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Chapter 1: What is the main issue facing Carlton this week?
The big issue is inevitably Carlton here and the manner of what is happening and then what comes next.
So maybe zero in on the manner of what's happening first. It's a challenge. I'm not a spokesperson for Carlton either and I understand the frustration at the moment. We can talk about Michael and what he's going through because I have lived that a little bit. But what's happening in these second halves, it's really hard to put a finger on because you think they would have worked it out by now.
And, and every, every week there's one common denominator, which I think is around the center, center ball ups. But you know, the Saints, there's only four stoppages in that third quarter for the whole quarter outside of the center bounces or center ball ups. So, you know, dealing with momentum there, the North game was pressure. There was a heap of pressure put on.
Um, the Swans was a contest and clearance way back in round, opening round. Um, the D's got them on the outside. Um, the pies was the center bounce, you know, the day cost quarter, you know, and we remember that against Collingwood. So, and a lot of it's got to be mindset. You can't, you can't veer away from that.
Chapter 2: How does Michael Voss handle pressure as a coach?
So there's the structure strategy planning. I think the center ball ups are a distinct issue that they're working through in terms of momentum, because you want to get that field position to get going. And then, And it's the leadership and then the perceived pressure that hits you. And they just can't get out of that. And you've said it before, the doom loop of here we go again is real. So, yeah.
And working through that as a football club. And then, of course, there's the pressure that's on Vossi at the moment as well. That's real as well.
Let's just stay with the on-field firsts. The first six minutes of the third quarter, they dominate Vossi. They couldn't quite get it on the board, but they dominated. And then there's just a sequence of small things. I watched it back yesterday.
Chapter 3: What challenges arise during Carlton's second halves?
A fumble, a miss kick, a miss tackle, a wrong option, a turnover, a free kick, a moment of ill discipline, a drop mark. But it all conspires in a way that you just have to be able to, the goldfish is, these are just the regular foibles that afflict any team in any quarter. Yet for Carlton, the magnitude of it grows to the point of paralysis.
Yeah.
And they concede to their own fate. I can't remember a team with such a short breaking point. They'd broken and they were still in front.
Yeah. I can't explain it either. I mean, other than the fact that it is so difficult to get out of. You need a 10-goal win, really. You need to be up by such a margin where it doesn't matter what happens, we're done. Whereas at the moment, and I think I heard Justin Longman talk about handling small leads. Is it their issue? Completely different issue than Carlton.
But being 12 to 25 points up doesn't cut it at all if you're Carlton and how you deal with it from a... From a coaching point of view is one thing, but from a leadership point of view, having played for a bit and how you handle a moment in time, a drop mark, a missed tackle, a my teammate's done something wrong or I've done something where it's gone away from what the plan was.
How to get onto what's next and, you know, around the visualization, around the staying in the moment, not reflecting on what's going to happen and what just happened is a skill that you can learn, but you got to go through it. So they just haven't got through it yet. And unfortunately for Carlton, it's taken too long. It's taken seven weeks to continually
be presented with this situation because it's normally, I can't wait for this to happen again so I can deal with it. That's normally the, the way you deal with these things. It's like, I'm looking forward to the next time this happens and I know I'll be different and it's just, I haven't got over it.
So what does it tell us about their on-field leadership?
Well, there's some work to be done. Yeah. With, what do we do when we're under immense pressure, um, Because some people try and do everything and it's like, no, park your ego.
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Chapter 4: How do mindset and leadership affect team performance?
Just do, play your role. Don't try and win the game off your own boot or save the game. There's those conversations I'm sure they're working through. Then there's the being reliable, not remarkable. Just be predictable to what the game needs right now. And then there's the dealing with pressure, you know, with the ball in hand. I mean, what's the right thing to do with the ball?
I think some of the defenders sometimes get a little bit insular, you know, here we go again, I'll just beat my man. And then above all, I think I'm sure they're working through what the leadership looks like, you know, what needs to be said between goals. Because whenever you're watching a game of AFL, quite often the lines will get together after a goal's kicked or conceded.
