bulldogfan1
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I remember a few years ago now when Des was in his final year at Manly (the year they won it), i went down to get my car washed at a Brookvale car wash (i live on the Northern Beaches).
It was a Thursday around 5pm. This car wash is near Brookvale oval. My car was in the que and they said it would take around 45 minutes.
So i decided to go for a walk and went past Brookvale oval and i could hear noises inside. So i went in.
On one side it was the NYC team training and on the other side of the park it was the first grade team. I went up to that end of the park.
The team was training, rehearsing there attacking moves inside the opposite 20.
Des was there barking instructions in fine detail, where the players should be, when they should pass, what lines to run etc etc.
They kept on doing this, repeating it. If something went slightly wrong by the smallest of margins, they would have to repeat it until they got it perfect. They were all there, DCE, Foran, Stewart, Matai etc etc.
He was being that specific to the centimeter. After seeing that you easily see why he is a premiership coach and why that Manly team was so potent and won the premiership. It was like military like precision training, the ball movement, drawing players, passing etc etc.
So what do they do at training this current mob? Doesnt he go through the same process? I assume he would so why do they get it so wrong? Not once not twice but time and time again?
The question then is, after seeing this, what on earth do they do at training?
How can from what i saw a coach that was so meticulous, actually anal to the centimeter not identify what is going wrong and fix it?
I really dont get it.
PS i was eventually escorted out lol
It was a Thursday around 5pm. This car wash is near Brookvale oval. My car was in the que and they said it would take around 45 minutes.
So i decided to go for a walk and went past Brookvale oval and i could hear noises inside. So i went in.
On one side it was the NYC team training and on the other side of the park it was the first grade team. I went up to that end of the park.
The team was training, rehearsing there attacking moves inside the opposite 20.
Des was there barking instructions in fine detail, where the players should be, when they should pass, what lines to run etc etc.
They kept on doing this, repeating it. If something went slightly wrong by the smallest of margins, they would have to repeat it until they got it perfect. They were all there, DCE, Foran, Stewart, Matai etc etc.
He was being that specific to the centimeter. After seeing that you easily see why he is a premiership coach and why that Manly team was so potent and won the premiership. It was like military like precision training, the ball movement, drawing players, passing etc etc.
So what do they do at training this current mob? Doesnt he go through the same process? I assume he would so why do they get it so wrong? Not once not twice but time and time again?
The question then is, after seeing this, what on earth do they do at training?
How can from what i saw a coach that was so meticulous, actually anal to the centimeter not identify what is going wrong and fix it?
I really dont get it.
PS i was eventually escorted out lol