06-19-2020, 07:32 AM
(06-19-2020, 07:09 AM)Baggers link Wrote:Ah, this has been quite a dance, Pauly.
Okay, if you check the history books you'll see that the 'Carlton way' of choosing/appointing senior coaches hadn't changed until your boy, BB, was chosen by a selection committee. It probably started in the mid 60s when the CFC broke the mold with the brilliant and risky appointment of Ronald Dale Barassi - worked alright. The appointment of the 'Hawthorn bloke', David Alex Parkin, was also out of left field and didn't do too badly for us either. We just didn't know when to ease up on that approach... and also throw away the brown paper bag system!
Unfortunately we didn't move with the times which has cost us dearly, in fact we probably only caught up about 5 years ago. (And if you don't think other clubs have wealthy 'influencers' behind the scenes, you wouldn't be right).
As I said before, it's just too early to make a call on us right now, we're a work in progress new to the modern way of doing things. Patience, Grasshopper, patience.
I'm not making a call right now. But facts are facts, and in the realm of educated opinion, there isn't one thing that I see in the current regime that is much better than any of the previous ones. Not one. Does anyone really think that Teague, long term, will be better than anyone else ? That Lloyd will be better than McKay ? That Liddle will be better than Trigg ? LoGiudice better than Kernahan ? And don't get me started on the board.
I think you will find the cattle available plays a far greater role than any coach in achieving success. For a while you could be fooled into thinking we had a factory assembly line, where we could produce (or purchase) stars seemingly at will. Which is not in any way to suggest that those teams weren't skilled, didn't train hard etc. But good players make a massive difference. You won't find teams from the 60's to the 80's that were more star studded than ours.