Coach's Office - Clay Smith Player Review (Rd6)

[bornadog]

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[Dry Rot]

I like Hansen's reviews. Ditto Smith.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Nice balanced review there.

Hopefully Hansen sticks around for a few years.

[boydogs]

This is turning into a bit of a talk ourselves up type of thing, the reviews are pretty balanced but they always pick the best performed kid each week to review

[wimberga]

This is turning into a bit of a talk ourselves up type of thing, the reviews are pretty balanced but they always pick the best performed kid each week to review

At least each week its a different kid (so far I think...) which hopefully means when they start putting it together on the same day....

[Ghost Dog]

Love these
But what's with the music track? Sounds like electric Russian folk music....:)

[Mantis]

This is turning into a bit of a talk ourselves up type of thing, the reviews are pretty balanced but they always pick the best performed kid each week to review

Yep.

I know it's probably not going to happen, but it would be nice to hear the coaches thoughts on a player that didn't perform so well with suggestions on what they need to do better.

[azabob]

This is turning into a bit of a talk ourselves up type of thing, the reviews are pretty balanced but they always pick the best performed kid each week to review

Your just annoyed they don't do Jake Stringer each week :D

Not sure what you expected though? Of course it should be a positive story and personally I think there is nothing wrong with that. If we can't hang our hat on emerging talent, what can we?

[boydogs]

Your just annoyed they don't do Jake Stringer each week :D

Got it in 1 :D


Not sure what you expected though? Of course it should be a positive story and personally I think there is nothing wrong with that. If we can't hang our hat on emerging talent, what can we?

I'd rather hear the coaches views on how our players are really going, than hear a good news story cherry picked each week and then turn around and watch us lose by 10 goals every game, and wonder what happened.

[azabob]

I'd rather hear the coaches views on how our players are really going, than hear a good news story cherry picked each week and then turn around and watch us lose by 10 goals every game, and wonder what happened.

I hear what your saying - not sure I agree picking out individuals and publicly saying they are struggling and this is why. I don't think that would be good for morale.
Behind closed doors I imagine would be a different story.

I'm thinking the coaches letter is designed to sum up how we are going - good, bad or indifferent. Whether it satisfy supporters is another question.

[AndrewP6]

It's probably better than no communication at all, but I'm not that interested in it. This one's the first I've actually watched. From a PR perspective, it's probably a good thing.

[boydogs]

I hear what your saying - not sure I agree picking out individuals and publicly saying they are struggling and this is why. I don't think that would be good for morale.

Fair point.

[LongWait]

The coaches won't and shouldn't publicly crucify a player in a review.

[Ghost Dog]

There's more than enough crucifying done in here :) even the Romans would be sqeamish.

[F'scary]

The coaches won't and shouldn't publicly crucify a player in a review.

No review therefore for Howard.

[Mantis]

The coaches won't and shouldn't publicly crucify a player in a review.

I'm not sure anyone wants that, but it would be nice to hear some 'constructive criticism' or tips on what player 'x' needs to do better.. perhaps in regard to positioning with some passages of plays as examples.

[soupman]

I'm not sure anyone wants that, but it would be nice to hear some 'constructive criticism' or tips on what player 'x' needs to do better.. perhaps in regard to positioning with some passages of plays as examples.

I understand what you are saying but I think the club is being very careful about what they expose to the public and what they don't.

The idea of these videos is to say "this is what they should be doing, and here are some examples of them doing it correctly". It shows the player is developing as hoped, highlights the role expected of them and would surely be a confidence boost to them. It also gives supporters something positive to look at. I think doing the thing you suggested takes away from rewarding and celebrating the player and instead would be portrayed by the club as a form of public teaching, which I don't think is the intention of these videos. The club knows that we know the player isn't there yet, so there is no need to point that out to us.