06-17-2018, 11:29 PM
(06-17-2018, 10:07 PM)madbluboy link Wrote:The truth is we should have stuck with Malthouse.
The truth is any coach is only as good as the club. Malthouse had the best talent at the Eagles, and the best support network possible at the Pies. The Pies team from the early 2000's were not elite, but they had Buckley (their Judd) and recruited tough accountable players who could play to a system, and Malthouse coached them well. The talent profile had certainly changed for the better by 2010, 2011.
He coached for too long. The year off (2012) was a big thing that is underplayed IMO. Once you lose the momentum, especially at his age, it's very hard to get it back.
You need to ask yourself why we were the only club interested in his services, before he came to us and also after. No other club went near him. It's a big tell.