Post Game Parlay: AFL 2019 Rd 3: Carlton vs Sydney

[Thryleon]

) ) ) ) good one, Three Leos.

My favourite from BB is, "We don't put a ceiling on what we can achieve." Generally after being asked if he thought we could make finals, or what we sought from the season.

Just about the most unaccountable, mumbo jumbo piece of cr@p statement I think he's ever come out with. Great for shutting people up... you can't argue against it. Clever, and suitably ambiguous. Sort of thing Trump would love. And just the sort of thing you'd hear chanted at a pyramid/multi-level marketing seminar!!!

The human brain loves a clearly stated goal/vision, one that unites all, followed by the incremental steps required to achieve stated goal/vision. I'd much prefer, "It's our goal to play finals this year and go deep into finals next year, a premiership within 4 years", (for arguments sake). The stated goals of the first two years of the rebuild were practical, realistic and relateable for the fans. Last year and this, well, just unaccountable, visionless garbage.

People laughed at the Tiggers a few years back when they publicly stated they would achieve 70,000 members... unheard of at the time. They had a vision. Bravo. Who's laughing now?

How about a clearly stated vision for this year, BB? Nothing vague (he loves the back door left open), something that is actually palpable, treats us with a little respect and assumes we might actually be capable of critical thinking. If we fall short, well, we're very forgiving... that's obvious, eh?

Thanks.

In fairness, the last of our coaches to publically state an aim, drew a massive target on his back.

Malthouse couldnt see us losing a game (he was being facetious, but it became a point our opposition insisted on driving home as they pummelled us mercilessly and set themselves to do it).

The coach before him Ratten publically stated that top 4 was the aim before falling short of finals, and copping the lemon sars.

One wonders, what may have occurred differently had both of them kept their mouths shut, and gone with some more ambiguous answer.


On a more Brendan Bolton level, he needs to stop looking up at the ceiling, and worry about the termites eating through the floor.