Brisbane Lions coach Chris Fagan has used footage of a earlier finals thrashing to induce his staff to take advantage of an AFL premiership alternative that has been “seven years” within the making.
The Lions host Port Adelaide in a qualifying remaining on Saturday evening on the Gabba, with the prize for the winner being per week off and a house preliminary remaining.
Fagan has gone deep along with his gamers within the build-up, utilizing the speculation of loss aversion – wherein individuals expertise extra ache in dropping one thing than pleasure in profitable – to remind them to be optimistic and proactive and play to win.
The veteran coach has used footage of a 71-point preliminary remaining loss to Geelong final yr on the MCG as a part of Brisbane’s preparations for Saturday evening in an try to inspire his gamers to make amends for his or her most up-to-date finals look.
“It’s just putting them back there and remembering what they felt like,” he mentioned.
“There is a really strong motivating, psychological thing called loss aversion.
“It’s not that every meeting that we have do we look at the dark side because there are plenty of positives to what we’ve done over the last four or so years, but that was our last memory of the finals and we don’t want to go back there if we can help it.
“Showing them that might help a little bit with motivation and just remembering why we’ve done what we’ve done this year.”
A assured and composed Fagan mentioned the Lions had by no means been higher positioned to win the flag since he turned Brisbane’s coach in 2017.
“We’ve had a really good season, and we’re hard to beat,” he mentioned on Friday.
“There have been games (this year) that we might have lost in the past that we’ve found a way to win.
“I feel like we’re a tougher side mentally, which is something we deliberately worked on throughout the pre-season and throughout the course of the year.
“You get confidence through performance, and I’ve been with these boys for a long time now, and I think the best example I can show them is to be calm.
“It feels like we’ve been getting ready for this for seven years … particularly for the guys that have been here for the whole journey.
“You want to just make the most of your opportunity. You don’t want to let it slip by.
“We been getting closer all the time. This year we’re as close as we’ve been, so we want to try to make the most of that.”
Fagan steered it was a premiership probability his gamers wanted to treasure, significantly after the misfortune suffered by 30-year-old defender Marcus Adams, who was pressured to announce his untimely retirement final week on account of ongoing concussion signs stemming from a blow he copped greater than a yr in the past in a sport in opposition to Carlton.
“I know it motivates our players,” the Lions coach mentioned.
“When there’s a guy who through no fault of his own has to finish his career, and miss out on the opportunity that this group is now having, surely that makes them feel like how lucky they are and how they should make the most of that opportunity because you never quite know when your opportunity might be gone.”
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