In light of the Brisbane whiteboard controversy, former Hawthorn player and Carlton AFLW coach Daniel Harford spoke about how opposition analysis has changed since his days of playing across the 1990s and early 2000s.
During Monday's edition of Zero Hanger's Six Points Podcast with Harford and journalist Mark Stevens, Harford reflected on a tradition he and his teammates had prior to each game.
"Feedback about players has been going on for years," Harford said.
"Back in the old days, we never had that level of forensic conversation about players and the whiteboard where you go and put what you think about your opposition's strength and weaknesses. But we had players, head on a plate that was the term, we would go into a game with someone's head on the plate.
"They were the one we were going to attack.
"A player's name or number in a circle with a big target on it and that was the player we would attack.
"Normally one of the key midfielders who you are trying to get into their heads.
"We had a day against the Doggies where there was a little bounty for the best hit on one of the opposition players. I popped my string early so it wasn't me."
The Brisbane whiteboard controversy occurred at the weekend after an image of a whiteboard taken by a member of the public at the Lions' home base during an Auskick clinic was leaked to social media.
The photo showed Brisbane players' analysis of every Essendon players' strengths and weaknesses with Zach Merrett and Kyle Langford copping the words "selfish" in their weakness category.
Former Lion-now Bomber Jaxon Prior's girlfriend Bronte's name was listed as his strength.
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