come seasons end when the dust settles on a poor yr and the club goes to the nd and brings in 4 or 5 new kids there will be those singing there praises. the same ones every yr expecting things to get better with the exact same people in charge of things. we could sack hardwick because of poor performance but we can sure as hell keep our recruiting manager and list manager and even praise em up.
what is that old saying it goes like this
its the epitomy of madness to do the same things over and over expecting different results.
unless we identify the real problem first and change things we have no chance of improving and changing things.
imo supporters target every yr the wrong people. sack hardwick sack the president but what we should be demanding every 4 or 5 yrs is a Totally INDEPENDENT REVIEW of the WHOLE FOOTY DEPT. WITH RECRUITING AND LIST MANAGEMENT THE PRIMARY TARGETS.
If we did this last yr im certain jackson hartley and others would be at least on notice if not gone.
it has been patently clear that we have never ever had a list that is genuinely top 8 some of us did say that ;last yr. we are a middling team always have been and we are in the mix with a whole pile of clubs who will go straight past us if we cant at least acknowledge where the list is really at.
I keep forgetting what his name is but I've been hoping that Geelong dude takes over recruiting at some point. There's no point sacking them if you can't get one of the best. Whilst he may not be recognised as one of the best, he has learnt from the very best.
Problem is I'm not sure even the best players in the draft won't rot away in our VFL team.
a) every other player does
b) Hardwick has no faith in picking them so what makes anyone think he'd pick a new batch of kids to play?
