If Not BB, Who?

[kruddler]

Funnily enough these are some of the reactions I expected a year ago.
It comes with the coaching territory to a large extent
The longer you go without success the greater it becomes.
Initially it's just one or two voices, then a few more join the chorus....it's only a matter of time before the 'vocal minority' becomes the 'vocal majority'
That's when it's over.
There's only one way to stop that ride down the slippery slope.

You can't sack and replace an entire  list (although we've given it a good try)
Assistants ,who should bear a large part of the blame, get overlooked because the buck stops with the head coach.
Bolton's longevity is largely dependent on his alliances in the club.

Again though I'm not seeing your last sentence as correct.
Folks don't all believe everything that's wrong is Bolton's fault
I'd also expect any poll we undertook wouldn't advocate his replacement in the short term.

re bold...
Its not there yet, but its a lot closer than i'd expected based on the teams efforts this year.

Yes, you thought this would happen sooner, and i think you were the first one to have that thought that i can recall.

That doesn't mean it should happen.
That doesn't mean that the fact it is happening now makes it right
That doesn't mean that even if more people jump on board that it somehow becomes right.

Look, i think this line is what i'm most worried about.

...it's only a matter of time before the 'vocal minority' becomes the 'vocal majority'
That's when it's over.

Thats essentially what happened with Ratten sacking, you and i basically had to 'admit defeat' after the gold coast game and jumped from 'the majority' to the 'new majority'.
I don't want that to happen, because as a group, Carlton fans are far from patient. Yes, we've been more patient (in a way) now more than ever before, but that doesn't mean we are being patient enough. I think we are very much on the turning point right here and now. So much so that it could be this week. I think we'll beat the dogs. I don't think we'll fall over the line, i think we'll make a few within the AFL take note. 'Sleeping giant starts to stir'.
Alternatively, if we do get done, and by plenty, the opposite seems more likely.

Now that is my opinion based on trends/performances from us. It could go that way, or it could be a perfect storm against us with the dogs having a day out, us copping injuries and the ball bouncing in another direction - thats the beauty of football. But if its not this week, it could be next week....etc. I'm worried that we make a rash decision and bite the bullet a week, a month or even a year TOO SOON, like it appears we did with Ratten.