Anyone who’s hung out with Stuart Dew is aware of how extremely the Gold Coast AFL coach charges Travis Head.
So there was some rigidity within the Suns workplace on the day Australia’s in-form batsman was dropped for the primary Test towards India.
“Mate. Never mess with form players,” Dew informed AAP this week, after Head’s recall for the second Test.
“You can read into it too much and over analyse, rather than just playing the game.
“I used to be identical to, ‘What are they doing?.”
It’s a philosophy the coach will adopt this season, one Gold Coast hope will be their best yet.
Boasting fresh depth in all lines, Dew has new problems in 2023 after surviving the churn and burn of the AFL to win a new two-year contract.
“If you have bought a participant in kind, you choose them, easy as that and Head’s an excellent instance, he stated.
“Absolutely we will have some unlucky guys but when it comes to selection, they almost select themselves.
“It’s apparent who ought to be taking part in, but it surely’s an excellent downside to have and inside strain (created by competitors for spots) is at all times greatest.”
The Suns’ 10-12 year saw them in the finals hunt until the bitter end despite injured key forward Ben King’s season-long absence.
It means talk of making the top eight for the first time in their 12th season is no longer fanciful at their Carrara base, now known as Heritage Bank Stadium.
“We’re deliberate about constructing a premiership checklist, not a group that may possibly make finals and get spat out,” Dew stated.
“Everyone stepped up when the membership was below strain final season and with two video games to go we have been nonetheless within the finals combine – now all of it begins once more.”
Dew is proud of how he took care of business while his own future was the subject of fierce speculation, but doesn’t think that the heat’s now off.
“You really feel you are on the tightrope anyway trigger as we’ve learnt, contracts do not imply a lot both,” he stated.
“That’s why the main target cannot be wherever close to that.”
But it’s clear his players wanted him to remain at the helm as they attempt to make history.
“I really like taking part in below Dewy and I do know all of the boys do,” midfielder Matt Rowell informed AAP.
“We’re so comfortable that he is our coach; he believes in us and we actually backed him in.
“We’ve earnt that respect, players aren’t leaving anymore and every time I run out now I know we’ve got a great shot at winning the game.
“That’s an important feeling operating out, trying round on the gamers we’ve.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
