Blueboy74 wrote:
I recommend if you haven't already, as Carlton supporter to read his book written with David Buttifant.
His philosophies are basically the exact opposite of everything that people complain about that is, and has been wrong with our club for the last five, ten, do I hear fifteen years.
You read paragraphs and find yourself nodding when he talks about team ethos, non reliance on individuals, giving clear messages, indentifying leaders, pushing the boundaries, being able to balance long term goals with short term ones etc etc.
As long as the dementia hasn't fully taken over, I reassure myself with the fact that MM would not take any job that would make him look the fool.
He is heavily involved in the industry. He works with recently retired players, he would have sort their opinion on our club, our list, what it was like to play against them, how well they thought we were coached, and what do they see as our deficiencies.
The assistants (or lieutenants!) that he chooses will be chosen for a reason. Sure they will be his mates, cronies, whatever but unlike the last 5 years of Ratts/Riley and a revolving door of hand picked assistants they will all be pushing in the one direction.
McKay has been looking at this area for months now. MM would have a heap of guys he could call on, but will choose the ones he believes that will best suit the areas that those still in charge believe need the most work.
He had a poor GF in '11 there's no denying that, but the manic intensity that he had that side playing at for that 2-3 year period has not been repeated in 2012.
The game that we played them in Round 17 2010 has stuck with me. We held on for what felt like about 8 minutes and from then on we were slaughtered. It wasn't about poor kicking, missed shots, shallow forward entries, kicking pockets, we just got overwhelmed by their intensity. We never looked like scoring. 25 shots to 5 at 3/4 time said it all.
He had the likes of Leigh Brown, Alan Toovey, Brent McCaffer, Jared Blair, Harry OBrien, Nick Maxwell, Tyson Goldsack playing above themselves by instilling belief that they were just as important to the team as anyone else. Pendlebury went to another level, Thomas went from a flaky outside player to a gut running, tackling machine.
Anyway BV will probably say his book and preachings are not worth wiping your arse with, and I respect his opinion. I understand that this could easily go pear shaped. Unlike 10 years ago where I naively ignored the warning from Kangaroos supporters due to what I thought was jealously, I will remain cautiously optimistic before being proved otherwise.....
....Until then at the very worst, just purely wanting to believe will at least get me through the Summer...
Full buy-in!
Great post!
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