04-21-2021, 02:18 AM
(04-21-2021, 01:02 AM)Baggers link Wrote:......................................
People who think that the Pussy Cats and Tiggers and Dawks turned around their fortunes with a buzzword, or persisting with what was failing -- because success would be inevitable -- are kidding themselves. The things that went on behind the scenes at those 3 clubs were really quite honest and brutal. Didn't need to change an enormous amount in terms of personnel (on and off the field), just a ruthless, systematic and honest analysis of the failure attitudes and how to destroy them and then do what was necessary to institute change. And it started with Presidents/Boards and their thorough honesty and boldness and vision to force change. Our opponents this Saturday did it a few years back, around the same time as us, and look at their culture now!
Well, this post highlights words that make me nervous, words like : honest, brutal, ruthless. systematic, boldness. Giving a dictionary definition is easy enough, but how do they work in the real world ? How do you know the club isn't being honest, brutal, ruthless. systematic, or bold ? Maybe they're trying all that, and we just simply aren't good enough ? Maybe what we need is simply to be good at our job, which means being professional and competent ?
The Swans held on to Alex Johnson for an eternity - is this a lack of ruthlessness ? Robert Walls (aka Secret Agent 42) won the GF in '87, finished 3rd in '88 and was given the ar$e. Is that brutal, is it ruthless, is it bold ? Beveridge won the flag in 2016, then missed finals in2017, 18 and 19. Was it a lack of ruthlessness that meant he stayed on ? What would Carlton have done ? What about sacking Bolton ? Was it honest on the Board's part to deflect deeper problems and attention away from them ? At what point do they say sacking coaches hasn't worked and we need to look elsewhere ? Maybe boldness and strength come from not capitulating to the media and same old same old, and doing something really different ?
I could go on, but I think I've given a sufficient idea of where I'm coming from.