Also, to be fair, a lot of those games were at the Tigers, where coaches go to die.
I submit that when discussing coaching records, all Tigers years should be ignored 😉
Following on from the last couple years I've put together the current progress of roster balance following a post of @Big Pete a couple years back (here).
What I find interesting is the change in balance from 2020/2022 where there was a lot of youth and inexperience compared to now where we have guys moving through the years into the more experienced area beyond 3 years... 3 years being the league wide average career length.
However, it also shows the amount of time it takes for a...
I think this time around Madge is a very defence orientated coach... we've not really had that despite a lot of coaches talking up the importance of defence.
Bennett easily the closest, but he was more the man manager rather than X's and O's. Seemingly relying on player talent and being able to get the squad to buy in to what he's selling... with his assistants doing the nuanced tactical side of things.
Madge is very much the tactical side... I think his optimal gameplan is high completion...
We overachieved by making the GF, and if anything, we overachieved to get as close as we did. I could say Reyno cost us the GF, but he also got us there. No hard feelings to anyone in that match.