My confusion with Bucks

[princem007]

Last Saturday afternoon I was calling for Buckley to be sacked and then I watch AFL360 and think hang on, this bloke knows what he is on about.

Why is this happening , surely he can't be a great media person, articulate , composed , knowledgeable to a large audience of people , yet he is not able to get his message across to 44 players in their prime, it just doesn't make sense?

I don't get it ??

I don't know how and why it's failing.

Saying he can't coach is not apparent in everything you see .

It doesn't add up.

[thompsoc]

He never talks about specifics only generalities.
Ask him why did Blair go to the back line on Saturday in the second quarter.
Blair to the backline WTF!

[Monco Matt]

I know! It's a total mind bender. Total disconnect between what he says and what we do. I listen to Bux and I feel great about our future, then after game day i want to punch holes in the wall. Bizarre!

[courtza]

More WTF is that Blair is actually one of our better contributors at the moment

[Jez07]

Talking in the media doesn't translate to how you coach and interact with players.

[Piesnchess]

Chronic and never ending injuries to very key players, playing a bunch of kids with few games under their belts, and far too many of our remaining senior guys way out of form, like crisp,pendles, brown, frost, Langdon,cloke to name a few. It all adds up in the end, we just cannot get a settled side, for love or money. Bucks cops the blame, but really, we have not had one ounce of luck on any front. not one, Can he turn things around, time will tell, if we could just get a settled line up and a win, but its just so damn tough at the moment, and Bucks is at the coalface of it.

[daicos from the boundry]

The problem with Bux is his not a development coach and with a young list you need coaches that nurture and understand how every individual ticks. He was so driven as a player I think sometimes he forgets that some players need motivation. Buckleys even said that he can't understand or he expects his players to be self motivated as professional sportsman.
A big part of coaching is understanding the capabilities of your list and maybe he has over estimated their ability to carry out his game plan which to his own admissions is quite similar to the top sides. Not having the same 22 each week has not helped him with any continuity in his coaching.
Personally I think he can coach, I just don't think he can coach this list at where it is at at this moment.

[melliot]

We are told what is right and what should happen. We are told of a better vision and for the most part buy into these ideals.

Then the election is won and the actual policy introduced is nothing like what we believed it would be. It's been spun.

See any correlation?

[CarringbushCigar]

It is what you don't hear, particularly that he does not seem to ever contemplate he may be part of the problem. That famous not tagging Ablett day was the closest u get to admitting maybe he isn't perfect.

Too many times he has blamed the players for bad losses, critical errors.
Too many times he will take credit for honourable losses.

The players defend him in a generic out of the box manner.

Getting rid of him immediately allows Burnsy and the football club a free shot at the stumps. Burnsy will be under no pressure himself but has the opportunity to turn things around over a reasonable period of time.

All that needs to happen is Gubby has a heart to heart with Adams basically confirming Burnsy would likely be a refreshing change and that no other standout candidate exists.

Following that they probably only need two or three days to plan the communications strategy.
We don't need to again be put through the players of this great club trying to lose games of football against the worst of our enemies.

[Jez07]

He seems to take little responsibility. He has no issues blaming the players but he rarely looks in the mirror.

[courtza]

[CarringbushCigar]

[HAL]

I might say no.

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[Mugwump]