Booney wrote:amber_fluid wrote:Booney wrote:amber_fluid wrote:
Bit hard keeping players that want out though.
Eddie is the only player we have lost that has really hurt.
Jacobs was young and no one knew he’d turn out this good.
Gibbs, well he gave us good service but we good compensation for him.
Waite, he was a bit of loss initially but was injury prone.
Henderson and Touhy would be average players still if they stayed at Carlton.
Unfortunately players don’t develop at Carlton.
That’s our biggest problem.
At least you got the best out of Judd in his last few years instead of all of Kennedy's career, that was a great swap.
I was happy with that at the time and still am.
Kennedy would have struggled as would any key forward playing at Carlton.
It was a win/win for all.
I can't see how it was win/win. You get Judd so you can have someone win the ball and kick it forward, then you've got nobody there to mark it. Chicken and the egg I guess.
Keep Kennedy and Jacobs and numerous others and Kennedy might have been a chance to flourish. Anywho, it's not the players you've lost who have set you back another 10 years, it was the idiots who sacked Ratten to get Malthouse, they are the ones you can blame for your current position.
If Ratten was still there you'd argue many of the players who have left would still be there.
Hate to say it, but I agree with you(except the Kennedy swap).
The club needs to go after a big personality either as a consultant or full time employee to attract the right people to the club.
Get Paul Roos as a consultant, or Justin Maddern back in some part time capacity.
Get Sam Mitchell on board as an assistant coach.
I don’t care what it cost in terms of $$.
The AFL can give us 6 priority picks in this years draft if they want but it won’t change anything until the club gets the right people in the right positions.
I’m not sold on Bolton as coach but he needs help with senior figures around him.
There are no stupid questions, just stupid people.