Had the pleasure of drunken West Coast idiots sitting a few rows back throwing beer over my kids at Optus.

Trust me, the West Coast crowd at Optus has no peer for disgraceful behaviour.

Remember, this is the heavily tattooed, bourbon and coke fuelled moronic bogan mob that booed Adam Goodes out of the AFL.

Freo games are a completely different atmosphere.

 

[Kiama Chris]

Had the pleasure of drunken West Coast idiots sitting a few rows back throwing beer over my kids at Optus.

Trust me, the West Coast crowd at Optus has no peer for disgraceful behaviour.

Remember, this is the heavily tattooed, bourbon and coke fuelled moronic bogan mob that booed Adam Goodes out of the AFL.

Freo games are a completely different atmosphere.

Attended a final at Freo a few years back. No dramas at all. Never been to a WCE home game.

 

[Banyo Bloods]

Glad you could make out what was happening. The clip looks like it was filmed from halfway up the magic faraway tree.

Enid Blyton reference I'm impressed

 

[Deccas]

Or for them to do what they did in that clip^, which is a lot of what they did last year. It's the ruck's job to get the ball to the mids but the mids still have to do something with it.

If a given player is only going to do something with it once out of every 5 times they get it then getting it to them 10 times rather than 5 is a 100% output improvement. I think you're just trying to sound smart and iconoclastic on this one rather than thinking about it.

 

[Jewelsbon]

Sorry, but nothing tops a pissed off essendon supporter who poured his beer over a 14yo girls head as she was singing the swans club song after a win. ******* scumbags

Had the pleasure of drunken West Coast idiots sitting a few rows back throwing beer over my kids at Optus.

Trust me, the West Coast crowd at Optus has no peer for disgraceful behaviour.

Remember, this is the heavily tattooed, bourbon and coke fuelled moronic bogan mob that booed Adam Goodes out of the AFL.

Freo games are a completely different atmosphere.

In my experience, Crows fans are right up there too.

 

[caesar88]

If a given player is only going to do something with it once out of every 5 times they get it then getting it to them 10 times rather than 5 is a 100% output improvement. I think you're just trying to sound smart and iconoclastic on this one rather than thinking about it.

Then you thought wrong.

 

[DeathlyAccurate]

This clip further reinforces why I just can't get excited about the addition of Grundy, or ruckmen in general.

You won't see better ruck craft than what Grundy showed just there and it goes to Parker who burns Gulden to instead try and sidestep a tackle and gets caught.

Not blaming Parker there as I reckon any of our mids could've, and have, done that. But having a quality ruck won't make one iota of difference if our mids don't get smarter and better at their craft as well.

Me when I base my hopes for the season on one isolated video from training.


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