Re: Carlton 2024 Predictions / Expectations
Reply #73 –
Gerard Whately on SEN:
“As footy ramps up, Carlton is emphasising the quality long missing at the club that served them so well last year - stability. It was stability that allowed the Blues to ride out the midseason horrors of 2023 & empower Michael Voss to conjure the Preliminary Final run.
The historic bloodlust to sack a coach was quelled by the President & the Chief Executive. Luke Sayers is asking the members to approve an extension of his time at the helm & he would seem determined to make Brian Cook commit beyond the end of the year as well.
The contract extension for Michael Voss only seems to need the fine print sorted & that's entirely appropriate - Voss has earned the additional two years & shouldn't be on the short leash entering the 2024 season. Let him get on with the job fully supported & endorsed.
Stability, it's the new religion at Carlton. It's the new Blue, & it suits them well.”
I don't think we're his favourite club but that's a fair assessment ... and how good is it not to be chopping and changing coaches and the administration?
Ive always found Whately hard but fair. I listen to a truckload of SEN content and last year we were the darlings of the AFL, Whately and The Pipe in particular had permanent chubs over us. I suspect that will all change if we really get up and firing and make the top 4😂