Yank Man wrote:That was a chuckle champ. I'm not grumpy I'm alive and well and smiling through my bum crack.
Just trying to keep a lid on it. If we cop a couple of injuries and play with the same sides as earlier in the year we will struggle again. Depth is a major issue. But thats OK! We're on the right track
Yank Man wrote:The best thing about our club is the massive work being done with the reserves. Much more structured, much more professional and much more exciting to watch. Bout time you accepted the fact morell that coaching is your future path.
Ha I'm a magnet mover, not a coach. Alfie is doing the tough stuff week to week and deserves any and all credit for the improvement in the magoos.
But RE my sideline role. This is rare so you might want to put this in your signature - I was very wrong.
When playing I always thought I'd know what to do and that the moves were always really obvious. Different story on the sidelines when on occasion you've got 5 decisions to make in 30 seconds after someone has hurt themselves and blown apart your structure. You have to make the right calls, communicate them, effectively so the runner to understands them and then see it implemented correctly. I guess I imagined just picking players up and shifting them like some sort of board game.
It's so frustrating though, this is word for word from Satdee - "go and tell Smithy to always stay goal side and to be on his 45 with an arm on his hip at all times". Runner goes out, tells Smithy, he nods, proceeds to stand 10m in front of opponent. Drag Smithy. Tell Smithy personally and provide example of what I mean. Smithy acknowledges instructions, runs out and proceeds to stand 10m to the left of his opponent.
Then simple things that I've always just thought people knew - like not rush kicking into the corridor when under pressure in defence. Locking it in rather than spilling it out when they have numbers around the contest. Not leaving your man and rushing to an opponent when a team mate already has them under pressure. Staying down in the contest if you're a midget. Holding space when trying to read the contest as a rover rather than sprinting at it and being too close. Usually as a spectator I see these things and just turn off and accept it, but now as someone somewhat responsible I feel I have to tell them, but of course I can't send the poor runner out after almost every contest.
I can see why coaches have shorter life spans and I'm only dealing with 5% of it.
As an aside, how many runners are we able to have on the ground?