(06-01-2021, 10:36 PM)Gointocarlton date Wrote:Like how Chris Fagan is doing at 59?With a team of skilled and experienced assistants, not as an autocrat or in an autocratic manner! Fagan barely interacts with the coaches and players during a quarter, he allows his charges to get on with their job!
Def; autocratic (/ɔːtəˈkratɪk/)
adjective
- relating to a ruler who has absolute power.
"the constitutional reforms threatened his autocratic power"
- taking no account of other people's wishes or opinions; domineering.
"a man with a reputation for an autocratic management style"
Assuming criticisms of Malthouse are ageist, is like assuming criticisms of Hanna Mouncey are mysogynist!
Malthouses problem was his inability to adapt to the changing coaching landscape, perhaps that in itself is a sign father time had passed him by, but if he had been able to adopt a collaborative style and let go the reigns he'd probably still be coaching. But he didn't, in the same way Bolton failed and Ratten before him, they wanted absolute power and choked on it!
I suspect, and have for some time, that our continually failing senior coaches are not solely responsible for their fate, the club seems to be failing to recognise that and the long term tenure of some individuals at the club through this period seems to confirm it. There are very few commonalities left!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"