Pre-Game Pressure: AFL 2019 Rd 12: Carlton vs Brisbane

[Thryleon]

Who are the knives out for?

The interim coach means a bit of pressure off the board for a while
They're the So-and-sos I was talking about.

But the board...they're going nowhere
While the board stays in place SOS's position is secure as long as he wants it.
Judd's too.

The only endangered species at Carlton are coaches, and players who don't impact in their first couple of years (you don't get long as a player either)

Lods.

The moves we have made are the type that fracture footy clubs.

Whispers everywhere.  There will be "factions" that emerge from the rubble of this.  Some pro Bolton, some anti Bolton, some anti new bloke and anti Bolton, and most will simply scoff at what we said is a united footy club.

The scorched earth approach to the list, was party born about because of these factors.

If there is a serious board challenge coming from somewhere, the time is now for these people to show their hand, but in doing so, they will hurt any attempt at recovery we have.  The media stories we see about this will continue for a little while.  People are still a bit shocked by what has happened and are processing it all.

Bolton when he started his thanks for the club, has inadvertently already thrown a barb at the footy club.  He named personally all the people that appointed him, and who had given his opportunity to coach us.

There have been plenty of signs that we were losing faith.  Remember that show "The Journey?"  that stopped in 2017.  At the time I chalked it down to perhaps Trigg getting dumped.  Perhaps there are much bigger machinations at play than we can appreciate.

OR you can label us all conspiracy nuts.  After all, the behaviour we are witnessing occur at our footy club has never happened before has it????  *sarcasm*