The Defence

[LP]

Bolton was a poor match day tactician and did he his best work 9-5 during the week at training.
Teague is also struggling on match day, our assistants have been next to useless as well.
We dont have a definitive gamestyle and also struggle with team selection and reading what the opposition are going to do.
Its a real worry when teams beat you with the same plans/same players year in year out and we keep pulling the wrong levers in the coaching box. Its even deja vu in the coaching box...nothing worse than that camera shot of Teague like Bolton looking helpless and paralysed unable to think and Barker clueless next to him.

I think we(Carlton) suffer from a lack of understanding about modern football, the appointment of Malthouse fairly confirmed that for me, we thought one geriatric could out coach a panel of experienced opposition.

Modern AFL match days needs a panel of high performers, coaching very well, to have success. One weak link and you are doomed, and we've too many B-Graders in supplementary roles. It's no good guys like Barker solving the problem three days after the game!

But it's a problem that is rife in the AFL, they ones that stick around are often megalomaniacs who think they know best, and if you have an executive that spends all day sniffing armpits instead of cutting the weeds you are stuffed!