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I have to admit you've exposed an error I made previously .Did we? Not sure if you have read the Roar article which goes through the last few minutes play by play
The key criticism throughout is that we played to fast and aggressive (and recklessly) in the last few minutes which gifted the Pies the opportunity to win
The one thing we didn’t do was slow it down and take time off the clock once we hit the front
I'd complained that with 7.19 left the Crows should not have slowed down<<muttermutter whinge gripe >>.
You/TheRoar are right. They didn't, but you identified the problem.
They went about it "recklessly" <<muttermutter whinge gripe >>.
It's fair to blame the players involved, especially ROB (who cannot kick the ball 40m accurately, ever, so no point trying) and Keays (who is always in FastForward mode --- I don't know if he panicked but the snap was not the best option <<muttermutter whinge gripe >>).
However, I think one of our Coach's roles is teaching composure-under-pressure <== Dawson and Tex could help him with that, but I doubt he'd ask them (to do so, he'd need humility and insight).