And it's what would be interesting, what they're digging into there. What are they talking about? You know, it's what's next or what happened or what we need to do. So, yeah, so all these things are in place. And for the Carlton supporters, it's not new. So there's no answers in this conversation. But it's just, that's the reality of what's happening and what they're working through.
What does it feel like for Michael Voss now?
Yeah.
Yeah, well, I've been through this before about the loneliness of form and expectations. When expectations aren't met and you're dealing with successive losses, this is a bit different because they've lost, you know, they've been up for so long. I went through this in 23. I think we had some bad, bad losses and then
One thing as a senior coach, you never lose hope as much as the ridicule is around you and the pressure's on. I think the day you lose your personal self-belief and hope that you can turn it around, then you're done. So I don't think that's happening. So I think he's got tremendous belief in himself. So that's evident, isn't it?
But the way he speaks, he hasn't put a foot wrong around that piece, don't you think? I mean, even with the Holland situation.
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Chapter 5: What strategies can Carlton implement to improve their game?
So he's obviously a good leader. And there's no smoke. There's no mirrors in this one. This is what you see is what you get. So that's why it's hard to critique because I think the honesty is there, isn't it? Is that what you're saying?
The unvarnished press conference on Saturday night, he told us exactly what he told the players. And he did it almost in the same tone. Yep. And it's more prescriptive than you ever hear from a coach. Yeah. Sort of at the moment, well, there's no point hiding any of this anymore. This is what's going on.
Yeah.
And the question is, no, no, no, I told you what's going on. This is what it is.
So how does it feel during the week? How does it feel with the support that you need around you? Even, you know, sometimes when I went through it, you sort of- You look into things, what's he trying to say there? What does this mean? Why am I in that meeting? All those type of things, you start to get a little bit paranoid because you're trying to do your best.
You've got to do it your way as well, Gerard, because sometimes you try and bring others in and back other staff members and ā You know, the risk of, you know, that balance between I need to do it my way. This is what I think needs to happen right now versus the paranoia they might go through. And you never know. We're all different.
I'm sure there's been some coaches out there who've turned it around. This looks like a big challenge for Vossi, and I think he's up for the fight.
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Chapter 6: How does past experience shape current coaching decisions?
So we'll see what happens in the future. Tough game this week, though.
Yeah. The compounding difficulty is he doesn't have a contract. So, and this was always the problem of this year. There's no hindsight in this. How would he win the next contract when the club hadn't set the team up for success? That was a very deliberate strategy in the trade period last year.
Correct me if I'm wrong now, but while you never give up, in his private moments, he would now recognise he's not getting another contract, wouldn't he?
No. I think he's... While you're still there... Because if that's the case, then you should knock on the door. I think we're a bit weird, the coaches. We're not rational sometimes. And that's what makes good coaches great coaches, is I'll work through this. I'll turn this around. And...
I mean, the glass half full, and it's hard to have the glass half full with this situation, is what are they doing in the first half? What's working there? They look good on the outside. They look well balanced. The boardman's getting better. There's players standing up, young players that play. Dean's played five games. So for him to keep evolving as a young player.
So I'm looking at those things. If I'm a coach and how do I get this second half right? I think that's what he's working through, Michael. And without having spoken to him since the game, I'm sure there's a belief piece there that he's a waver, of course. And there's a little bit of hope there. But if you lose your hope and your belief, then there's no point.
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Chapter 7: What does Michael Voss's contract situation mean for the team?
So... Yeah, I mean, end of 23, we lose by 100 points in a derby. We come over and we play the Bulldogs who need to win to play finals. All hope is lost. I remember seeing Tom Cole when he was walking out. He just looked me in the eye with a look I hadn't seen for a long time. It was almost like, we got you, sort of thing. I don't know what... And we had a win.
And that sort of saved my job for a year anyway. But there was some hope in that game. There was no hope in that game, sorry. And then we turned it around and obviously it didn't work out the next year. But, yeah, I don't know. I'm just going to stay an optimist with this one. And I'm hoping Michael and the team can turn it around. But, you know, if it doesn't, it doesn't.
The big issue is Carlton.