10-21-2021, 12:05 AM
(10-20-2021, 10:14 PM)Baggers link Wrote:Whoever put that together would be a riot at parties! Talk about a misery guts!
There aren't any of the founding clubs who haven't had a handsome chunk of their history mired in failure. Even our poor 20 years had a few years of finals appearances. Yes, we sunk low, very low.
And as consistently as we justifiably shook our heads in dismay over recent years, we ponied up our memberships, year in, year out - even grew our membership. Says a lot about the loyalty of our supporters. How many other clubs had a shizen period of years and membership dropped way off? Many. Not us.
As we look at our Board and Football Dept. now, there are many changes -- which we screamed for -- giving us real reason to see the club differently and to put a twinkle in the eye of optimism for our future. The real test will be on grass, on paddocks with a bag of air from the 2022 season onward. Bring it on.
Unfortunately, that is our lot at the moment and been that way for 20 years. No hiding from it. It has been that bad and an eye opener when you see it. It hits home. No use criticising anyone for telling the hard truth. Every year this part is optimism time of the year until the reality round 2 check. It's a rotten culture and what has brought down how many coaches now? One of the reasons I wanted to persist with the coach as the issues were elsewhere. Instead we went the easy way that hasn't worked before.
One year it has to change. It did with Richmond after 30 odd similarly rotten years so hopefully it is our turn.
Hope there is one on Essendon just to liven our spirits.....lol.