bulldogsmyte
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Hi fellow suffering doggies fans
I became a doggies supporter as a kid since the mid 70's when I saw what I still consider the best player I've ever seen (both statistically and his ability to win games single handed).
It's been well documented by virtually everyone here why our team is so crap (Des) but I just want to give my two cents worth to the underlying issues in our team. It's a long spiel but bear with me.
Picture the following true scenario. There are two guys in a park throwing a football around. One is a 6 foot tall 90kg Samoan lookalike who bench pressed 350 pounds in high school, has 18 inch arms, six pack, does the human flag, beats the crap out of black belts in sparring sessions and run 40 metres in just over 4 seconds in jeans and a long sleeve shirt. In other words a genuine physical freak. The other is a 70kg 5 foot 7 chinaman that you walk by and wouldn't notice.
One guy is throwing the ball one handed grid iron style 30 to 40+ metres. The other can barely throw it past 20m one or two handed. I'm the guy throwing spiral balls 40m and I'm the 5 foot 7 chinaman. The other guy is my best friend.
I can throw the ball twice the distance of my friend because of TECHNIQUE not because of strength. I have a throwing arm from my background in tennis and throwing footballs and brandings in high school lunchtime. My friend is 10 times the athlete I am. His arm is twice the size of mine. At uni all the lebs and gym junkies would challenge him in the cafeteria to arm wrestles and he beats them all in seconds. But he can't throw tennis balls or footballs. He does not have the technique.
"Future Immortal" Cameron Smith is no physical specimen but he throws perfect spiral passes because of technique. Roger Federer is nowhere near the physical specimen of Rafa, yet won 17 majors with a crappy 20 year old Wilson racquet from the Sampras era because of his superior technique. Thank God he finally upgraded to a modern racquet and won more majors.
Our team is crap because it lacks fundamentals. Our team lacks technique in every critical facet of the game. There is NO ONE in our team that can do just ONE of the following consistently:
1) Throw a quick spiral ball over 5m, 10m, 20m and 30m+ and hit a teammate's chest in front.
Our passes are slow, shitty end on end and usually go BEHIND a teammate
2) Under pressure quickly count the number of players in BOTH teams on either side of the ruck and identify an overlap
3) The ability to read two formations and know the best option of the following: run, pass or kick, pass shallow/deep, pass short/long, kick short/long
4) Beat their opposition player with foot speed/foot work/correct angle.
5) Make the right decision under pressure
6) Co-ordinate the attack to have multiple runners in unison to put the opposition under pressure rather than repeat the predictable crappy ineffective block plays
7) Kick accurately. Mybe has no feel for the ball when he kicks. He kicks the ball 20 m dead when we're in the red zone.
Our team is not fit. We have the biggest forward pack in the NRL because they are OVERWEIGHT and not because of bulging muscles.
Because of the above our team can never consistently create overlaps, break the line or finish off breaks. Whenever the dogs do make a break they rarely score because they can't count, pass, kick or make the right decision.
How many times has our team made a break and on the next play with an obvious overlap Mybe or Lichaa throws the ball to the wrong side or wrong player?
It doesn't matter how hard our players try. It's not about gym strength, or "the grind", or arm wrestle or any of the shit that Des talks about. Our team does not have the fundamentals to compete. Our team has no intelligence.
It's like attempting to do 4 Unit Maths when you can't do 2U Vege Maths. You can't do 4U Maths unless you can master 3U Maths. Can't do 3U Maths unless you can master 2U Maths. Can't do 2U Maths unless you can do algebra, trig, calculus etc. Can't do any of that unless you can count.
Given the crap players we still have signed up next year this would be my solution.
First teach all spine and key players the fundamentals and proper technique of those critical skills. Team list:
1 Mybe. He can't read the game or kick properly but he is the fastest player we have and has to be in the spine given he's on 750k. Needs to learn how to catch bombs and position himself defensively.
2 Montaya but he needs intensive sprint training.
3 Jmoz. Has to lose fat and gain muscle mass. If he's cut with muscle at 94kg he'll be a lot quicker.
4 The quickest young guy from the lower grades and upskill his defence reading and tackling over the off season if we don’t have a decent quick recruit.
5 Bmoz. Ditto Jmoz
6 Frawley to undergo serious skills training or some young new guy
7 Foran vice captain
8 Woods if he's coming
9 the new guy from Cronulla
10 Klemmer
11 Jackson captain
12 RFM
Bench:
14 Graham without the captaincy if he's still around. I posted in early 2014 that he should not be captain.
15 Hoppa as a reserve hooker/emergency half/ball playing forward. He's too slow as an outside back but he has a decent pass and at 500k he has to be in the spine somewhere. Maybe put him at 6 if Frawley is still crap. Serious training during off season to be a decent spine player other than fullback. From what I've seen he reads the game better than Mbye which isn't saying much.
16 Danny Fualalo
17 Tolman if he's still around or one of the big young boppas.
All players except Klemmer, Jackson and RFM need to lose considerable kilos.
Unfortunately if Des is still coach then appoint a rookie coach (Dean Pay or whoever) as "coaching director" as a title. This sends a public message where Des belongs. If Des can't stand the public humiliation and resigns then there is no payout. If he cops it on the chin and meets whatever performance targets in his contract then 2018/19 will be a coaching apprenticeship for the "coaching director" to take over as head coach in 2020. If Des is still crap then the board will need to make a decision but at least the new head coach has first hand knowledge of the crap in the club and which players are not putting in upfront.
