06-20-2018, 10:04 AM
(06-19-2018, 07:15 AM)LP link Wrote:The results bear no impact on the determination of the clubs behavior, they are two completely different issues!
This isn't some subjective issue we are debating, it's hard copy and spoken words that are out in the marketplace!
The match results are not the issue, the issue now is should we ever believe them again, Judd and BB included?
Think of the bigger picture.
If we came out publicly and said this year is going to be a bust, what message does that send to the players? Try your guts out for us all pre-season, but you are going to get spanked every week.
The message to the players is the sky is the limit. There is no cap on what we can achieve.
Which is true, if everything goes right.
What do you think the 'realistic' message was to the tigers before last season?
Do you think it was "we hope to play finals, but we are richmond so we don't expect to do anything, like the last 36 years"
or
was it similar to ours, the sky is the limit.
For them, everything went right, and they played and won a GF against all odds.
For us, everything has gone wrong, injuries to AA, captain and a large chunk of others.
FWIW, i remember the club saying it was going to be a tough year when Doc went down as you couldn't cover for him, but it gives the opportunity for someone to step up.