Re: History Lesson: Oh How Things Can Turn Around
Reply #9 –
Agree..you need depth to win a flag and you can bounce back say like Port, but without 30 odd players capable of playing decent senior footy you cant sustain success...
Pies are building depth and they have that aura of being the biggest club with a great membership base and and that helps them be a destination club for some of the big gun players and they do seem to get deals done....
Buckley needs to deliver as a coach now that he has the basics to work with...unlike Bolton who is still assembling our list and trying to build options and depth...
One thing that Malthouse did well while at West Coast and Collingwood was to build depth. His mantra was to have two capable players for each position. While Collingwood is rebuilding after shedding blokes who didn't fit Buckley's model, they have a reasonable base to build one.
Our list, through poor recruiting, injury and bad luck, lacks depth but still has a nucleus of decent players. I think that we will bounce back as that nucleus of decent players is unleashed and others develop and step up. However, unless that bounce is maintained and supported by good list management, solid player development and, above all, cutting edge coaching, we'll flop again.