04-12-2019, 11:28 PM
The club selected a rookie coach for the long term...in effect to grow and develop with the young players.
The experience is no doubt teaching Bolton some valuable lessons and as a result of that you would expect that his coaching will improve.
At the same time folks are quite entitled to look at the results and question the merits of both the coaching and development.
Maybe things are on the improve, but the results don't yet indicate that the course on which we've embarked will be successful in the long term.
The real goal is a sustained period of success.
We can't keep moving the goal posts....and keep saying "well maybe another year."
That would be acceptable if the number of wins and ladder position were improving each year....but they're heading in the other direction.
Individual player improvement is fine but unless it's across board and the individuals are also combining as a team it's pretty meaningless.
Results can turn quickly....no doubt.
But they can also stagnate, and the years in the wilderness can be long.
We need more than "little signs" just at the moment.
We need a period of a couple of games that indicate we've turned the corner, the players are developing and this bloke Bolton knows a thing or two about coaching.
Hopefully that starts this weekend.
The odds may not be stacked against Bolton but....
It's a fluctuating market and like it or not, like any market, it's governed by results
The experience is no doubt teaching Bolton some valuable lessons and as a result of that you would expect that his coaching will improve.
At the same time folks are quite entitled to look at the results and question the merits of both the coaching and development.
Maybe things are on the improve, but the results don't yet indicate that the course on which we've embarked will be successful in the long term.
The real goal is a sustained period of success.
We can't keep moving the goal posts....and keep saying "well maybe another year."
That would be acceptable if the number of wins and ladder position were improving each year....but they're heading in the other direction.
Individual player improvement is fine but unless it's across board and the individuals are also combining as a team it's pretty meaningless.
Results can turn quickly....no doubt.
But they can also stagnate, and the years in the wilderness can be long.
We need more than "little signs" just at the moment.
We need a period of a couple of games that indicate we've turned the corner, the players are developing and this bloke Bolton knows a thing or two about coaching.
Hopefully that starts this weekend.
The odds may not be stacked against Bolton but....
It's a fluctuating market and like it or not, like any market, it's governed by results