Ask the coach- questions?

[Cairnsman]

Simple question . How do you get a team that finished in the bottom 4 to actually compete for a spot in the 8 with limited list change & some injury concerns before the season even starts.

Realistically I don’t think you can so it boils down to one of two things...

1. We weren’t as bad as our drop in form suggests meaning we could rebound fast... certainly what many ppl here believe
2. If we believe we’re on the right track now but are rebuilding... finals aren’t the expectation. Richo survives if talent comes on, a coherent game plan emerges and we cause some upsets

I think the idea is we ask the coach the questions.

I can answer it for you

Does it include round 6?

Nobody cares about that other than you

Sun rays will beam from you when your profits of doom are proven right, I've already moved onto predicting the failure of our next 3 coaches just to be a trend setter so round 6 will be just another game for me.

One person posted that once and you’ve brought it up more times then any criticism of the coach I’ve posted...
And that’s saying something

It wasn’t even one of the ‘prophets of doom’ that you mentioned.

Survives if...

And to think, you criticised me for being repetitive.

Look forward to that reference in 3 posts time

You say repetitive, I say equilibrium.

one might call it baiting

I reckon you could but you'll never see me complaining or trying to shut down an argument/discussion/debate cause the narrative isn't going my way.

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[skeptic]

Simple question . How do you get a team that finished in the bottom 4 to actually compete for a spot in the 8 with limited list change & some injury concerns before the season even starts.

Realistically I don’t think you can so it boils down to one of two things...

1. We weren’t as bad as our drop in form suggests meaning we could rebound fast... certainly what many ppl here believe
2. If we believe we’re on the right track now but are rebuilding... finals aren’t the expectation. Richo survives if talent comes on, a coherent game plan emerges and we cause some upsets

I think the idea is we ask the coach the questions.

I can answer it for you

Does it include round 6?

Nobody cares about that other than you

Sun rays will beam from you when your profits of doom are proven right, I've already moved onto predicting the failure of our next 3 coaches just to be a trend setter so round 6 will be just another game for me.

One person posted that once and you’ve brought it up more times then any criticism of the coach I’ve posted...
And that’s saying something

It wasn’t even one of the ‘prophets of doom’ that you mentioned.

Survives if...

And to think, you criticised me for being repetitive.

Look forward to that reference in 3 posts time

You say repetitive, I say equilibrium.

one might call it baiting

I reckon you could but you'll never see me complaining or trying to shut down an argument/discussion/debate cause the narrative isn't going my way.

The narrative you're having with yourself?

[Cairnsman]

Simple question . How do you get a team that finished in the bottom 4 to actually compete for a spot in the 8 with limited list change & some injury concerns before the season even starts.

Realistically I don’t think you can so it boils down to one of two things...

1. We weren’t as bad as our drop in form suggests meaning we could rebound fast... certainly what many ppl here believe
2. If we believe we’re on the right track now but are rebuilding... finals aren’t the expectation. Richo survives if talent comes on, a coherent game plan emerges and we cause some upsets

I think the idea is we ask the coach the questions.

I can answer it for you

Does it include round 6?

Nobody cares about that other than you

Sun rays will beam from you when your profits of doom are proven right, I've already moved onto predicting the failure of our next 3 coaches just to be a trend setter so round 6 will be just another game for me.

One person posted that once and you’ve brought it up more times then any criticism of the coach I’ve posted...
And that’s saying something

It wasn’t even one of the ‘prophets of doom’ that you mentioned.

Survives if...

And to think, you criticised me for being repetitive.

Look forward to that reference in 3 posts time

You say repetitive, I say equilibrium.

one might call it baiting

I reckon you could but you'll never see me complaining or trying to shut down an argument/discussion/debate cause the narrative isn't going my way.

The narrative you're having with yourself?

am too

[skeptic]

go into your history and search for round 6

takes up the majority of your first 5 pages.

reminds me of barks4eva and the ruck stats... you're not even having discussions anymore, just inserting it into random discussions. It's good stuff

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[saintbrat]

[kalsaint]

Simple question . How do you get a team that finished in the bottom 4 to actually compete for a spot in the 8 with limited list change & some injury concerns before the season even starts.

Rely on the return of all players who got injured sometime last year don't get injured this year and show their potential, improvement and accountability to meet the coaches plan with execution.

Injury free players will make a difference but unless the others improve by more than other teams individuals nothing will change.

[kalsaint]

go into your history and search for round 6

takes up the majority of your first 5 pages.

For me 6th round in 1997 wasn't good. Lost to a poor Fremantle as I remember it but instigated the team meetings and vast improvement thereafter to gain top spot. We can only hope

[Shaggy]

Simple question . How do you get a team that finished in the bottom 4 to actually compete for a spot in the 8 with limited list change & some injury concerns before the season even starts.

Not as hard as you think if the team nearly made the finals two year' ago and the core is now reaching their peak.

Moving anything from bottom quartile to top half is not hard in anything with belief, talent and work

[Scollop]

Simple question . How do you get a team that finished in the bottom 4 to actually compete for a spot in the 8 with limited list change & some injury concerns before the season even starts.

Rely on the return of all players who got injured sometime last year don't get injured this year and show their potential, improvement and accountability to meet the coaches plan with execution.

Injury free players will make a difference but unless the others improve by more than other teams individuals nothing will change.

Yes being injury free is important, but as you saw with Collingwood last year, they had plenty of injuries, but they kept winning because I believe the players attitude had changed due to coaching structures (leadership and team morale) had changed.

Hopefully we see a similar attitude change at St Kilda as was seen at Collingwood once they realsied they were stuck with Bucks after the 2017 end of year review. The guys running the show at Collingwood identified that it would be beneficial if players saw less of Bucks and more of the other coaches in their day to day dealings (!!??)

In the end our players perhaps see that Richo is here for 2019 so they better get used to it and get out there, play as a team and support your team mates. If Ratten and other new coaches and players are able to provide the leadership that is required then perhaps guys like Richo (and Bucks) can survive...

[kosifantutti]

go into your history and search for round 6

takes up the majority of your first 5 pages.

For me 6th round in 1997 wasn't good. Lost to a poor Fremantle as I remember it but instigated the team meetings and vast improvement thereafter to gain top spot. We can only hope

Round 6 was the beginning of the turn around as I recall. We smashed the Demons and Balme got sacked.