Re: RD 4 : BLUES Defeated By Demons (Pathetic & Pitiful Post-Match)
Reply #193 –
Would it have mattered?
When we got them, all of Walker, Murph, Gibbs, Kruez, were guns of their time and of their peers.
So, the question has to be asked..........what if we got the Cooneys, Pendelbrys, Selwoods and who ever else your heart desires?
Would that have automatically made a difference to our team and where we are at now?
I'm not convinced. I think our Culture and lack of proper coaching/development, has stuffed our players.
You need to factor in the other draft picks taken by successful clubs and compare it to our performance outside the top half dozen in the draft.
Geelong are the most obvious example of a club getting top quality lower in the draft, Johnson, Enright, Chapman, Hunt and Ling to name a few, Collingwood got Dane Swan at pick 50 or so.
Carlton has failed dismally on that score so our reliance on Murphy, Gibbs, Kreuzer and Walker is way too heavy, we just don't have the support staff.