Leadership group dropped Crouch - picked team V Port

[Damien]

According to Roos, the Leadership group were given some extra duties last week, picking the team!

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[Wardy]

According to Roos, the Leadership group were given some extra duties last week, picking the team!

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I heard that on the radio this morning too.

[ScottH]

I read an article where JBolton was given a reprieve from the 2's, last weekend. And then Goodes said the same about himself on the news on Monday.

So maybe they ALL went into that room full of mirrors, and had a good hard look.

[Lucky Knickers]

Not hard enough!

[giant]

A strange precedent....of course there are those on this board that think it happens every week!

[barry]

Its an awesome stategy for blocking youngsters from entering the senior team.

Those senior players are playing Roos like a cheap violin.

Did the whole squad pick the team, or just the encumbant 22 ?

[ugg]

Roos said the leadership group - Barry Hall, Leo Barry, Brett Kirk, Ben Mathews, Adam Goodes, Craig Bolton and Jude Bolton - played a significant role in selecting the team for last week's game - and making the decision to drop Crouch.

http://realfooty.com.au/news/news/im-ready-for-aka-crouch/2007/05/22/1179601411537.html

[giant]

Its an awesome stategy for blocking youngsters from entering the senior team.

Those senior players are playing Roos like a cheap violin.

Did the whole squad pick the team, or just the encumbant 22 ?

What took you so long?

[ScottH]

I read an article where JBolton was given a reprieve from the 2's, last weekend. And then Goodes said the same about himself on the news on Monday.

Roos said the leadership group - Barry Hall, Leo Barry, Brett Kirk, Ben Mathews, Adam Goodes, Craig Bolton and Jude Bolton - played a significant role in selecting the team for last week's game - and making the decision to drop Crouch.

No wonder they didn't get dropped.

[Jewels]

Gee's, you guys are never happy!!!!

[barry]

What took you so long?

You cant see the conflict of interest of players picking players ?

[goswannie14]

You cant see the conflict of interest of players picking players ?

Personally I think it is a stupid idea.

Players should be picked on form, not because they are in the click or have premiership credits on the board.

Any player can have a bad day, but when that bad day becomes a bad month or more, they need to have a spell in the seconds. That also gives the seconds players more incentive to perform at their level.

[stellation]

Gee's, you guys are never happy!!!!

Maybe people would be happy if the idea had worked and we had actually won the game

[ernie koala]

Its an awesome stategy for blocking youngsters from entering the senior team.

Those senior players are playing Roos like a cheap violin.

Did the whole squad pick the team, or just the encumbant 22 ?

Good point..Maybe the 2's should have their own meeting each week as well, and put up a few names of who deserves a close look, for promotion !!
Then Roosy can earn his money and make the changes ..IMPARTIALLY !

[CureTheSane]

I dunno about this one.

Roos said that the players had significant input into the team selection.

That's a far cry form them selecting the team themselves.

Perhaps the whole teams should on a weekly basis select 22 players who they think deserve to be in the team via a secret ballot.
Then these results are tallied and the top 22 are published for the players to see.
Would be a good indicator to the players who is valued and who is highly regarded by their fellow team mates.

But the dangerous territory that would be entered into is that the players who didn't rate amongst their team mates may become a bit disheartened.
Not ever player sees themselves as resilient blokes who view their lack of high regard as a challenge to perform better.

And that is the problem with what has been done.
Right now how does Crouch feel?

Not only has he been dropped, but dropped by his fellow team mates.

Probably doesn't put him in the best state of mind in a team oriented sport.

I can see it as being a valuable exercise, but probably best left to an anonymous survey in which the results are not disclosed to any players and kept under the hats of the team management for future reference.