What's your point? Flanno wasn't coach then.
I actually think Flanno isn't a bad coach. For the most part he gets the team he wants and he gets them to play how he wants.
Unfortunately, he needs players with individual brilliance to play what they see to get us the wins when his plan isn't working. He can't come up with the winning plan he just has his plan. He can't coach structure or set plays or give the players the tools they need to get better (forwards excluded).
I honestly think Leutelle would be talked up big time if he was in a club like the Cowboys or the Storm. In our team he's nothing. Bird at 5/8th is doing a massive job pushing shit up hill trying to make something of nothing. Imagine how much better he'd be if he had option runners and decoys to give him something to work with?
Edit: and to answer Vin's question, it's because of the above, because we rely more on luck and individual brilliance instead of structure and set plays that are drilled into us until we can do it in our sleep.... that we lose when we're supposed to win and throw in the extra effort to jag the win when we should lose.
It was a comparison to how we won last year when we shouldn't have.
My point was underdogs can spring upsets. It happens all the time.
You only need to look the weekends games.
The Flanagan game plan worked against the premiers last weekend while we were missing our front row and capt.
We had a 2 game 5/8 as well.
I doubt the coach told them to give away stupid penalties like the feki barba one .
That is what lost the game.
There was a few that kept us at the wrong end.
Lewis gave one away as well from memory.
Last Mondays game had to have taken a massive toll.
ALSO
it not like we were leading the comp last year when we beat the roosters... we were last and they were probably near the top .
Yesterdays game was against a team equal with us on the ladder. FFS.
n the basis of this years results with so called top coaches,we should sack Brad Arthur,Toovey,Madge ,Stone,McFadden,Hasler and Robinson.
