In no way did he just say that Tredrea doesnt verbally encourage his teammates enough. He was a hell of a lot harsher than that. Numerous times he stated that:
1) At crucial times, Tredrea doesnt do anything to push his team over the line
2) The players dont play for him like they played for Primus
3) That Tredrea doesnt bring his teammates into the game.
He was trying to be controversial but just came across as a right ____er.
He mentioned numerous times that the players played for Primus because they knew that at a crucial time he would demand the ball, bust through a pack and get it forward. He said that with Primus, he would involve his teammates a lot and get them involved in the game.
What he failed to mention was that Primus would get players into the game because the guy couldnt kick to save himself so always looked for the handball all time. He failed to mention that Primus' finals record with us was average at best. He failed to mention that under Primus' leadership, we faltered at the most crucial times in the season three times.
To say that Tredrea doesnt bring teammates into the game is just ____ing ridiculous. He led goal assists for 3 seasons and yesterday kicked 2 goals and had 3 goal assists.
Sure Tredreas verbal enoucragement and probably body language as well could easily be improved and as Captain hes probably got to do more than that. And I would agree that Primus was a better Captain than Tredrea, but Francous main points yesterday were ridiculous and smacked of disrespect.
Yeah that was exactly my take on it Macca.