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[...] discussed old coaches and the current trend of younger men taking up the job previously in “Do old coaches have a place in the AFL?“. In the last 5 years, the coaches who have lead a team into a premiership none of the [...]

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By: Jermayn

Jermayn — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:55:11 +0000

Good points about the adapting a game plane quickly.. Malthouse possibly saved his career by mixing the team game plan up a bit were Mathews, Craig and Sheedy have either been showed the door or under pressure.

btw for others aussierulesblog post is: http://aussierulesblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/coaching-credentials.html

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By: aussierulesblog

aussierulesblog — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:43:06 +0000

Ah, another member for the “Robert Walls is an oxygen thief Action Faction”! Welcome aboard!

I think you’ve hit on an important factor — evolution of the game. By contrast, NFL hasn’t changed enormously. Players are bigger and fitter, but tactically there’s not a lot that’s new.

AFL, on the other hand, is changing at an astonishing pace in many ways. I watched some footage of the ’65 Grand Final last year — it was a different game completely. Then a few weeks later I saw bits of the ’76 GF (after the famous 1970 Barassi handball-fest turnaround). It was much closer to today’s game, but the players’ skills were seriously abysmal by today’s standards. Even a decade ago the skill levels were pretty ordinary by the standards we expect today.

Along with the skill, speed and strength factors, there have been tactical revolutions in AFL that haven’t been seen in other codes. Flooding for instance, rolling zones, interchanging and so on.

A coach who can’t adapt a game plan quickly (are you listening Denis Pagan?) will quickly be shown the Exit sign… I’ll introduce some other thoughts on coaching over on aussierulesblog. Good topic!

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