Spud came in with a bang and made the finals. Dimma lost his first 9 games. Where is the comparison there?!
Spud tried to be everyone's 'Cherry-ripe' mate, never distancing himself from the group, never educating the team. Dimma is a hands on developer who the players have been quoted as stating they fully respect and are careful not to step outside of his directions.
I think people are missing the point here. As a club, we are at a stage where development, culture and building towards the future is the priority. Mistakes should be encouraged if they made in the effort of individual or team improvement. If players stuff up - so what! Judgement on the coach is not based on wins or loses but players and team development. I think it is hard (actually I think it is impossible) to argue we have not improved this year. The amazing thing is, is that we have done it with an incredibly young squad and team. Dimma's directorate was to put as many games into the squad as possible and he has more than achieved this.
All these calls for Dimmas head is rediculous. A coach like Clarkson or even Malthouse would not be able to condure any more wins than Dimma is currently doing and may hurt our future success in the effort. As painful as it continues to prove, we need to take these rodgerings to improve. We need to stay patient and need to stay focused on development, recruitment, trading and building towards success. I know that is a bitter pill to swallow and trying to force it down after so many years (actually my pill is giving me heartburn currently
) reverting to the old 'sack the coach' would be a massive step backwards.
Dimma is doing exactly what is expected of him - developing and educating our young list. You can't ask more than that of him at this stage.
