In season 3, episode 7…Ted and Beard have the players swap positions. What was the psychology/thinking behind NOT giving Jamie an opportunity to play in a different position?
It’s very possible that Ted was a far, far better coach than anyone ever realized. My theory (which yall might think is kind of out there) is that Ted understood that Jamie needed to figure out his role on his own. The idea that Jamie needed to balance being a team player while also playing like the best player is a major part of his arc and Ted did that in that practice to kinda make him uncomfortable with the idea of being the new Zava almost
I saw this as the writers really doing their football homework.
In the Johan Cruijff Total Football teams, he remained up front and was the focal point who had a series of constantly interchanging parts around him.
Jamie is the Cruijff of Richmond - he doesn’t need to and shouldn’t leave his position because he needs to be the focal point who everything runs through.
i think the psychology/thinking was exactly what shows later when Jamie gives his “Stop going to meh and start going through meh” speech. He originally in
season 1 says to Ted “coach, I’m me, why would i wanna be anyone else” and his hat says “ICON”, at the end it says “I,COG”
…by not giving him anyone to switch with, they let him to the realization that he indeed can be a team player, he is willing to sacrifice himself to the team, switch,if necessary,etc.