We need to fine-tune: Wallace
Ben Casanelia
7:35 PM Fri 07 March, 2008
“We’ve played Sydney, St Kilda and Geelong who we think are three of the better sides in the competition. Personally, I would rather go into a season proper having played the best and ironing out a few things rather than running around and getting false impressions of where you are at playing against inferior sides.
what is this guy on
WE are the inferior side of the whole competition
That is unfair, Demons are an absolute joke. Blues are not much better neither are the Bulldogs. Terry Wallace has one problem.
His players continue to let him down.
You cannot honestly expect him to present any differently at a press conference?
If he came out swinging at the players, the coaching staff, the recruiting or the club (like Malcolm Blight did at the Saints) IMAGINE the out cry.
That press conference only does one person a disservice and that is the coach. My opinion, he is taking a bullet for the players and the club because he knows that his press conference will provoke posts like yours and cynicism in the press.
He needs to be calm, put a spin that shows no sign of panic and probably say things that appear to deflect how seriously wrong things really are. It would be very easy for him to target players right now.
If by the end of the year - the whole lets wait a month before we lynch him is ridiculous - we are 4 wins or less then he will orchestrate his own "succession plan" which may involve him leaving the club or moving into a different role.
In general , our whole approach over the past few years has been pretty much right. Stable board, administration and coaching staff. Making money, ramping up footy development - all good.
No matter what happens this year, I think we could review 2 areas:-
1. REcruiting - our 1st round picks on surface appear worse than our 3 or 4th rounds picks or even rookies. It is like we have one person doing the 1st round and someone else picking the others
2. GReg Miller to trading is like Ben Cousins to Ice - he has a problem that requires an intervention.
He might be a problem and the people who matter might be a bit close to it to see.
For now, I just think we should back off a little bit, the Cats are at least 4-5 goals better than anyone else in the comp, we are going to have bad losses again this year but as long as we get 8-11 wins we will see development and feel hope.
That's the theme for 08, right?