BurgoShark
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Not a silly idea mate, but way too much work to add to what I’m doing already.Hey Burgo ,
Do coaches do their homework and target the last 5 minutes prior to a starter being subbed to run plays at those players ?
If so , could we have stats on the indivual player errors 5 mins from subbing for the team we're about to play each week ?
A lot of work BUT would be interesting to then watch games with focus on those players and seeing if it panned out as per stats .
eg
Say Thomas Burgess averages being replaced at the 25 minute mark , what is his error rates from the 20 to 25 minute mark ?
NO DRAMA , if this is deemed a useless request
Coaches definitely do this kind of thing. Not sure about error rate etc. but they would definitely be across usage for the opposition middles and would have strategies to attack them late in their stints.
Tom Burgess a good example, because while everyone was banging on about his great runs he stood still and made zero effort to tackle
Brailey as he ran past him. He was cooked.
There was a great video of a former coach looking a Sharks/Storm game in 2016 (might have been Matt Elliott) and highlighting how the Sharks deliberately kept running multiple plays in a row at one of the Storm middles (was K Brom or Glasby I think) to force him to make consecutive tackles. Late in his stint they ran a play on him at the ruck and Val tore straight through.
I also talked with a junior rep coach in Qld once who works pretty closely with Neil Henry. This bloke reckons his main strategy would be to pick one back rower to work over all game. Keep running consecutive boring plays straight at him so he keeps making tackle, then late in the half run your plays at him. Spectators will think he is a gun, because he will lead the tackle count and make a bunch of double up tackles. They are setting him up though.