(05-13-2019, 02:13 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Didnt take Clarkson 4 years though.....2005-2008.......5 wins, 9 wins, 14 wins, 20 wins(flag).......where are we in comparison, look at the linear progression, had to rebuild
in 2 years and as a novice coach...
The Clarkson rebuild is a myth, check out the Dawks 2004 list HERE
The Dawks rebuild started before Clarkson arrived, the majority of their list were seniors or already in their 3rd, 4th or 5th year!
Even players like Hodge and Mitchell had arrived a couple of years earlier, to add to a core group of seriously experienced seniors. All the kids had already benefited from starting their career besides 10 year players!
When you add to this they begged the AFL for priority pick compensation and were given it, 2001 when Croad left three years before Clarkson arrived, because losing Croad was going to cripple their club they claimed! That landed them Hodge!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"