Re: Round 14 - Giants defeat Blues - after match summary
Reply #66 –
The sack Malthouse crew are just sucked into the magic bullet remedy that's been in vogue at Carlton since our last Premiership.
There is no magic bullet and no coach will will turn things around in five minutes as if by miracle, in fact sacking Malthouse now would only confirm that we are a basket case with no plan, no clue and no way forward.
The "sack Malthouse crew" will probably tell you they never wanted him here in the first place.
The sack Malthouse crew will tell you that there are many issues at our club, of which the coach is but one.
The sack Malthouse crew will tell you that want to see all players improving and all players playing to their potential, not just half.
The sack malthouse crew will look at Port and Melbourne relative to where they were 12 months ago and wonder.
Our recent history is plagued by at least three magic bullets :
1. the high draft pick magic bullet
2. the superstar player magic bullet
3. the superstar coach magic bullet.
Personally, I find the idea of tanking ideologically repugnant, and I think it does more damage to the players spirits than you can imagine.
Edit : added point
Nicely put. Exactamondo. I am confident enough in our present President and Senior Coach to believe that 'tanking' is, as you so well put, 'repugnant' and will never figure any kind of consideration. We must set out every week to win... so we can assertain who are the hackers and who are the non-hackers.
We need an effective bullet to the head of magic bullet thinking. And I think it is at last happening.
I was heartened, in a sad kind of way, that MM acknowledged what he did in tonight's media conference - that he can see the softness come when we play sides outside the 8 ...and doesn't know why. That kind of honesty is refreshing and good. No problem was ever solved by pretending it doesn't / didn't exist. There are likely a number of reasons but I cannot help but believe that the losing culture from 2002, combined with an arrogant disregard for sharp recruiting and development, has damaged a number of blokes betweent the lugholes - too many of our top draft picks in particular.