(06-23-2018, 08:03 AM)Baggers link Wrote:Impossible for us to know from the outside if BB is a control freak... I don't mention that as a suggestion or even an opinion just as a poser. I recall BB mentioning that he lives and breath the CFC and that can suggest an imbalance... can, not does. I just hope there are people around him who reach down, grab him by the ear and send him home! BBs passion for our club does make him a candidate for taking on too much.
Some times it has little to do with being a control freak but rather being overwhelmingly passionate and totally invested in the success of the group and club, and that can be so demanding as to flirt with burn-out. I recall that people close to certain coaches have commented on how much more successful they were when stripped of extraneous responsibilities (taken over by others) so they could focus solely on their immediate responsibilities. Pretty sure Bomber T and Dimma became much better coaches and more successful when they ceased trying to do everything. Some in the know suggest that Grant Thomas would have been a much more successful coach had he 'let go' of certain responsibilities.
He actually strikes me as very similar to Ratten in personality and "absorption" of the club.
I actually love his enthusiasm and commitment...and I sincerely hope the results start to flow his way before the Carlton coaching "Black Hole" sucks him in.
He could end up being a great long term coach...but we have to remember that in many respects he still has his 'L' plates on.
That's not necessarily a bad thing because if he grows with this group there will be peaks and troughs... but they'll grow together and form a solid bond.
But it does mean that in the meantime there will be results like last weekend.
It really all comes down to timing.
Can he last the distance?