Justin Madden - players must take the heat.

[crashlander]

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/ti...h4em8.html

Well Justin does have a point. There is plenty of blame to go around: Malthouse is willing enough to accept his share, the players need to accept their share too. The recruiters and whatnots are not around any longer to accept their share of our failings and the AFL would never admit to their share even under torture or death. Malthouse has had his time, now the players have to stand up and take a little responsibility.
We deserve to be favourites for the spoon: we have played some of the most inept football even seen by guys wearing our colours. We won't lose our favourite tag until we start to win a few games, and that is looking quite unlikely at the moment.
One thing that Justin and the other heroes of 1995 can do is to get around the club and help out. Whether on the board or with the kids on the field, we have a wealth of experience to share in a meeting of these guys. We also have the effect of Parkin's experiment with player - based control. If Mick turned over some of his control to the players, then maybe we'll see some improvement (maybe not as well: we don't have the list of leaders we had back than). There are lessons to be learnt by a LOT of people around our club.