A Fresh Look at the Crows Game

[liz]

Originally posted by sharpie

That doesnt account for why we were not manning up from their kickins. From my point of view up top of the noble stand, all I could make of this was that the swans were just plain lazy. And I yelled this out a few times to let the know .

Few teams play man on man for kick-ins. It is usually easier to manufacture a man in space or a one-on-one contest to a man who should outmark his opponent. A zone is a more common tactic. That said, the Crows were seemingly able to breach the Swans zone fairly easily.

I do agree with you, though, that it was a lack of accountability that gave the Swans the appearance of not working hard enough. For the Crows to occasionally manufacture a free man would have been one thing, especially on unforced turnovers. But they had too many men in too much space far too often to suggest that the Swans were really "in" the game, especially in the second half.