Making mistakes is not scary, everyone does it and you can learn a lot from your mistakes - but as a supporter I have grave reservations that this football club has the ability to see its mistakes for what they are and then to learn from them.
For example - In hindsight, the ranking/rating system they do on players out of 1000 is wrong. I recall talking to TB about this on the fan forum night thinking at the time gee wiz this is a bit dicey bc what you 3-4 people rate, others may not. Will we change the people that rate these players? This rating system basically dictates their final list management decision on whether to take a Blair hartely special or an unknown draftee. If the judges on talent are found wanting, our whole philosophy is pardon the French - stuffed!
Who made the decision to not replace leppa and cambo? Cambo wasn't really coaching but he was in charge of opposition analysis, are we now stretched too thin? Again I ask, who made this decision? and why? was it bc of the startup costs associatd with getting our own vfl side adequately resourced? I'd just like to understand the thinking that goes behind these types of decisions that at face value, look strange.
Why were we so far off the mark fitness wise early on in the season? Something went wrong there.
Why was Troy Chaplin promoted to the leadership group on the back of 1 year at the club? Now the clubs hands are tied as they will not drop a leader.
The coach promotes a very tight nit senior core of players which is great but also has weaknesses. Cliques can evolve, Lids's comment the other day about there being nothing in the vfl to replace senior players with reeks of him looking out for his mates namely Grigg and Vickery.
I hope we are a mature enough organisation to make the hard calls, but tbh Im not sure we can or will.
