Winning isn't everything

[PaulP]

Maybe you're right Paul
Perhaps I am a bit entrenched in 'The Carlton Way'
It's hard to shake.
And that's probably why I'm pushing the 'we need wins' wheelbarrow.
I don't know whether we've changed.
I'm actually still not sure whether that ruthlessness is a bad thing and it's more about poor choices we've made.
I do think there is still a puppeteer or two doing their thing and that does cause me some concern for Bolton's future.

The ironic thing is we wont know for certain whether it's worked until we start to 'win' games.
So in the end wins will be the measure.

If the past coaching choices have been poor, then you sack the people making the choices, before they have a chance to stuff it up over and over. But IMO, the coaches have not been the problem - some of them may have been one of the problems (or became one), but you can't crash and burn one coach after another (including flag coaches), and then say, "oh we just made poor choices". Sorry, but simply doesn't wash in my view. Even if you believe that Pagan's success was due to Carey, what about Mick ? 4 clubs, and he only stinks it up at Carlton ?

I also don't know whether we really are new, or just pretending. But I simply see nothing good coming from sacking Bolton before the end of 2020, and I don't see how any other coach would do better under the circumstances. I am definitely of the view that if we stick with him, and if the club genuinely backs him and supports him, rather than making him feel like he's coaching for his life, then the wins and flag will come.