plugger66 wrote:
If coaches arent that important why worry about game plans. Seems a waste of a year. Anyway freo werent near as ready to go as us when RL took over.
Of course they were. had been in the finals two years previously, then had a shocking injury run in 2011.
We had played finals three years in a row, but was going backwards in 2006 after three shocking years of injury.
We missed out in 2007 under Lyon wheile he repaired the list physically. Luckily got to the top four in 2008 and got flogged by Hawthorn and Geelong, then exploded in 2009.
Freo after one year under Lyon are actually further ahead then we were in lyons second year. They are third with their superstars out.
Freo were almost exactly the same as the Saints in 2007 when Lyon took over.
And who said coaches aren't that important. A good coach with a good list will do wonders. A good coach with a poor list cant do much. To be a premiership threat, you need the players, but you also need a good coach.