06-18-2020, 11:22 PM
(06-18-2020, 11:03 PM)Thryleon link Wrote:I think the getting comfortable with being uncomfortable was embraced a little to vehemently and that perhaps we were a little bit too concerned with trying to change the whole club, and forgot that football is a business built on winning footy games as well as having a sound business model.
Or we could go back to what we were doing before, retire Simpson and Betts then trade out Curnow,Kreuzer, Murphy and Cripps, secure some new draft picks and wait another 5 years to set our sights on winning games again?
We tried winning games in the here and the now under Pagan - get any recycled, desperado, washed up has been, as long they have experience and just cobble together a team to get a season like 2004, which falls apart very soon thereafter.
The big rebuild idea (in place before Bolton got there, for those who have no interest in historical fact), was based on the rather appealing notion of building a culture of sustained success. Whether or not it was successful, whether or not it was a good idea, is besides the point. It was a long term strategy, and much like the guy at uni who puts up with crap cars and takeaway food whilst they study, in order to get a better job and better life later, in our case you have to take a few hits along the way. This is very different to embracing failure or being disinterested in winning.
The reason we have been down for so long is because the ENTIRE CLUB, from TOP TO BOTTOM, is NOT GOOD ENOUGH. It has nothing to do with accepting failure, embracing mediocrity, forgetfulness or any other dubious idea that fans latch onto. The entire club knows and has always known exactly why the players take the field - nobody has forgotten anything. The club in toto is simply not good enough to win.