Carlton vs Brisbane Practice Match

[PaulP]

I said it was hard....not impossible.

My issue with your argument is that almost none of it factors in how Bolton was going as a coach.
Almost everything points to past wrongs by the club.....which i agree with....but that does not make Bolton immune from the blow torch.

It is not either/or, it can be both.....and it was.

You can take the best operators, proven performers in other organisations (Pagan, Malthouse), stick them in a dysfunctional joint, and they will struggle, as history proves. If you don't have professionalism around you, if you're not united from top to bottom, if the people at the top just don't get it, then you will never get to where you want to go. The coach can only be as good as they're allowed to be. They are not the top dog - heck, they're not even top dog in their own department.

Bloody hell, Worsfold spelled it out as plain as day in the post match after the Bombers game, and our craven mob still didn't get it.