After having a long hard look at this weekends game
Here are some reason why we lost by so much
1. Games played difference AVE 121 vs 87 plus Abbott (2 games) and Kelly (21 games) are both mature age selections
2. Geelong have everything to play for vs Dockers actually are worse off (draft pick) if they win
3. Geelong home ground is unique in size and weather conditions (it hailed during the game)
4. We usually kick like 5 junk time 4th quarter goals so the loses aren't this bad
5. End of the season and the boys are tired
6. We were missing 6 of our best 22 (Sandi, Hamling, Ryan, Blakely, Hill, Brayshaw) and you could say that Logue, Tucker, Bennell, Apeness are pushing into our best 22 vs Geelong who were nearly full strength.
7. Ross tactics were average-> cant really remember but not sure why they didnt Pagen Paddocks Fyfe (aka operation fyfealtion)
8. We are bad away from home and have been over the past 3 seasons
9. Our skills are very poor atm, a majority of the players went at under 70% efficiency
Also dont be alarmed if this rebuild takes another 2-3 more years, but also dont be surprised if next year we are pushing for finals (barring injures)
In 2016 we did not rebuild and there was still questionable decisions at the start of 2017 and 2018 in regards to a rebuild
In a sense RTB didn't really full commit to the rebuild until R2 2018.