Carlton Supporters Club

People have short memories.  Yes, we have played our best footy, since the mid 90s, under Ratts. And, yes, we were great to watch.  But, he wasn’t shafted.  His time was up.  He had lost the players.   His last game, they rolled over against a joke of a Suns team.   There was no choice.    I don’t agree with the replacement, but Ratts was gooooone.

Home and away season

After finishing 5th in 2011, the club entered the season with expectations of reaching the top four in 2012; the club, and coach Brett Ratten, made the bold move of stating this expectation publicly throughout the offseason.[37] Even after the winless preseason, Carlton entered the season as the fourth favourite for the premiership with punters, behind Collingwood, Hawthorn and Geelong.[38] With wins in the first three rounds, including a ten-goal win against Collingwood in Round 3, Carlton became equal premiership favourites, and after six rounds sat second on the ladder with a record of 5–1.[39]

However, the club then lost six of its next seven games to fall to tenth on the ladder with a record of 6–7 after Round 14, which brought intense speculation in the media about the future of Ratten's tenure as coach.[40] Carlton won five of its next seven games to stay in contention for eighth place, but was eliminated in Round 22 after losing and seeing other results fail to fall favourably. The club confirmed in the week following Round 22 that Ratten's contract would be terminated one year early; Ratten remained to coach the final match before departing.[7] The club finished with an even record of 11–11. Recently retired Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse, who was rumoured throughout the season to be the most likely replacement for Ratten should he have been sacked,[40] was appointed as Ratten's replacement shortly after the season.[41]

Across the season, Carlton finished with records of:

3–6 in nine games against the eight finalists, with two wins against Collingwood and one against Fremantle; but, after Round 8 the record was only 1–6.
5–3 in eight games against the four similarly placed teams (those who finished between 9th and 13th, all of whom won between ten and twelve games).
3–2 in five games against the bottom five teams. None of the bottom five managed more than five wins for the season, but Carlton suffered upset losses against two of them: Port Adelaide and Gold Coast.

Really?

I recall a year filled of injuries yet he still went at 50%.

3–2 in five games against the bottom five teams. None of the bottom five managed more than five wins for the season, but Carlton suffered upset losses against two of them: Port Adelaide and Gold Coast.

That Gold Coast game put the nail in his coffin.....   they rolled over and he was gone.  There was no choice

Bollocks. There is always choice.

After three consecutive top 8 finishes?

He was shafted.

I think aside from this week we don't look likely to win too many for a few weeks.

Really thats what was the problem with Bolton at the end.  The team didn't believe they could win as much as anything else and then lost winnable games.

This is a real test.  Pummel the bombers as expected and we are good.  Have a neither here nor there win and we are in all sorts.

A loss...  well the story writes itself really.

If the players don’t all really put in for this one then I would have to conclude that they probably want TT gone or at least don’t care.

He's been pretty firm in saying he believes in this group.
It's probably fair enough to ask them to show they believe in him.

People have short memories.  Yes, we have played our best footy, since the mid 90s, under Ratts. And, yes, we were great to watch.  But, he wasn’t shafted.  His time was up.  He had lost the players.   His last game, they rolled over against a joke of a Suns team.   There was no choice.    I don’t agree with the replacement, but Ratts was gooooone.

If we finish the season anywhere near a 33% win ratio of 7 or 8 wins only, Teague should go.

He has time to turn it around....but if he can't find the key to switching on the guys for 4 full quarters, he's not up to it.

Not this time for me. He's got a side with a bad culture and the only ones who can beat that is the players themselves. Every coach we've had this century hasn't been able to switch the side on for 4 qtrs. Ratts was the closest.

This is where we trade out players who don't work hard enough irrespective of ability. One need to shake player motivation somehow. Had to change the coach last time to at least start winning games, now this time it's the players.

Bad culture? You’ve got to be joking!

Blokes are played out of position, our team is unbalanced, our tactics are poor and the coaching box is slow to react to what’s happening on the field.

More aggressive, proactive coaching and sensible team selection and we won’t have a “culture problem”!