NZ rugby union coaches, from left, Darrel Shelford and Jim Love offered advice to the Crows on tackling techniques. Picture: Sarah Reed. Source: The Advertiser
DURING an off-season promotional shoot for the AFL website, Crows midfielder Bernie Vince was asked what Brenton Sanderson's favourite saying was.
"Can you bloody tackle?" Vince reportedly joked.
It was an attempt at humour but offered an insight in to something the Adelaide coach would never say publicly - Vince is a poor tackler.
And he's not alone.
A look at last year's individual statistics reveal there are number of Crows with a tackling problem.
Vince (1.7 tackles per game), utility Ricky Henderson (0.9), ruckman Sam Jacobs (1.4) and small forward Ian Callinan (1.5) - who put his hand up to play against Brisbane this Saturday by training strongly yesterday - head a list of players whose tackling averages would be considered low for players of their size and position.
Crows warm-up at training. From left, Jarryd Lyons, Ian Callinan, Daniel Talia and Taylor Walker. Picture: Sarah Reed.
It suggests the Crows tackling problem could be solved by significant improvement by a number of key individuals, rather than a team-wide lift Thompson suggested was the key after training yesterday.
"It's right across the board," said Thompson, denying his team-mates had an attitude problem.
"It's not a fact we don't want to tackle, the want is there. It's just the way we go about it. Frees against doesn't help, missed tackles doesn't help, so that's where technique is an issue for us at the moment."
Thompson said rugby union duo Darrel Shelford and Jim Love reaffirmed several key technical issues during a training tutorial on Tuesday.
"They just spoke to us about certain techniques we can use and ways to go about our tackling," he said.
"Our foot positioning is a big one . . . head positioning, things like that.
"There's times when blokes eyes light up when they think they're going to make a tackle and you charge in like a bull at a gate and you get stepped and you look like the fool in the end.
"You can't charge in and want to rip someone's head off."
Sanderson also highlighted a number of attempted tackles which resulted in free kicks when he reviewed his side's round defeat against Essendon.
Thompson, who had 0-2 free kick count against the Bombers and gave away 14 more free kicks than any other player in the competition last season, has been a culprit.
Alerted to his AFL-high 61 free kicks against last season, Thompson said: "Some of them were pretty touchy."
He added: "It's an area we can definitely get better the tackling. They're very touchy with in the back now and a number of different rules the AFL have (introduced) that have been hard for players to adjust to."
The Crows will also need to adjust better to the wet conditions expected in Brisbane on Saturday. They led 3.3 to 0.0 against Essendon when it started raining and the game turned on its head.
"As a group we're quietly confident of what we're able to do, it's just a matter of going out and doing it now," Thompson said.
"We're looking for a response and they're (the Lions) going to be no different."
THE CULPRITS
BERNIE VINCE: Averaged 1.7 tackles per game in 2012, the lowest average of the Crows' regular midfielders.
RICKY HENDERSON: Averaged 0.9 tackles per game, the lowest average of any Crow who played 10 or more games in 2012.
SAM JACOBS: Averaged 1.4 tackles per game in 2012, fewer than half the average of 10 other ruckmen in the AFL.
IAN CALLINAN: Averaged 1.5 tackles per game in 2012, significantly fewer than fellow small forwards Jared Petrenko and Jason Porplyzia.
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