Carlton Supporters Club

Don't wait. Send Cripps packing now.

Fresh start, new coach, new captains.

As much as I hate to admit it, it may well be the only way forward from this mess, and as I've posted before it is not without risk, but that doesn't mean it is not the right direction to go in.

I can't accept that the report of a dissatisfied playing list torpedoed the coach if that dissatisfied list is made up of spuds and list cloggers. If the also-rans were the problem you cut half the list before you'd cut Weiters, BigH, Walsh, Cripps, De Koning, etc., etc.. So it has to be the case that some significant talent torpedoed the coach, and that is therefore a massive problem if the playing list remains configured as it currently is. Fans do not appreciate what this means, they aren't thinking deeply enough about it, they look at players through rose coloured glasses.

I think I wrote this the other day, "There is a rotten Apple Jim!" it's a line I pinched from a movie, it has to be the case, and we need it removed before the whole lot goes off! Changing coaches won't make a shred of difference.

We should probably delist Doc too right. And then there's the vice-captains - we can't have them hanging around like bad smells. So I guess that's Weitering gone. Let's do this properly right?

According to one of those 3 Fox articles I linked earlier :

Teague’s camp believes key figures played pivotal roles in his sacking. They point to Stephen Silvagni – a long-time critic of CEO Cain Liddle and footy boss Brad Lloyd’s appointment - and his close friendship with board member Craig Mathieson. They argue that Marc Murphy, frustrated at the way his career finished, was one of several players to openly express disenchantment with the coach in the back half of the season to other players.

If we believe that article, Cripps was a sounding board and merely "aware" of grumblings, without necessarily being a contributor.

It's the captain's job to smooth the waters and unite the squad, for Cripps and Doc it's a fail as big as any in AFL history, to the point if they retain their position we will be a laughing stock!

Fans aren't thinking about what the media will do next, they have found the scabs, now it's picking time!

Yes, I'm aware of the factional stuff within the club, but think about what this means if you believe that is true about SOS. For a start how can they keep his boy?

btw., You know I had warned about this argy bargy, the SOS / Lyon Coterie, if we get Lyon there will be another round of shizen hitting the fan. Liddle might get the bum rush along with Lloyd. I know right now fans do not see it, but it's almost inevitable that if we get Lyon there is a fall out with Liddle and Lloyd. Which to me is a pity because Liddle on a commercial perspective is A-Grade.

So if the club appoints Lyon, it would be prudent of Liddle and Lloyd to remove Jack, leaving Stephen toothless.

So Lyon could be the Trojan Horse for an eventual takeover.

A very simple and much cheaper solution to all this is let the players coach themselves.

So Lyon could be the Trojan Horse for an eventual takeover.

Exactly, beat me to it.

The captain is kinda the coaches 2IC. Cripps hung the coach out to dry.