An Eye to the Grand Final | The Eye of the Coach with Adam Simpson (24.09.26)
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What does Adam Simpson reveal about the atmosphere during Grand Final week?
And our Thursdays all year have started through the eye of the coach with Adam Simpson. Hello
to your simple. I think in the in the AFL you're just jealous and when you're a coach or a player and you don't want anyone to win. So part of me thinks just let Fags win another one. Um but I I obviously I'm I'm out of the uh I'm out of the coaching loop so I'm trying to just embrace both sides um and then not go personal because you know if JL wins a premiership it takes away a few of my cashies back in WA. So I've got my and what that might look like as well, but um I mean overall it's it's uh this is my only my second year is embracing the whole week, Jared, 'cause normally you just get here from Interstate on a Friday and you you go to the game. So yeah, I I it's just changed so much in twelve years, really, in in the time that I left the state and and even this precinct here and and d just how people embrace the fact it's a holiday today, which I think's a good thing, isn't it?
Yes, so I
the school holidays at the moment play such a role in th it's just sort of part of the school holiday routine now to come to the fan fest, yep, get down and there everyone wears their own colours, beautiful dynamic to it. So I feel like the it used to matter a lot. Two non Victorian teams mattered in this town. It does not matter one iota.
Now So the public holiday on a Friday is still important for that very reason, the fact that you can take your kids during the day if you if you normally go to the room. And there'll be
so many people at the parade who aren't aligned with the Lions and the Dockers, as
well as those who who arriving for it. Yeah, well you know, the the Fremantle supporters just spent a lot of money. You don't want a dud game if you're a if there was in the back of my head as a coach, you know, some people come, Oh I spent ten grand to get here, you better perform type of talk and um It just costs a lot of money, unfortunately, for for anyone in the West who's over here or has been to Grand Final Day to get the tickets, the flights, the accommodation, and you want to embrace the whole week, it it costs you a lot. So the least you can do as a as a team is perform somewhere near your best is is the uh is the ultimate goal 'cause uh they're they're pessimistic unfortunately, the aren't they?
The three mountain supporters. From our supporters.
We've been bumping into Docker's supporters for the past couple of days. I think I don't know. So the guard's up, isn't it? The guards is right up. Good
luck. We're gonna need it. No,
be more optimistic than that.
You know, we've done it all year. We've got one more game to go. We're the better team. You know, that type of talk. But I'm not hearing that one little bit. There's this oh Yeah, I so I'm a bit worried. It's a bit like that first final back in Perth. It's like how did we get here? And and if you l really look at it, they they no one deserves more to be here uh than Fremantle this year in particular.
I suspect there's a little bit of a dynamic. There there is so much to lose here because they've been the best team of the year and it's wobbled a little bit late. But in so in twenty thirteen, th it's the same dynamic they're up against the team of the era. So they're up against Hawthorne, it's the team of the era, it's their first look at it. They're substantial underdogs, is my memory of thirteen. They're not this year. They're no they are up against the team of the era. But they're r they're in it up to their neck.
It's a different side, obviously, isn't it? As we see the delivery guy um taking his time over the gravel. Uh take your time there, mate. But uh it's a different dynamic, isn't it, with the way thirteen looked. I was actually in the coach's box for Hawthorne in that particular time and and we were very worried about that particular game. It was the first uh they lost two thousand and twelve Hawthorne. So going into thirteen, there's a bit of redemption about what how all that looked and it wasn't a great game, Jared. I think it was it was a third
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What does Adam Simpson reveal about the atmosphere during Grand Final week?
0:00–4:22
2
How do Justin Longmuir and Chris Fagan’s coaching experiences differ heading into the Grand Final?
4:22–10:03
3
What mental‑visualisation techniques do coaches use to prepare players for a Grand Final?
10:03–16:23
4
How does the Brisbane Lions’ recent form compare to Fremantle’s chances in the final?
16:23–20:53
5
What role does the AFL’s culture check play in a club’s Grand Final preparations?
20:53–22:53
6
How did the AI prediction for the Grand Final differ from the hosts’ expectations?
22:53–23:22
7
What are the key takeaways from the post‑Grand Final club meeting and apology process?
23:22–23:39
Speakers
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