04-26-2017, 01:08 AM
(04-26-2017, 12:49 AM)blue4life link Wrote:No coach has succeeded at Carlton for two decades, have they all been duds?
So we fail because of the club and not primarily because of the coaches, is that your point? If so, I tend to agree, but I think MM was an exception.
I think the primary problem has been our player development, along with some lingering impacts from the AFL TPP Penalties, which left us as an undesirable destination for players. For a long time we didn't develop players, we had a harvesting attitude and that hindered our player development. Players no longer want to play for Carlton.
As far as I know, we remain the only AFL Club under full time AFL audit. Maybe that tells you something about why experienced AFL players and managers choose to move players to other clubs! No opportunity, or less opportunity, to bend the rules at Carlton than elsewhere!
Also, I am not sure the NBs relationship is helping us all that much! It seems to me the Victorian AFL clubs which are most successful are the clubs which effectively have autonomy over standalone VFL teams.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"