I love the way he manages to have the look like he's won and done something great but he hasn't.Youse lot dunt no what use are talkin about..I'm the gratest coach in ayefel history
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I love the way he manages to have the look like he's won and done something great but he hasn't.Youse lot dunt no what use are talkin about..I'm the gratest coach in ayefel history
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Why can't those bozos see that how Hardwick speaks and the message behind it is what the fans want, what the players and the club needs to be successful.
And we had it. Ingrained in our culture and we willingly and deliberately pissed it away on a bumpkin from Camperdown.
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Anyone know what Dimma is talking about here? Surely the job of a head coach isnt to get results out of players, I mean he cant kick it for them can he?
Our culture’s fantastic if you’re pursuing a mildly successful family business model where everyone gets along, no toes are stepped on, tough conversations are forbidden, and the primary goal is a healthy balance sheet year on year.
This 100%, even if we afford Koch the benefit of the doubt that this isn't necessarily what he wanted to instill, this is what has been.
I can't fathom how they reconcile this with our past culture and success and tick everything off?
It's because David Koch pushes the line that "we're not in the SNAFL anymore" and "we're just a poor little battler club from Alberton"....
I can't fathom how they reconcile this with our past culture and success and tick everything off?
Ruthless expectations and demanding a flag on a non-negotiable timeline is seen as deluded behaviour from a bygone era.
The “it’s not the SANFL anymore”/“supporters don’t understand how hard it is”/“supporters expectations don’t help” messaging has been pretty consistent on this.
Maybe they’ll switch gears when the debt is finally retired in the coming year or two, but it all seems fairly cushy and comfortable finishing with more wins than losses, and benchmarking against popular external expectations.
“They’re hard to win”.
Id happily just accept it if our club would call failure failure, rather than trying to spin everything.Failure but accountability. Sing it Dimma.
I mean the sort of narrative almost trying to be weaved that Koch is not a footballing administration cretin is laughable.
That plus Hinkley forever talking up the opposition. For once I'd love to hear, "Good luck to them, trying to close down all our strengths."Spot on again, there's no argument that anyone could ever make to convince me this is anything other than simply a loser mentality.
Cliche but, really, Fos would be spinning.
We exist as an organisation to win them, who cares how hard it is, it's supposed to be hard.
The excuse making and mentality accompanying it is the biggest issue within the club. Makes my blood boil.
You have to also ask, why not embrace the pursuit and stop with the excuses and the only reasonable explanation is that people are covering their arses and avoiding accountability.
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That plus Hinkley forever talking up the opposition. For once I'd love to hear, "Good luck to them, trying to close down all our strengths."
I know it's well established in here what his jig is, and it's still important to not promote arrogance and an underestimation of our opposition, but practically every game Hinkley is singing the praises of whoever we are playing and building it up as though beating them is climbing Everest.
Surely someone from within could bring it up with him and maybe question perhaps instilling some self belief?
But then again, the mentality has permeated the club right through.
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Id happily just accept it if our club would call failure failure, rather than trying to spin everything.
Someone needs to tell them they're not that fücking hard to win. Curing cancer or putting humans on Mars is hard. By contrast, there's a 100% certainty every year that someone will win the flag. Amazing as it sounds, I've even heard a rumour that they themselves think they can snag 3 in 5 years.“They’re hard to win”.
It's why we have to keep the Bottom Ten Ken and Daddy Donuts monikers front and centre.How much mileage is Kenny's winning % getting on multiple media outlets lately jeezus some of these surface level dills have been told the breakdown on top 8 and top 4 sides more than once yet they are still running with it.
Careful with that argument. Koch's data tells him that Hinkley is the winningest coach of all time so we should be shooting for a 20 year tenure.It sounds so simple but the guiding philosophy of a sports team should be that winning is good and losing is bad. You should be unhappy when you lose and happy when you win.
The thing is if you are accountable you don't need spin.Id happily just accept it if our club would call failure failure, rather than trying to spin everything.
If we fail but we're all pulling together to fix things its a fine spot to be.
If we fail and say "but our win percentage bla blah blah" we stay in no mans land.