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Message: [QUOTE="1910, post: 2880820, member: 8272"] I was discussing this the other day. Every team used to provide something different. Eels would innovate with walls and kicks. Raiders introduced slide defence; they would compress up and slide off because they had small forwards but fast backs. They wanted you to think that there was space out wide. Dogs had brutal umbrella defence they'd force you back to the middle where ruthless machines like Tunks and Gillespie would hurt you. Teams have subtle difference but largely a sameness now. To me good coaching is either a style then find the players that can do it. I just read Paul Roos' book and that's what he did. He gave away first round draft picks to build the Swans by recruiting 22-23 year old not getting a go at other clubs. Or like the Walkers having the players and then finding a style because you don't have the money to buy players. This is our squad what are their skills let's use them and coach them to use them. Just being rigid and copying no matter what the skills of your players is not good coaching. Or even worse coaching skill out of players so you can finish a game at 70% completion. [/QUOTE]

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