Winning isn't everything

[Thryleon]

Fair points Thry, GWS had massive concessions so they started from poll on the grid, Freo have done it the hard way, some may say on that basis that Ross Lyon is the man for the job given he got them to finals.-
Some may also say that Gold Coast had there own Brendon Bolton with Guy McKenna and that he was the wrong man for the job given their poor record.

Clarkson had linear progression and a flag after 4 years but is that the norm?....I agree that losing one game shouldnt determine Bolton's outcome but then you have to work out where the line in the sand starts, 4, 5, 6 years???

You can argue for sacking Bolton or for retaining him depending on what path you want to go down, you can make a decent case for both...Stkilda and Brisbane have engaged in decent heavy duty rebuilds like us, there isnt any real trend line to suggest a rebuild from nothing even works but like us what timeline are we marking them by?

I dont honestly know how you even set a framework to judge Bolton or the rebuild by after 4 years?....is he the next Buckley, Hardwick or the next Guy McKenna...

That's the thing eb1.

I think Bolton makes all the right noises and in general his tactics makes sense.  Hes no mark neeld who after 33 matches couldn't make Melbourne competitive and he had the benefit of fledgling gws and gold coast to get 5 wins (3 off GWS, 1 gold coast his 5th win was against James hird) and Bolton has been fighting with one arm tied behind his back with respect to how dramatic our list management has been.

We need to help him perform optimally as a coach.  When he had Neil Craig around we were better.  Last year when we left him with  minimal support we struggled, and things are trending upwards again with a more settled and better spread of talent and maturity in the team and last but not least Robert walls (speaks volumes we should have someone a little more relevant).

The metrics are trending the right way, the results aren't but evidence points to us getting better rather than not which is all we can hope for at the moment. 

For the 4 in 40 brigade, why cut it off there??

Bolton's stats since the beginning of 2017, have him winning 9 matches of the last 52 matches.

Dont let the agenda get in the way of the truth though.

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https://afltables.com/afl/stats/coaches/...olton.html