Summary:* Certainly was a relief to win well on the weekend. Pressure was on. We had constructive meetings earlier in the week about both team and individuals. Whether it was that or what we've been building the last few weeks, it's just great to get a win.
* Jack was disappointed the night of making the comments. Cotch gave him a call because Jack was a bit emotional. They had a meeting with Jack the next day. Jack said you know he likes talking and it got all muddled and came out the wrong way.
* Cotch said Lids suggested we auction off Jack's myki card
. Jack might drop a comment now every Wednesday and then buy a myki to make him deliver under pressure. Credit to him he did deliver under pressure.
* Pressure comes with a disappointing start to the year. Believes we are turning the corner. People talking down GWS but it was a important win for us going forward.
* We need consistency of the message out on the field. We were moving the ball too slowly as everyone was mentioning. If we can move the ball into our forward half quickly then we give ourselves a chance to score. It's that consistency that we need to find.
* Cotch said initially as captain he tried to be passive and just let everyone feel comfortable. The feedback to him was he needed to become more aggressive and he's taken that on board.
* Hardwick has a lot of good ideas. We weren't following the gameplan early on. We've tinkered with it since. Dimma held a meeting asking for feedback from the players. Cotch happy that a number of players spoke up including some younger players.
* Dusty - spends time at the KGI, also with Mark 'Choco' Williams just learning about life. He's maturing now.
* McCaffer - he played under the rules that night and beat me. The interpretation of the rules have changed since and McCaffer has acknowledged he's had to change his game. Cotch said he didn't complain or whinge about the tactics McCaffer used that night. That was from outside sources.
