02-19-2016, 01:23 AM
(02-19-2016, 12:28 AM)SPORNTON link Wrote:They had one option to, and that was to trade him for pick 2 a couple of years back. EVEN if we didn't require a rebuild we were stupid to not take it. The fact that we did require a rebuild but were too arrogant to notice it back then and make the trade is the reason why we are paying the ultimate price now and are behind clubs like Melbourne and St Kilda.
Whilst i can appreciate that in your mind, your position on Gibbs comes from a rational, sustained analysis and keen observation over a period of time, and not as the result of personal bias or agenda, something is getting lost in translation, because your views come across as the latter rather than the former. I recall a book I read on Steve Jobs, where he was described as having a binary view of the world, and divided people into two groups, "heroes who could do no wrong", and "sh1theads who could do no good".
Gibbs may not be the greatest number 1, he may be occasionally laconic, he may never reach his potential, but as our list stands presently, he is in our best 22, and deserves a game. I would argue that he would be in the best 22 in any of other 17 teams.
I still say that is simply not possible to flim flam 3 successive, and largely independent regimes.
And really, referring to others on here as stupid or pigs doesn't help your cause either.