Brendon Bolton - Carlton coach 2015-2019

cimm1979 · **Posted:** Sat Apr 22, 2017 10:28 am

Rexy wrote:

Bolton doesn't miss easy shots on goal. 7.4 instead of 2.9 at half time and it's a different game.

Not 90 points different.

Sydney Blue · **Posted:** Mon Apr 24, 2017 12:34 pm

I can understand Boltons approach of playing kids and exposing them to hostile crowd on the big stage. How they come out of it will determine how they will be in the future.
Club has laid everything on the line here and are trusting Bolton to develop a team for long term.
If he gets it wrong it will be years in the wilderness.
My biggest concern is that it appears that the 3rd and 4th year players like KJ Cunningham even Graham and Buckley don't appear to be improving to the point where they are demanding to be selected.
So I question why are these guys not progressing why is their development stalled. Who is to say that development of the 1st and 2nd year players might hit the wall also.
I know its good to expose the youth but who is to say that Cunningham and KJ or Graham could not have benefitted more that the 1st year players by playing Friday night.
It will be and interesting season but I don't like to think that the coaching staff have already stamped some players cards.
Bolton could use the youth excuse for years .
Rucci tried asking this question in the after match and was quickly shut down by Bolton

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Rexy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:46 am **Posts:** 28221

https://audioboom.com/posts/5847604-bre ... e-april-22

worth a listen

Jez1966 · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 6:42 pm **Posts:** 2801

Sydney Blue wrote:

I can understand Boltons approach of playing kids and exposing them to hostile crowd on the big stage. How they come out of it will determine how they will be in the future.
Club has laid everything on the line here and are trusting Bolton to develop a team for long term.
If he gets it wrong it will be years in the wilderness.
My biggest concern is that it appears that the 3rd and 4th year players like KJ Cunningham even Graham and Buckley don't appear to be improving to the point where they are demanding to be selected.
So I question why are these guys not progressing why is their development stalled. Who is to say that development of the 1st and 2nd year players might hit the wall also.
I know its good to expose the youth but who is to say that Cunningham and KJ or Graham could not have benefitted more that the 1st year players by playing Friday night.
It will be and interesting season but I don't like to think that the coaching staff have already stamped some players cards.
Bolton could use the youth excuse for years .
Rucci tried asking this question in the after match and was quickly shut down by Bolton

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Cunningham is a second year player

Blue Vain · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:35 am **Posts:** 17566

Sydney Blue wrote:

My biggest concern is that it appears that the 3rd and 4th year players like KJ Cunningham even Graham and Buckley don't appear to be improving to the point where they are demanding to be selected

We need to understand that some players mature/develop at different stages.
I was looking at some other players and their development last week. At KJ's age, Harry Taylor had played less games. He's now a 2 time All Australian.
Josh Bruce had played less games at the same age. He kicked 50 goals last year. Not everyone is a Jacob Weitering. I'm not saying KJ or Graham will become good AFL players but we can't throw out all players when they don't step up straight away. SOS selected KJ as a first round pick originally. He obviously had the talent. This season he finally put on some size to compete. It's up to him to force his way in.
Graham has been given areas to work on and it appears he's doing that. Both have AFL skills and talent. The challenge is for them to prove their detractors wrong. Including any coaches that may not rate them sufficiently.

99prelim · **Joined:** Tue Oct 17, 2006 11:01 pm **Posts:** 3461

Blue Vain wrote:

Sydney Blue wrote:

My biggest concern is that it appears that the 3rd and 4th year players like KJ Cunningham even Graham and Buckley don't appear to be improving to the point where they are demanding to be selected

We need to understand that some players mature/develop at different stages.
I was looking at some other players and their development last week. At KJ's age, Harry Taylor had played less games. He's now a 2 time All Australian.
Josh Bruce had played less games at the same age. He kicked 50 goals last year. Not everyone is a Jacob Weitering. I'm not saying KJ or Graham will become good AFL players but we can't throw out all players when they don't step up straight away. SOS selected KJ as a first round pick originally. He obviously had the talent. This season he finally put on some size to compete. It's up to him to force his way in.
Graham has been given areas to work on and it appears he's doing that. Both have AFL skills and talent. The challenge is for them to prove their detractors wrong. Including any coaches that may not rate them sufficiently.

I see a bit of Jack Watts in KJ. Not sure what that means except that as you say, you can't just throw away years of work into them without being absolutely sure they won't make it. Hopefully SOS's ego will convince BB to keep KJ one more year.

AIRCAV · **Posted:** Mon Apr 24, 2017 10:12 pm

I'm a huge fan of the Bolts and as frustrated and angry I was on Friday, I accept it's part of the process. He remains resolute on the path. And in that I trust.

