08-06-2018, 01:52 AM
(08-06-2018, 12:59 AM)Milhanna13 link Wrote:Maybe im in the minority, but i do trust SOS when he says, we werent trying to recruit any big name players the past 3 years - it has all been about getting kids through the door.
This offseason will be the huge test. We can test the theory that we are no longer a destination club. I am hoping this is media bullsht, and we still are CARLTON, and will get a few big fish
I reckon, internally, the club knew this season would be disasterous, onfield - but you cant really tell the public, can you - not great membership campaign
Think we had a go at a few big fish like Kelly, Sheil and then last season tried to get mid sized fish Rockliff,Smith, Saad etc and tried for Caddy the previous years when we traded Touhy..so I think SOS might be bending the truth that we didnt try...the money got big and the real big fish said no..
When you are bottom you are not going to be a destination club unless you are paying big overs and recruiting does get hard.......the job is much harder for SOS than his GWS days and having a inexperienced coach doesn't help either..Sheedy I hate with a passion but he was a good salesman and players like Ward, Davis, Heath Shaw, Mumford were nice gets to help build a team, if we had those types we wouldnt be bottom.
Agree you cant sell misery because that wont sell memberships but I think the Carlton supporters are fairly switched on to where we are at and its crossroads in 2019....its what the media sell to the public as a reasonable goal for 2019.....I dont see what the club sell as being as being taken seriously anymore....green shoots, synergies, defined by pressure wont be acceptable in 2019.