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I’d still give Boonie a seat on the plane (close to the kitchen to minimise the mileage of the flight staff and most importantly the warming of the beverages).
Smith and Warner will be mainstays for many years to come you’d expect. Smith just has that hard attitude and a marketable face that even sandpaper couldn’t wipe away.
Who will be an Ashes tourist?
Since Bolton was appointed as Senior Coach at Carlton I have always felt he was ‘too nice’ to coach an AFL team. Yesterday I was reminded of an incident when he was coaching Box Hill whilst at Hawthorn where he blasted the players. I have now changed my mind and feel he will get thrown out of the AFL system without a fair chance.
As has been said, rookie assistant coaches and a poor recruitment policy are probably the main reasons for Carlton being in this situation. SOS and the Board should take the wrap and I’m sure SOS will.
Unfortunately it may take another rebuild (though small) to get the Blues back into contention and Bolton probably won’t be given the two or three years this will take.
It would be interesting to see what Bolton could do with a decent squad. Perhaps Adelaide (sorry Don, as an Eagles fan I want you to succeed) or Sydney (maybe Longmire has been there too long) should give him a go for a season?
Brendon Bolton and Stephen Silvagni are dead men walking at Carlton
Jordan, sorry to reply again but you didn’t seem to respond to my first message so I’ll give this another go.
Depending on the ownership structure, most professional sporting teams in the world have profit as their main priority. Club owners do not care about the number of local players in their squad, but they do care about sourcing young talented local players to recruit before other clubs notice them. Hence the Glory’s fantastic development system.
Professional sport is a business and money comes before loyalty. If 15,000 Glory supporters committed to signing memberships based on an agreed quota of WA players in the senior team then the CEO and senior directors would probably consider it. But the club would unlikely be successful on the field and I’m certain Tony Sage and his executives would recognise this immediately.
Why not just be happy to see WA players be successful around Australia and the world. Or, just support the WA state league if you want to feel some local pride.
I’d love to hear your response to this, just to understand what you expect from professional sport.
Why I'm struggling to get behind the Glory
Jordan, I’m not sure of your age but during the clubs most successful period both on and off the field were in the NSL days. Our most successful coach was German and we had a similar number of West Australian players as we do today.
Unfortunately in most sports attendances fluctuate based on the teams success. With a few good seasons behind us and hopefully a premiership I’m sure the crowds will increase. Success isn’t likely to occur by replacing quality non WA players with inferior players from the NPL.
The Glory also have a fantastic youth development program with teams for many age ranges. I’m sure most of these players are from WA and if they are good enough they will eventually earn promotion to the senior team.
I doubt there are many professional sports where the teams choose players based on where they were born and raised as opposed to recruiting the best players available.
Why I'm struggling to get behind the Glory
Perhaps it should be in every players contract that anyone they come into contact with in an official club event that they want to engage in a relationship of any kind, whether it be one night or long term, must be signed off by Human Resources (maybe an age limit should apply).
When will players learn? Their behaviour impacts the bottom line