Rd. 5 - Pre Game Thread - Blues V Dockers

[kruddler]

Wow, they are some damning statistics. Who's fault? Players or coach?

Cheers.

That's the debate isn't it.

Personally i've been saying its the players fault for a while now (hence where the 'sticking up for mick' came from)

Some people think its easier to change coach, after coach, after coach despite the same players remaining with the same lack of effort/consistency.

IMO it goes back to culture again.
1. Pagan, although hamstrung financially, didn't reign players in enough (read fevola as #1) and allowed things to get out of hand.
2. Too far out of hand for a rookie coach to turnaround, even if he was a favourite son.
3. What we needed was a hard nosed individual who knew how to setup a club. Unfortunately players and powerbrokers didn't give him the support/dedication he required and we were doomed.
4. We tried everyones mate in Barker briefly, but once the honeymoon period wore off, same old shite.
5. So we get the best new thing going around to do a proper rebuild. Came from the best team going around who has had sustained success. Got off to a good start in the off-season with delistings/recruiting and seems to have the new blokes on board, be that draftees or trades in. However, we are still falling short with the senior blokes.

The one constant throughout ALL of that is the (now) senior blokes. Murphy, Gibbs, Walker, Kreuzer...

How many coaches do we have to kill before we realise its not a coach thing?!

Of everyone above, Bolton has the best chance to succeed. The majority of the 'old blokes' are gone and a fair chunk of the 'riff raff' have been sent packing. We have the bench bunch of kids from this years draft and a superstar in Cripps to build around. If we cannot get back from here, you simply have to send blokes like Murphy/Gibbs packing for more draft kids who Bolton can start afresh with.