Rate Roos Coaching..Round 8

[ernie koala]

For mine a D- at best.
As headcoach, I assume Roos would agree the buck stops with him.
1) This weeks selections set the tone.... conservative, unimaginative and devoid of daring. (Playfair...you've got to be kidding)
2) Match ups and players out of position (White being the most obvious)
3) Body language during and after the match was deplorable. (It would be hard to get excited at the sight of Roos at halftime leaning against the wall with a "I give up" sarcastic demenour. Not to mention his after match form.)
And I'm sick to death of hearing the old chestnut " We're a young team blah blah blah.." The fact is we're no younger than most other teams.

[Bas]

Well he knows he's not getting sacked this year and Longmire is taking over next year.

You should know by now with Roos that it is never his fault but the players have not carried out his instructions.

[Captain]

C - for mine

Why wasn't White tried forward for some of the game. It was obvious we had nothing up there! Also Goodes should have been full forward for parts.

[UglyDuckling]

I dont have an arbitrary rate but i had some issues with selection and set up

1) Forward set up
- having white in the ruck left brian lake to out mark smaller opponents all night as well as push forward to kick goals, at time you have the AA full back playing on 2nd gamer Rohan. Had Jessie been playing out of the square it would have kept lake honest by at least creating a contest bringing the ball to ground and the smaller players into the game. his would stop lake from marking so regularly and dominating our forward line

-Playfairs selection was strange as by all reports he hasnt been that good in the 2's and there are more talented though untried players in better form a la johnston, vez and Currie. My only guess is that the coaching panel think that those young players dont have the tank to run out the games

- Beavan: Same as playfair i think Vez from reports has been in better form for the 2's is quicker and has better skills. Though beavan wasnt the worst today

- Goodes probably needed to play a bit deeper today in bradshaws absence

What i would have Done:

Played Jessie out of the square, Rohan, Goodes, Vez and rotating mids forward

Currie and Pyke in the ruck. We needed 2 genuine ruckmen today and jessie to go forward

These are the things i probably would have changed though i doubt it would have changed the result as we were comprehensively beaten through the midfield

[Damien]

3) Body language during and after the match was deplorable. (It would be hard to get excited at the sight of Roos at halftime leaning against the wall with a "I give up" sarcastic demenour. Not to mention his after match form.)

Yeah I wasn't impressed at half time when I saw him with hand in pockets and leaning against the wall, also wasn't that impressed with him sharing a joke on the bench after the final siren. I know a lot of fans love his attitude and probably don't care, but I want passion, I want the coach to reflect the frustration we all felt.

I'd rate today at C-, really didn't see much imagination go into our setup, today was the day to throw caution to the wind.

[Flossie]

I get frustrated with Roosy's attitude sometimes too, but was he the main coach today? I thought Longmire was in charge. I agree that some of the selections were a bit strange. I think Currie should be given a chance, from what I have heard he and Pyke work well together in the reserves. Also I cant believe they picked Playfair, he's a soft player. Where is Ves? Why aren't they playing him if he's fit, is it that he is too much of an individual (a la Davo)? Let's give the young ones a chance and give some of the seniors who are obviously carrying injuries (O'Keefe) a rest.

[Jewels]

Three weeks ago he was the messiah..........

You guys are all in the wrong jobs, I'm sure Richmond, Adelaide, Hawthorne could all use your expertise.

[Damien]

Three weeks ago he was the messiah..........

You guys are all in the wrong jobs, I'm sure Richmond, Adelaide, Hawthorne could all use your expertise.

Discussing our perceptions of the coaches performance after a fairly bad game is no good because 3 weeks ago we were travelling nicely?

[aardvark]

You can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear. No one could have coached our team today well enough to beat the Doggies. With our 6 big outs back along with Birdy we could still be a top 4 side but no team can lose 7 players and still expect to be competitive with sides like the Cats and Dogs.

[ugg]

I wonder what joke he shared with Steve Taubert at the end?

Roos: If you thought that was bad, wait till your ruck students face Sandilands next week.
Cue laughter.

[swansrule100]

i think sometimes the turn against roosy is a bit much after a loss.

[Bas]

Three weeks ago he was the messiah..........

You guys are all in the wrong jobs, I'm sure Richmond, Adelaide, Hawthorne could all use your expertise.

Time to nail him to the cross then. Richmond draft better players, Crows draft younger players and Dorks getover THAT premiership.

If I was getting paid the money Roos is, I would be laughing after the game as well.

I hope Longmire has more options than Game A. Sadly Roos has shown that he hasn't.

[Bloody Hell]

You can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear. No one could have coached our team today well enough to beat the Doggies. With our 6 big outs back along with Birdy we could still be a top 4 side but no team can lose 7 players and still expect to be competitive with sides like the Cats and Dogs.

Not about winning, about the decisions he made.

Once Bradshaw was out White should have been slotted into FF. LRT, Currie, Goodes (yes) should have been played in the ruck....it balls to the wall. When put in bad situations at the selection table, he seems to err.

[sfan]

i could not understand why we did not double team Hall. At least some of the time. He gets very frustrated at that tactic and does not handle well. Also why bring in Bevan and play him and jude in key forward roles. Never going to work. Vezpremi would have been a better bet

[Rob-bloods]

We were beaten by a genuine Top 3 contender with 6 (7 if you include Moore) of our best 22 out. We are not the best team at present and had two 'rookies' out there today in Jetta and Rohan a couple of second year players and a tall (Playfair) merely in for being tall. And when the 6 out includes best defender, best forward, best small forward and both ruckmen what really can we expect?

I have not agreed with a lot of the moves/selections either but the single biggest issue in both recent defeats was the apparent lack of 'fight' when we were down.