Autopsy Sydney Legacy in Grand Finals continues 10 goal loss to the Lions

[LukeParkerno1]

The addition of 4 inside mids, who never played in the GF, in Mills, Adams, Sheldrick and Cleary will change the makeup of the side. This alone is cause for hope. Slim. But hope anyway.

All have the necessary ball winning ability lacking in our side in important games lately. Hopefully it provides the necessary 5% that propels the side from a crepe paper outfit to a rugged outfit willing to accept and inflict bruises.

You have way more confidence in Horse changing things than I do...now watch him roll out the useless 3 forwards now. 2 is PLENTY for goodness sakes Horse.

 

[The King!]

You have way more confidence in Horse changing things than I do...now watch him roll out the useless 3 forwards now. 2 is PLENTY for goodness sakes Horse.

Its funny to even look at the changes he made or didnt make from the 23 final v the Blues to the side that shit the bed v the Lions. Basically only 3 who went out were essentially forced (can't remember if Wicks was technically back or not and to be fair he wasn't going to play)

Out

Hickey- retired
Mills- Injured
Wicks- suspended


In

Grundy
Jordon
Roberts

Basically all Horse did in 12 months from the last humiliation was swap Parker and Heeneys starting spots, largely forced and replaced players he couldn't pick anyway. If Mills had of been fit he probably would have pissed Roberts off too.

So not sure why he suddenly changes in the next 12 months,he never does.

I am too lazy to check , so If i missed anyone, just say I did a Sydney and ****ed up.

 

[JackHiscoxWasFast]

Our legacy is being used in the workplace as what not to be / do when the pressure’s on.

Have heard multiple examples of ‘let’s not do a swans’ eg in needing to nail the Xmas period, hit budgets etc.

Have even seen our sad and sorry faces post GF on PowerPoint presentations.

Hard to take but it’s true sadly.

THIS GAME HAS ALREADY DEFINED YOU!

 

[Tomorrow]

Put this up at work..(adapt for team football context)
Succes trap

1. Initial Phase: A small business finds a successful niche and outperforms larger competitors through agility and focus
2. Success Phase: They achieve significant growth and market recognition
3. Decline Phase: The company loses what made them successful because they:
   • Become complacent
   • Focus more on maintaining their new status than serving customers
   • Lose touch with market changes
   • Become less agile and more bureaucratic
   • Stop innovating

To turn it around a business needs to essentially "return to basics" while maintaining their growth. Here are the key actions:

1. Reconnect with Customers

• Resume direct customer feedback sessions
• Get senior management back into field visits
• Monitor social media and review sites actively
• Revive the "small business" approach to customer service

2. Revive Original Culture

• Document and celebrate the founding story
• Bring back key behaviors that drove initial success
• Eliminate bureaucracy that's crept in
• Empower frontline employees to make decisions

3. Reset Market Focus

• Conduct fresh market analysis
• Study emerging competitors
• Look for disruptions in your industry
• Question all assumptions about your market position

4. Rebuild Innovation Systems

• Create safe spaces for experimentation
• Allocate resources for R&D
• Encourage calculated risk-taking
• Set up innovation teams outside normal hierarchy

5. Restructure Operations

• Break into smaller, more agile units
• Remove unnecessary management layers
• Speed up decision-making processes
• Create direct lines of communication

 

[Kiama Chris]

Put this up at work..
Succes trap

1. Initial Phase: A small business finds a successful niche and outperforms larger competitors through agility and focus
2. Success Phase: They achieve significant growth and market recognition
3. Decline Phase: The company loses what made them successful because they:
   • Become complacent
   • Focus more on maintaining their new status than serving customers
   • Lose touch with market changes
   • Become less agile and more bureaucratic
   • Stop innovating

To turn it around a business needs to essentially "return to basics" while maintaining their growth. Here are the key actions:

1. Reconnect with Customers

• Resume direct customer feedback sessions
• Get senior management back into field visits
• Monitor social media and review sites actively
• Revive the "small business" approach to customer service

2. Revive Original Culture

• Document and celebrate the founding story
• Bring back key behaviors that drove initial success
• Eliminate bureaucracy that's crept in
• Empower frontline employees to make decisions

3. Reset Market Focus

• Conduct fresh market analysis
• Study emerging competitors
• Look for disruptions in your industry
• Question all assumptions about your market position

4. Rebuild Innovation Systems

• Create safe spaces for experimentation
• Allocate resources for R&D
• Encourage calculated risk-taking
• Set up innovation teams outside normal hierarchy

5. Restructure Operations

• Break into smaller, more agile units
• Remove unnecessary management layers
• Speed up decision-making processes
• Create direct lines of communication

Brilliant!

