(08-05-2018, 06:53 AM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:I don't understand how we can ask for one after the CEO came out and categorically stated we will not ask. I look forward to hearing him explain his way out of that.
He goes to the AFL and says ..."Ï said we got ourselves into this mess and we'll get ourselves out. What I meant to say was.... We got ourselves into this mess and have NFI how to get ourselves out!"
There's really no harm in backing down from a position.
He'd get the support of most Carlton people.
Most commentators have been critical of the decision not to ask for one.
The only folk that would get excited are other clubs and their supporters...and they don't count.
Mind you a PP is not going to solve our problems.... but it's a start.
(08-05-2018, 07:14 AM)LP link Wrote:We won't get a PP even if we ask, we did this to ourselves deliberately.
GC are the opposite, they have a core of experienced players and are losing many of their best young players, yet they are as bad if not worse than us. They'll get a PP for sure which will devalue our later picks.
The system makes it almost impossible to get off the bottom.
That's always been my argument...but we've slipped way beyond that.
If it wasn't for GC being so awful this would be the worst season in our history.
Like Liddle.... it's time for a change of thinking.
We have achieved something I guess....
At least we've set a blueprint for how not to conduct a rebuild.
I still reckon we'll eventually come out of it, but we didn't need to suffer this much and it didn't need to take this long for signs of improvement. :
