06-18-2020, 11:44 PM
(06-18-2020, 11:29 PM)Thryleon link Wrote:Setting standards isnt solely about winning.
2004 is not a sound analogy.
Pagan didnt have a raft of draft picks, he had a raft of draft penalties.
Our recruitment was average back then too.
One of the biggest failures of our club is the inability to stay the course.
That is a different argument to what the course looked like, and setting standards.
The real death knell came for Brendan when we got spanked by GWS, and the boys had to talk about standards. 4 years into a rebuild....
THAT is the problem with the rebuild. There were a few ignored warning signs, that didnt make much sense, but were accepted as part of developing green shoots, but Im tired of prognosticating.
Its really all we have had to talk about as Carlton supporters which is part of the reason we are so focussed on it.
I saw and heard Bolton refer to setting standards dozens of times in his tenure.
Every regime over the last 20 years has reasons for failure. You can make excuses for all of them with very little effort.
Rubbish clubs make rubbish decisions - we sacked Bolton because of results, and the Crows sacked Pyke (resigned, LOL), despite him having the best record of any Crows full time coach, and the 5th best record of any then current coach. Once a club decides on a fall guy, they can spin it any way they want.
A failed strategy is not a strategy of failure.