How can Port do it and overtake us and Bulldogs start a rebuild 2 years after us yet bear fruit against us already whilst we claim we are finals bound and get an 11 goal flogging from the reigning premier whom we beat by 62 and 41 points the last two times we met. Mindset and garbage planning, list management, coaching agendas and personnel selection in the team 22 has negated any opportunity we have had to build on the last four years of significant on and off field productivity and improvement.
First of all your post is the best post I've read and I'm sure most of us will agree with you except for the Apologists for mediocrity and pansy footy.
It's called culture mate.
Many will say Port weren't as bad a position we were in and that might be true but it is an easy excuse for the apologists.
Port has the third youngest list.
The difference is that when Hinkley arrived he told the boys they were miles behind the top clubs so he told them they have to be better, aim higher, train harder, work longer, than all the top clubs. Even without superstars they are competitive week in week out.
We have the poo culture. We have a soft culture. We have a loser culture. We have a prima Donna culture. We have a mediocre culture etc. etc.
its a culture that swells the head. How many times have we all seen it???
It's Dimma's fault. He sold us lies when he arrived and hasn't stuck by his word.
He also said he knew what it took to make a successful team but its Richmond your at and unless you fix the culture issues they will always return and bite you on the arse.
I really thought he was the one but after last years finals debacle he has proved a failure and we need someone else that can come in and fix the culture first & build a finals team.