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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Hello to you, Sando. G'day, Gerard.
Chapter 2: What insights does Brenton Sanderson share about modern coaching challenges?
Before we delve into our chosen games, you wrote the piece in the age that you forecast for us on Saturday, the lot of the modern senior coach and their areas of concern. You did this in your guise as the chairman of the Coaches Association to try to inspire a conversation right across the football landscape.
and as a bit of a cautionary tale to the coaches and the clubs as to how they might handle particularly long-term coaches in their midst. It started with, it was very reflective. You gave all of yourself in it. So I was thinking these years on, you do fully understand your time in senior coaching and where the pitfalls swallowed you up.
Oh, definitely. And I think, and I should start by saying, and I said this last week when I, I said to you, Gerard, that can we talk about this next week? Just want to start by saying this is the greatest job in the world. Coaching an AFL club, there is nothing better. It is so much fun, but it comes with its consequences.
And I just felt ā and having this role now with the Coaches Association and watching the coaches really closely, and this is ā This is the senior coaches, assistant coaches, development coaches in AFL and AFLW. I just thought it was the right time to bring up the need, I think, as an industry to reinforce the importance of really strong support networks at Clubland.
Clubs investing in wellbeing for their coaches and just creating an environment where they I think for our coaches, taking an emotional break is viewed as a strength rather than a weakness. So to talk openly, I guess, as you said, I talked about my own experience. I only coached for three years, but at the highest level, I had five years either side as an assistant coach.
But particularly the senior coaches, it is a 24-7 role, and they do work extremely hard to their own detriment, really. They do push themselves hard. Beyond the red line, I guess, they grind away without slowing down and stopping to the point where it impacts your health. And I think it did happen to me. And in the article I wrote about my sister who...
who said to me very openly, I'm actually glad you're not doing that job anymore because I could see it was going to kill you. So I just wanted to reinforce that our coaches, and you look at them, they are agitated, they are grumpy, they look like they need a holiday. And even now, Gerard, I'm really privileged because you allow me to spend 40 minutes a week with a microphone in front of me
And I take that as a great opportunity to speak with you and to the listeners about my experience with footy, what I'm saying. But what we see now with the coaches, they are their own worst enemies. They get a microphone put in front of them and they just go off, you know, and it's our fault.
It's, you know, we've got to work better as an industry to allow these men and women who are coaching as well to ensure that that they're not as grumpy and agitated and potentially ill emotionally. So, yeah, I just wanted to make sure that the stress element is acknowledged and as clubs and as an industry and, as I said, the coach has to slow down himself.
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Chapter 3: What role does mental well-being play in coaching effectiveness?
Well, I talked about restricting marks. I think if they can take away the Cats' effective kicks and uncontested marks, And then I reckon Matty Nix tonight, he's got to work out a way to just change gears in their offense a little bit more. They've just been a little bit simple and sane in what we've seen so far from Adelaide.
They're going to have to kick the ball for territory a bit more times than what they would typically want to do. And they've got to get some forward half turnovers to restrict Geelong's corridor movement and get it out of their back half. So... So, yeah, as I said, typically the Cats will want to go out and around and exit wide. That's fine.
You can't let Geelong's half forwards be the recipients of those outlet kicks, those exit kicks. So, yeah, high alert for the Crows defenders. They've got to limit the Geelong half forwards from having any impact on this game at all. Let them go into density, but don't let them get that lateral kick mark release.
That's probably going to be the focus tonight for the Crows if they are going to beat Geelong.
Cats have won nine of the past 10 against the Crows and six in a row. Does that imply that Matty Nix needs to do something different?
Yeah, I thought about this. If you're Nixie tonight and the record's not good, nine of the last 10 they've lost. Do you go overboard with changing how you play? But then I looked at the margins. I mean, it's eight points, 19 points, five points, 19 points, 18 points. So there are two to three goal better side at the moment, Geelong, when they play Adelaide.
So I think that when you look at it, Geelong this year in offense are averaging 102 points per game. The Crows are averaging 89. So it's two goals. they're both conceding the exact same amount. They're both averaging 83 points against.
So once again, it feels like the Cats might be a two goal better side going into tonight, but then you've got to add in the home ground advantage or does the longer rest work in the Crows' favour? as well. So, so maybe that two goal better side is eroded with the, with the, with the home run advantage of the Crows and, and the extra break.
I really think they're going to miss Rankin and Phil Thorpe. I think they're probably the two big outs that, that the Crows wouldn't want. And if you ask Chris Scott, you can take two players out of Adelaide's team. I reckon they'd be the first two that he'd take. Or maybe, maybe Jordan Dawson would be number one. And then those, those two would be next. So I don't know.
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Chapter 4: How do the Crows and Cats compare ahead of their match?
So can the Pies create turnovers that go back against the Demons or Pies still look really... I know I've talked down their offense a bit, but there has been moments where Pies have still looked really dangerous when they've got ball in hand, they go quickly by foot, they change angles through the corridor.
It's just their confidence in attacking and overlapping this year has not been as consistent as what we've seen in previous years. And we know that the firepower in their front half is just unfortunately not there. So, yeah, and unfortunately for Melbourne, despite having the AFL's fourth best offence or fifth best offence, They're giving up big scores. So, yeah.
Can Melbourne lock the ball in their front half? I don't know. Can they deny Collingwood's uncontested marks and make Collingwood kick the ball long down the line? I'm just not sure. But I don't know. I really want to tip the demons in this one. I'm such a believer in the way that they're playing. But...
I don't know, despite the Pies winning out of their last 10 against Melbourne, I just think Collingwood have got the edge. I just think the Pies will be able to keep them to less than 100 points, but I don't think Melbourne's defence can stop Collingwood, even though they've got the issues with their offence.
So I'm just going to go the Pies just as much as I really want to tip the Demons in this one. I love the way they're playing. But yeah, I'm just going to give the edge slightly to the Pies. Yeah, interesting. Upset the Pies fans on this one.
Can't remember which way I ended up going there. But Collingwood are narrow favourites. The analytics has Melbourne as narrow winners and you've gone narrowly with the Pies. I hope we get a thriller.
I really do want the Demons to play well because this is such a big game. And, you know, around the MND, you know, the Blue Beanies at the MCG, this will be one of the great events for the AFL this year. Yeah. I hope we get the game that backs it up. And I'd love for the Demons to win. It'd be great for them to get the win for Nildana Herbert.
I just feel like the Pies might have the edge in this one. All right.
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