Re: If Not BB, Who?
Reply #353 –
The list changes are not unprecedented.
Actually Malthouse chopped a heap of players in his short time with us and it wasn't allowed to be used as an excuse.
Firstly, he didn't do it three seasons running.
Secondly, he didn't do it as a newbie coach with a newbie assistant coaching department, newbie MC and a newbie administration. He brought in some older experienced heads, on-field(like Thomas and Everitt) and off-field(His various assistants), then cut a bunch of blokes(other than Laidler) who were not getting a game anyway, yet he did no better than BB!
In MMs 2nd season he cut/retired/traded seven including, Waite, Robinson, Scotland and Garlett to bring in four which were Dick, Jaksch, Whiley and Jones, if not for Jones that's almost a 100% bust!
It's hard if not impossible to claim the list MM built had a better long term finals outlook than the current list, it might even be laughable to make that claim. Fans could almost claim some of those changes have contributed to our short term pain, they were certainly not positives!
It's was nothing like what we have done recently!