 

[coach beard]

The last time this club lost four grand finals in a row (in 1934, 1935, 1936 and 1945) we didn't make the decider again for 51 years. The carnival is over folks, welcome to the wilderness.

 

[bedford]

The last time this club lost four grand finals in a row (in 1934, 1935, 1936 and 1945) we didn't make the decider again for 51 years. The carnival is over folks, welcome to the wilderness.

RUOK

 

[coach beard]

RUOK

I'm fine, just sharing relevant facts from the research room

 

[rustycrate]

The last time this club lost four grand finals in a row (in 1934, 1935, 1936 and 1945) we didn't make the decider again for 51 years. The carnival is over folks, welcome to the wilderness.

You have sat around with that fact since you were a kid. Your enduting nature amazes me. But don't think because of that that history repeats itself.

 

[bedford]

You have sat around with that fact since you were a kid. Your enduting nature amazes me. But don't think because of that that history repeats itself.

He's been around for awhile

 

[DavyRed]

Round 1 2025 can't come soon enough (or round 0). We'll just be sitting around rehashing the GF debacle until then.

Unfortunately our entire 2025 season campaign will be defined within the context of Grand Finals.

It won’t matter how well we go throughout the regular season, or the finals should we qualify, because every win, loss or draw will have an asterisk against it with ‘*it doesn’t matter, let’s see if they choke in the Grand Final again’ added.

Every commentator and opposition supporter will continually refer to us choking in the big one and it will get very boring very quickly, but the club will just have to suck it up because it will only have itself to blame.

 

[Jewelsbon]

Unfortunately our entire 2025 season campaign will be defined within the context of Grand Finals.

It won’t matter how well we go throughout the regular season, or the finals should we qualify, because every win, loss or draw will have an asterisk against it with ‘*it doesn’t matter, let’s see if they choke in the Grand Final again’ added.

Every commentator and opposition supporter will continually refer to us choking in the big one and it will get very boring very quickly, but the club will just have to suck it up because it will only have itself to blame.

Spot on Davy

 

[GoTheSwannies]

Unfortunately our entire 2025 season campaign will be defined within the context of Grand Finals.

It won’t matter how well we go throughout the regular season, or the finals should we qualify, because every win, loss or draw will have an asterisk against it with ‘*it doesn’t matter, let’s see if they choke in the Grand Final again’ added.

Every commentator and opposition supporter will continually refer to us choking in the big one and it will get very boring very quickly, but the club will just have to suck it up because it will only have itself to blame.

True. I just hope the media catch onto it and make the players aware that they are in fact defined by their grand final performances.

And if they were wise, and not misled by do-gooder psychologists who aren't worth their weight then they'll realise that ultimately, everything else is meaningless unless you can produce it on the biggest stage.

James Harden is an NBA MVP, had held the scoring title 3 years straight (2018-2020) but perennially chocked in finals, and has never won a championship. His career is defined by that.

Michael Jordan won the NBA finals in each of the 6 times he reached the finals. And for that reason, most people regard him as the GOAT despite the fact that LeBron James has broken many of his records.

Lebron James has been to the finals 10 times for 4 championships. Lebron has made finals almost 50% of the time over his 22 years in the NBA, but has only managed to convert 4 of those 10 attempts into championships @40% (compared to 100% for MJ 6/6).

Horse has converted 1/5 @20%, with an average losing margin of 53 points.

Where does that stack on the all time list.

Let's look at tennis. Djokovic, Federer and Nadal converting 64.5% to 73.3% of their grand slam appearances into wins.