The coach needs a win more than any time since he took charge in the semi-final against West Coast
James Button concluded his history of the Geelong Football Club with a comment from football manager Steve Hocking. “Don’t try to over-explain what happened here,” Hocking told him “There’s a mystery to it. Leave a bit of that mystery. Trying to explain it in words is like trying to catch the wind.”
The language emanating from football clubs these days is softer, almost mystical. The days of the autocratic, raving lunatic driving a team towards a premiership are thankfully long past. You’d lose your young players if you carried on like that now. You’d probably have the police at your door. These days, many of the senior coaches speak like yoga instructors. Along with their players, they’ve embraced mindfulness and meditation. The key words at football clubs are “connection” and “vulnerability”. It’s the antitheses of how the previous generations of Australian men were raised, taught and coached. It’s refreshing, and it clearly works.
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