NAB Challenge: Carlton vs. Sydney at Etihad

[Robblues]

On the money. Any workplace where standards are low, morale is down and performance is dismal breeds more of the same. Players are not automatons, they respond to each other and the prevailing mood. For our defenders, it is especially hard having been on the receiving end of some frightful scores against over the years.

Getting a new coach is great, like getting a new director or general manager in charge of 100 odd staff. But the time that it takes to weed out the real bad apples (see Yarran, henderson et al) and start to turn others around is more than a few months of an off season. Players have to buy in, to understand the new requirements and to have confidence in the new mantra and then each other. They can rise to this challenge or not. It takes time and is a hard grind. Maintaining this momentum among an otherwise disparate group of people is why the best managers are paid a lot.

Bolton's language is straight out of the modern management playbook of expressing clarity of goals, and seeking commitment from his staff (players) and then judging them by their actions (performance on and off the field). Players should have a sense and understanding about what is expected of them; a pathway of sorts to follow.

Jamo and Rowe will be assessed and will either measure up over time or they wont. But we shouldnt underestimate how deflating the past few years have been. If I went to work each day confident that I was not going to succeed much then i am going to struggle for confidence and the risk taking that success requires.

Well put Vivian this will put the blow torch on who is left to work & embrace the new program, or go by the way side. Hope it's the earlier option but worried about Jamo, seems rudderless at the moment .