2018 Rd 5: Post Game Passion: Carlton vs West Coast

[cookie2]

Actually, I'm an advocate for forgiving but not forgetting. Not forgiving or forgetting puts you in the MM camp of hanging players for simple one-off mistakes!

The question then becomes one of balance, how often should you forgive a repeat offender?

If you decide to forgive eternally, when do you become a fool?

Forgiving, if indeed that is the right word, is not continually reminding people of their "mistakes" but offering advice as to how they might improve and what the club expects from them. If they can't get up to the desired standard then you eventually say goodbye to them. I guess the equation then becomes one of observing their rate of improvement v. their estimated eventual value plus other considerations such as other options available etc. I'm sure that would be BB's approach, or something similar - not to keep them on the rack of regular recrimination. Didn't we sack a coach who favoured that approach?

Interesting that you see young players trying to learn but making mistakes as "offenders".  :o