It's fish and chip paper now but I hope Coach of the year learns as much as his players will from that loss.
Hindsight being 20/20 the bench and its use was a failure. Stretching
Ford thin due to too much defending hurt us.
However. Perhaps he was hoping for the same thing some of us were, such as stout defence and high completions. We managed about 50% of one of those things. He probably didn't forsee us having 37% of the ball and even worse territory, which forced both starting props off earlier than what was planned.
Jazz's selection I see as 50/50 because we know he would've convinced
Webby he's good to go. I wanted to believe it, too.
As for gameplan, another 50/50 for me. In part because mixing up what you've worked all season to bed in, is rightfully reserved for teams like the storm with year upon year of consistency, on and off the field. We've had 1 season to learn new things and unlearn many years of old things. It's a big ask at this stage.
The truth is both coach and team have exceeded all expectations. But we are still lacking finals experience, and it will show from time to time.