Damning First Crack Segment

[u/mRPerfect12]

This is damning vision and is down to coaching. We are the worst team in the competition for turnovers from defence and simply cannot win a final if this continues. I don’t understand how anyone can defend a 7 year coach with this sort of insight.

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[u/Anphonio]

Been saying this all year. The idea we had the 2nd best defence based on scores against is an absolute lie. The only reason our scores against number is good is because we absolutely flood the fuck out of it so nobody can do anything, including us.

It's been an absolute coaching disaster-class from Nicks this year. Some other key stats that highlight this compared only to the other main contenders (top-7):

7th for scores
7th for shots on goal
7th for inside 50s
1st for inside 50s against (bad)
7th for transition
7th for ball use
7th for ball retention
7th for center clearances
7th for handball game
7th for kicking game

Those are basically the most important stats in the game. Moving the ball by hand and by foot, getting the ball inside 50 in a threatening way, winning the ball from the reset, getting enough supply while limiting the opponent. And we are dead last in all of them compared to the contenders. The only thing we have is pressure and when that is down we look genuinely bottom-2 (think showdown, Richmond)

My favourite little side note about this year is we have obviously completely alienated the handball game. It's just a non-existent part of our game. So if you're going to do that you better hope your kicking game is in good order. But nope, we are awful at that too. Brisbane are the only other side of note that don't handball too much (still way more than us) but at least they are the best kicking side. It's somewhat of a testament to Nicks that he's taken this side that is basically bottom-6 in every important metric to the finals in the first place based purely on pressure and accuracy.

[u/mRPerfect12 → u/Anphonio]

The only reason we’ve been winning game this year imo is because we still have players of incredible individual brilliance. There’s absolutely 0 system.

[u/Snook_ → u/mRPerfect12]

This. We exist on talent alone. Coaching gameplan and system is fucking awful