Effes · **Posted:** Sun Apr 30, 2017 10:26 pm

After 6 rounds

Scoring shots FOR

Adelaide 201
Port Adelaide 186
GWS 177
St Kilda 176
WBD 172
Geelong 166
Melbourne 159
Richmond 158
Collingwood 155
WCE 150
Gold Coast 146
North Melbourne 141
Essendon* 141
Hawthorn 136
Fremantle 128
Sydney 124
Brisbane 122
Carlton 121

Scoring shots AGAINST

Brisbane 200
Hawthorn 186
Gold Coast 168
North Melbourne 167
Essendon* 164
Sydney 158
Geelong 154
Fremantle 152
Collingwood 150
Carlton 148
Melbourne 148
GWS 144
St Kilda 143
WCE 143
Richmond 141
WBD 138
Port Adelaide 129
Adelaide 126

camel · **Posted:** Mon May 01, 2017 12:30 am

AIRCAV wrote:

I'm a huge fan of the Bolts and as frustrated and angry I was on Friday, I accept it's part of the process. He remains resolute on the path. And in that I trust.

I know I'm a week late, but… :thumbsup:

The_Wookie · **Joined:** Fri Mar 23, 2012 6:52 am **Posts:** 1191

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXP0mOUZP9s

Blue Boys · **Joined:** Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:35 pm **Posts:** 1233

Thanks Wookie, much appreciated.

mikeychook · **Joined:** Wed Oct 06, 2010 9:49 pm **Posts:** 1508

He's coaching a side that is developing with true hardness.

We'll soon be genuinely hated for it.

Can't wait.

Michael Jezz · **Joined:** Mon Jul 09, 2007 4:52 pm **Posts:** 2044

Bolton is the second best coach we have had since I started following in 1978.
He is some coach

Donstuie · **Posted:** Sat May 06, 2017 9:09 pm

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-05-06/f ... -v-carlton

Quote:

Brendon Bolton teaching us he can coach
He might not give much away when the cameras are rolling but Bolton can clearly coach. He once again manufactured a game that limited Collingwood's run through the corridor, denying it opportunities to score. He backed in his tall defenders to mark high balls and he rotated the forwards so the Magpies could not create run out of defence or rebound the ball. Add in his five wins when he stood in to coach Hawthorn, he has 15 wins from 34 games and is building a team with the right mix of youth and experience to compete and get supporters excited. He has only won one fewer game than Buckley as coach since he took over the Blues at the start of 2016.

tommi · **Posted:** Sat May 06, 2017 9:12 pm

Great work Gaff.....!

kindest regards tommi

limestone · **Joined:** Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:37 am **Posts:** 770

Michael Jezz wrote:

Bolton is the second best coach we have had since I started following in 1978.
He is some coach

Parkin no 1?

Effes · **Posted:** Thu May 11, 2017 8:36 pm

https://twitter.com/TheArcFooty/status/ ... 1209124868

bondiblue · **Posted:** Fri May 12, 2017 9:10 am

Effes wrote:

https://twitter.com/TheArcFooty/status/862615021209124868

That is fascinating.

Carlton like to kick the ball more than handball.

Need to see if that direction to kick more this year has had any effect on our uncontested marks numbers.
If so, it says we like to control the ball, tempo...and maybe its because we have improved our kicking skills.

Kicking accuracy has been such a huge problem for us for most of the past 15 years.
If we have fixed this with our trading/ drafting and/or game plan, watch out!

Great signs.

redback · **Joined:** Wed Sep 21, 2011 3:17 pm **Posts:** 2588

Donstuie wrote:

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-05-06/five-talking-points-collingwood-v-carlton

Quote:

Brendon Bolton teaching us he can coach
He might not give much away when the cameras are rolling but Bolton can clearly coach. He once again manufactured a game that limited Collingwood's run through the corridor, denying it opportunities to score. He backed in his tall defenders to mark high balls and he rotated the forwards so the Magpies could not create run out of defence or rebound the ball. Add in his five wins when he stood in to coach Hawthorn, he has 15 wins from 34 games and is building a team with the right mix of youth and experience to compete and get supporters excited. He has only won one fewer game than Buckley as coach since he took over the Blues at the start of 2016.

the pleasing aspect of bolton which has been disappointing and frustrating in the past is that he can clearly adapt and communicates his instructions to the players
lets not forget he is a rookie coach so he will make mistakes but looks like he learns from those decisions

Effes · **Posted:** Tue May 16, 2017 3:36 pm

https://twitter.com/NABFW/status/864338948042010629

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