Army camp

Glad they did an army camp - it's not about the fitness, it's about building culture

Soward and Morris recently spoke on Grahams podcast about how Bennett took them on the hardest camp of their lives in 2009 and how close it made thay playing group.

Hopefully it can have the same effect on our boys - if they can survive that camp together they can do anything.
 
I'm glad there's not much coverage of all this. You guys asking for it want the same old tired puff pieces talking top 8 and how we've really put in and there's a new energy?

There's still too much of that. I'm happy the club isn't trying to grab headlines now.

Also pleased the players look strained and uncomfortable. Prior offseasons have felt like all they do is drink coffee and go on fun trips and, more recently, watch benji throw flick passes.

Seems like the club at least managed this little activity well.
 
watersider said:
I'm glad there's not much coverage of all this. You guys asking for it want the same old tired puff pieces talking top 8 and how we've really put in and there's a new energy?

There's still too much of that. I'm happy the club isn't trying to grab headlines now.

Also pleased the players look strained and uncomfortable. Prior offseasons have felt like all they do is drink coffee and go on fun trips and, more recently, watch benji throw flick passes.

Seems like the club at least managed this little activity well.
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Yes, it looked like they were focusing on team bonding. Great to see.
Just my opinion, but every time Benji stands in for Api at training it robs the team of valuable “Api connection time.”
They also need to know what he does under fatigue, if that’s why he gets rested at training sessions.
The middles and pivots need to know what Api is thinking before he thinks it.
A Tibetan Monk taught me a valuable lesson, without going too in-depth..”the further back you stand the more you see.”
 
twentyforty said:
Yes, it looked like they were focusing on team bonding. Great to see.
Just my opinion, but every time Benji stands in for Api at training it robs the team of valuable “Api connection time.”
They also need to know what he does under fatigue, if that’s why he gets rested at training sessions.
The middles and pivots need to know what Api is thinking before he thinks it.
A Tibetan Monk taught me a valuable lesson, without going too in-depth..”the further back you stand the more you see.”
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As long as that lesson taught isn't one of our players in the defensive line T, he will end up in reserve grade the next week.
 
Rock Hopper Steve said:
Poor bugger bet you he's feeling the heat, and I don't mean the weather.
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I don’t think so. He’s a pretty cool dude, probably very willing to resign when he thinks he’s not up to it. If that time ever comes. Doubt his success can be solely assessed by the number of wins. Thinking his main goal has to be developing some harmonic motion like Sheens did 04 & 05.
 
twentyforty said:
I don’t think so. He’s a pretty cool dude, probably very willing to resign when he thinks he’s not up to it. If that time ever comes. Doubt his success can be solely assessed by the number of wins. Thinking his main goal has to be developing some harmonic motion like Sheens did 04 & 05.
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That second half of the season was dynamic don't know what was in the water that year but hope Benji can replicate it.
 
BlackWhiteGold said:
Richo said it was Samford, NW of Brisbane (in his SEN interview with Satts).
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Samford is close to the Gallipoli barracks where they train cadets- pretty sure there's a reserve area for training there. And a Skirmish Paint Ball field next door, where I had my ass handed to me by.....a team of army cadets...back in the day.
 
I liked Richo's comment on SEN in relation to last year. That they were in Wellington and went white water rafting together (for all the good it did).

I don't mind the players being pushed to the limit as long as it's actually going to make them concentrate and perform more over 80 minutes. Particularly late in matches. Having said that, their isn't always a direct link between how 'hard' a team trains and actual results on the game day. If there was, Madge Maguire would have won at least 5 premierships by now. Hope we're not a super fit team with 2 super fit players in the sin bin. Hope Galvin is getting more footy smarts as well as breaking sprint records.

Most of all, I hope Benji and the coaches find that sweet spot and no one blows a gasket.
 
TIGERS said:
I liked Richo's comment on SEN in relation to last year. That they were in Wellington and went white water rafting together (for all the good it did).

I don't mind the players being pushed to the limit as long as it's actually going to make them concentrate and perform more over 80 minutes. Particularly late in matches. Having said that, their isn't always a direct link between how 'hard' a team trains and actual results on the game day. If there was, Madge Maguire would have won at least 5 premierships by now. Hope we're not a super fit team with 2 super fit players in the sin bin. Hope Galvin is getting more footy smarts as well as breaking sprint records.

Most of all, I hope Benji and the coaches find that sweet spot and no one blows a gasket.
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I don't think Madges training was the problem moreso his personality and relationship with some players
 
innsaneink said:
I don't think Madges training was the problem moreso his personality and relationship with some players
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Also that when you don't have the squad to think that you can have them running at 120% every session and every game is crazy. You need to find the balance
 
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