ElleryHanley
Well-known member
I have seen a lot of posts on social media saying "Madge is not the one who misses tackles or drops balls".
Is that 'really' the case though? It is an easy line to preach, but it tends to simplify the game way too much.
Example: Luciano fell off some goal line defense badly last weekend. He also failed to bend down and smother a grubber kick. Direct result was two tries.
This happened a lot with him last year also, where his D from the 30 min mark fell off badly.
Looking back at last week's replay, Luciano was badly fatigued from the 25 min mark. In boxing terms, he was out on his feet. Very, very noticeable.
Madge failed to address this...yet again. Luciano was left out there and missed tackles around the same time he normally does and came up with fatigue related errors.
So, who is to blame for fatigue related errors? The player or the coach?
Our bench use has been horrible for three years straight...fatigue catches up with the same players, who then miss tackles, and make errors.
Maybe a better use of the bench results in those tackles not being missed...so, whose fault is it actually?
"The coach is not the one who misses tackles or drops balls" is incredibly simplistic and infers a coach has no role to play during a game.
And yet, it is the main argument made for keeping our coach.
Is that 'really' the case though? It is an easy line to preach, but it tends to simplify the game way too much.
Example: Luciano fell off some goal line defense badly last weekend. He also failed to bend down and smother a grubber kick. Direct result was two tries.
This happened a lot with him last year also, where his D from the 30 min mark fell off badly.
Looking back at last week's replay, Luciano was badly fatigued from the 25 min mark. In boxing terms, he was out on his feet. Very, very noticeable.
Madge failed to address this...yet again. Luciano was left out there and missed tackles around the same time he normally does and came up with fatigue related errors.
So, who is to blame for fatigue related errors? The player or the coach?
Our bench use has been horrible for three years straight...fatigue catches up with the same players, who then miss tackles, and make errors.
Maybe a better use of the bench results in those tackles not being missed...so, whose fault is it actually?
"The coach is not the one who misses tackles or drops balls" is incredibly simplistic and infers a coach has no role to play during a game.
And yet, it is the main argument made for keeping our coach.