05-29-2016, 06:34 AM
(05-29-2016, 05:54 AM)mateinone link Wrote:Goes to show just how horrific the decision to let Mick Malthouse get his hands on this club was imo.
Players like Gibbs are reinvigorated and playing like they are in the top few mids in the competition, yet everyone wanted them gone. Kreuzer breaks the record for tackles by any Carlton player in a game vs Geelong.. KREUZER!!!
In the last quarter it still would not have bothered me if Cats had overrun us (well it would have, but I still would have been stoked with the effort by this group to that stage), but instead we were still the better team in the last as well.
Bolton is already shoe-in for Coach of the Year imo, with no disrespect to Roos, Scott, Scott or anyone else.
He turned one of the least competitive units in the competition into a real football team again, 2 years earlier than ANYONE could have imagined.
Never had any issue with Bolton and am more than happy to have him around.
However, Gibbs' start to the year was the exact same thing he was dishing up last year. People were calling for his head earlier this season.
Also the turnover of players from last year to this year was almost unheard of. SOS gets 20 gold stars for what he pulled off at the trade table swapping Menzel for 5 contributors! Picking up others for nothing. Sending selfish players elsewhere and turning them into 1st round picks.
You congratulate Kreuzer, rightly so. How many games did he play under Mick last year? None. The year before? 1.
He is essentially a new recruit...add him to the other 15 we got and you can see why this team is performing better. Our worst loss this year was of course when he wasn't in the side.
The turnaround can not be put down to a mere coaching change, but a playing list change.
Great win by the boys today. Fantastic win.