I became a doggies supporter as a kid since the mid 70's when I saw what I still consider the best player I've ever seen (both statistically and his ability to win games single handed).
It's been well documented by virtually everyone here why our team is so crap (Des) but I just want to give my two cents worth to the underlying issues in our team. It's a long spiel but bear with me.
Picture the following true scenario. There are two guys in a park throwing a football around. One is a 6 foot tall 90kg Samoan lookalike who bench pressed 350 pounds in high school, has 18 inch arms, six pack, does the human flag, beats the crap out of black belts in sparring sessions and run 40 metres in just over 4 seconds in jeans and a long sleeve shirt. In other words a genuine physical freak. The other is a 70kg 5 foot 7 chinaman that you walk by and wouldn't notice.
One guy is throwing the ball one handed grid iron style 30 to 40+ metres. The other can barely throw it past 20m one or two handed. I'm the guy throwing spiral balls 40m and I'm the 5 foot 7 chinaman. The other guy is my best friend.
I can throw the ball twice the distance of my friend because of TECHNIQUE not because of strength. I have a throwing arm from my background in tennis and throwing footballs and brandings in high school lunchtime. My friend is 10 times the athlete I am. His arm is twice the size of mine. At uni all the lebs and gym junkies would challenge him in the cafeteria to arm wrestles and he beats them all in seconds. But he can't throw tennis balls or footballs. He does not have the technique.
"Future Immortal" Cameron Smith is no physical specimen but he throws perfect spiral passes because of technique. Roger Federer is nowhere near the physical specimen of Rafa, yet won 17 majors with a crappy 20 year old Wilson racquet from the Sampras era because of his superior technique. Thank God he finally upgraded to a modern racquet and won more majors.
Our team is crap because it lacks fundamentals. Our team lacks technique in every critical facet of the game. There is NO ONE in our team that can do just ONE of the following consistently:
1) Throw a quick spiral ball over 5m, 10m, 20m and 30m+ and hit a teammate's chest in front.
Our passes are slow, shitty end on end and usually go BEHIND a teammate
2) Under pressure quickly count the number of players in BOTH teams on either side of the ruck and identify an overlap
3) The ability to read two formations and know the best option of the following: run, pass or kick, pass shallow/deep, pass short/long, kick short/long
4) Beat their opposition player with foot speed/foot work/correct angle.
5) Make the right decision under pressure
6) Co-ordinate the attack to have multiple runners in unison to put the opposition under pressure rather than repeat the predictable crappy ineffective block plays
7) Kick accurately. Mybe has no feel for the ball when he kicks. He kicks the ball 20 m dead when we're in the red zone.
Our team is not fit. We have the biggest forward pack in the NRL because they are OVERWEIGHT and not because of bulging muscles.
Because of the above our team can never consistently create overlaps, break the line or finish off breaks. Whenever the dogs do make a break they rarely score because they can't count, pass, kick or make the right decision.
How many times has our team made a break and on the next play with an obvious overlap Mybe or Lichaa throws the ball to the wrong side or wrong player?
It doesn't matter how hard our players try. It's not about gym strength, or "the grind", or arm wrestle or any of the shit that Des talks about. Our team does not have the fundamentals to compete. Our team has no intelligence.
It's like attempting to do 4 Unit Maths when you can't do 2U Vege Maths. You can't do 4U Maths unless you can master 3U Maths. Can't do 3U Maths unless you can master 2U Maths. Can't do 2U Maths unless you can do algebra, trig, calculus etc. Can't do any of that unless you can count.
Given the crap players we still have signed up next year this would be my solution.
First teach all spine and key players the fundamentals and proper technique of those critical skills. Team list:
1 Mybe. He can't read the game or kick properly but he is the fastest player we have and has to be in the spine given he's on 750k. Needs to learn how to catch bombs and position himself defensively.
2 Montaya but he needs intensive sprint training.
3 Jmoz. Has to lose fat and gain muscle mass. If he's cut with muscle at 94kg he'll be a lot quicker.
4 The quickest young guy from the lower grades and upskill his defence reading and tackling over the off season if we don’t have a decent quick recruit.
5 Bmoz. Ditto Jmoz
6 Frawley to undergo serious skills training or some young new guy
7 Foran vice captain
8 Woods if he's coming
9 the new guy from Cronulla
10 Klemmer
11 Jackson captain
12 RFM
Bench:
14 Graham without the captaincy if he's still around. I posted in early 2014 that he should not be captain.
15 Hoppa as a reserve hooker/emergency half/ball playing forward. He's too slow as an outside back but he has a decent pass and at 500k he has to be in the spine somewhere. Maybe put him at 6 if Frawley is still crap. Serious training during off season to be a decent spine player other than fullback. From what I've seen he reads the game better than Mbye which isn't saying much.
16 Danny Fualalo
17 Tolman if he's still around or one of the big young boppas.
All players except Klemmer, Jackson and RFM need to lose considerable kilos.
Unfortunately if Des is still coach then appoint a rookie coach (Dean Pay or whoever) as "coaching director" as a title. This sends a public message where Des belongs. If Des can't stand the public humiliation and resigns then there is no payout. If he cops it on the chin and meets whatever performance targets in his contract then 2018/19 will be a coaching apprenticeship for the "coaching director" to take over as head coach in 2020. If Des is still crap then the board will need to make a decision but at least the new head coach has first hand knowledge of the crap in the club and which players are not putting in upfront.
