(02-09-2017, 03:40 AM)kruddler link Wrote:Mick didn't promise flags. The media portrayed it that way due to his tongue in cheek comments about which games we would lose for the year.
The whole club pumped him up as the messiah, prematurely. It was clear that after a honeymoon period, the players fell into their old roles which saw the previous coaches sacked. Hence my gripe with the players/culture.
Who didnt deserve to go?
Everyone who went IMO went to improve the culture of the club and lift the standards around the club.
Neither did Ratten, he made a comment about Carlton's expectations, but that didn't save him either!
Live by the sword, die by the sword!
I feel sorry for the coaches, the media pump them to be controversial, to make a statement, to make a prediction, then the media hang them with it! But that is because the current crop of media are nothing more than unprofessional gossip hounds or rumor mongers.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"