09-05-2023, 11:37 PM
(09-05-2023, 09:01 PM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:Your post raises another question, why did the rebuild take so long? Meddling boards, CEO's? It seems, from the outside looking in at least, every plan that was laid out was not stuck to due to pathetic leadership. We finally have people at the helm who know what the fark they are doing. I'll lay London to a brick that in the middle of this year, if our CEO was Baldylocks and the Prez was MLG with a board full of Pratts, Mathiesons and their boosters, Vossy would have been gonski after the 6 losses.
Our rebuild blurprint is certainly something it's doubtful other clubs will follow.
Why did it take so long to be back playing finals?....
We cut too deep initially rather than staggering some of those departures (SOS said as much)
We made some poor choices with trades and selections, and hand in hand with that....
Our development of some young players was also poor.
We had some significant long term injuries and illnesses. (Curnow, Docherty and others)
All of that put pressure on coaches because of the lack of progress...and that resulted in change and another adjustment which then had a delaying effect on the progress.
The reality though is we don't know if persisting with Bolton or Teague would have had us in finals sooner ...or not at all.
Once you sack them that becomes a 'maybe, who knows'
Luck plays a huge part, and being in the right place at the right time with the right group of players is sometimes just about luck and the stars aligning.