Football Department Review

[ElwoodBlues1]

I do not believe the role Russell is in at Carlton is the same as the role he held at the Dawks, based on what we saw in the AFL documentary he's moved into more of a supervisory / managerial role with us from more of a hands on at the Dawks.

I'm not even sure the role he finished in at the Dawks was the same role he held during their period of success.

I'm just saying the players who were mentioned were either partly to blame for their injuries or who have had long running fitness issues.
Even Martin's game average per season over the journey is poor, then you have the club recruiting the likes of Williams who was a known poor endurance performer with ongoing achillies issues and Russell is copping the blame for all of it...I'm just calling unfair given his record at premiership clubs. I remember the Geelong recruiter who we signed but only stayed a few months said we were unprofessional and archaic in our recruiting and technical neanderthals in our methods and its fair to say fitness hasnt been our strong point either and Russell is starting a long way back compared to other high performance gurus at other successful clubs.