07-13-2018, 11:00 PM
(07-13-2018, 01:57 PM)hanwell link Wrote:Firstly Laj, unless you are are mind reader you don't know what I think, and if you are you are no good.
Richmond, Geelong, and Collingwood all faced down the doubters and two of them by sticking with the coach and plan won flags, Collingwood this year in my obviously flawed opinion are probably the only team that can challenge Richmond,
What is our history this century? Bring in (or back in the case of Parko) an "old coach", use him up then sack him for an untried one, three times for zero stability and sustainability
So according to your plan lets do it one more time for the likes of, who? Lyon? Roos?
Or adopt those other successful clubs, stick fat (to coin a Sticks phrase) and see what happens. We dont do that and all we are doing is feeding the chooks and endorsing the sad fact that we are a reactionary club that is lead by other's opinions..
Northern, my "gripe" as you put it was more about that the players we lost in the first quarter were both crucial to the entire structure for both games, Martin is good enough again to be All Australian this year, so we played two ruckmen to curtail his influence, the "fit"one goes down early, robbing us of the option of an extra tall forward so Kreuser has to ruck all day. This week he goes down, with no back up as we brought in an untried young player who is a forward, not a back up ruckman, Some will say its madness at the MC but my take is that we are running out of players. Kreuser goes down early (by the way only back one game since being injured!!! My point!!!), game over.
So lets sack the coach as usual.
Sorry mate, but even when they were struggling they were still winning games. Comparisons with our club/BB and other clubs/coaches is erroneous. Like comparing fish with turnips. We've turned the clock of failure back to pre 2000s and the 'Roys etc. And this is not about sacking the coach, much, much bigger than that... this is about the President, SOS, head of footy and the coach. In case you haven't noticed, we've been reduced to beeing the worst club in the AFL and are now a laughing stock and the subject of ridicule.
And, for the record, there are clubs in the 8 with long injury lists, injuries to experienced blokes as well.
Our problems go far deeper than losing a ruckman early in a game and not having Doc for the season. Far deeper.
Only our ruthless best, from Board to bootstudders will get us no. 17