MatteeG wrote:Lingy tweeted it best:
"After 3 seasons, Macca 20wins 46 losses v Clarko 28wins 40 losses. Dogs baulk v Hawks didn't. Average club v great club. Success takes time."
It's not a great record though let's be honest. What do we want clubs to do ... persist with finishing 14th and losing to GWS in the last round?
I get the gripe that Griffin seems to have tipped the boat but if we are brutally honest do senior players question the really good coaches? Sometimes yes I'm sure but if you hear interviews with Lions players under Matthews, they rave about him. Ditto Crows players under Blight, Did Sheeds ever have a mutiny or a fall out with his captain?
Watch "Year of the Dogs" and you can see an example of a team disconnected from its senior coach and going nowhere. A decision had to be made there and was finally with Joyce.
I know the tail shouldn't wave the dog but at the same time the players aren't idiots and I reckon they can sniff out a weak link up top.
If I am CEO and my club finished 14-15th every year of 3 years and there's a big disconnect with the senior players I am not sure if no decision is better than just making the tough call and moving on.
What are our expectations on senior coaches these days anyway?