Re Bolton the teacher. If the majority of 40 kids in a class continually fail their exams, then there's 2 questions that would be asked.
Are maybe 30 of those kids all dunces ?
Or is the teacher the problem ?

If by the law of averages we accept that , that many kids aren't dunces, then surely the spotlight moves to the teacher's competence.
Does it not ?

I wish (I know, I know) that we never had the injuries this season, so we could fairly and properly appraise bolton. Due the injuries Bolton will get another year as our coach. If it turns out bolton can't coach (there's enough eveidence to at least raise an alarm to this possibility), we as supporters and as a club spend another season lost like this one.

Re Bolton the teacher. If the majority of 40 kids in a class continually fail their exams, then there's 2 questions that would be asked.
Are maybe 30 of those kids all dunces ?
Or is the teacher the problem ?

If by the law of averages we accept that , that many kids aren't dunces, then surely the spotlight moves to the teacher's competence.
Does it not ?

I wish (I know, I know) that we never had the injuries this season, so we could fairly and properly appraise bolton. Due the injuries Bolton will get another year as our coach. If it turns out bolton can't coach (there's enough eveidence to at least raise an alarm to this possibility), we as supporters and as a club spend another season lost like this one.

I haven't agreed with much of your thoughts this season, but I do agree with this one.

Bolton needs at least one season with a fully fit list for his abilities to be properly judged IMO. The issue of whether or not he can actually coach has this year been clouded by other circumstances out of his control. Injuries are one, lack of mid-age talent another.

If the other factors aren't present next year but we still finish near the bottom, we'll have our answer.

I've been waiting all year for a suitable answer to this, and it still rings true.

What. Is. The. Alternative?

You start looking and the alternative will present itself.

It's you that hasn't got it. Even this side, as there is still plenty of ability out there, is better than 2 wins, 3 x 100 pts the things, other humiliating thrashings. We have no idea how to actually move the ball in the modern game, we are so poorly drilled it's ridiculous, so bad as such that a side outscored us 7 goals to 1 in a last qtr a few weeks back with 16-17 men. And another 100pt defeat. This is 3 years to a rebuild and we still have no onflield structure we have locked into. Then how often have complained about a lack of effort. Thats a lack of respect for the coach.

So when all this started it was supposedto be a 66 game rebuild. How's that going. 2 wins! Love the result of that 66 game rebuild?

So dont b4 telling us to run along. Maybe you should be the one to do that as you embrace failure.

Last night meant @#$%&! all in the grand scheme of things but winning the inside 50's and losing by over 100 is still pretty damning and what is with setting up with only 2 forwards v 6 defenders at the centre bounce?

I haven't agreed with much of your thoughts this season, but I do agree with this one.

Bolton needs at least one season with a fully fit list for his abilities to be properly judged IMO. The issue of whether or not he can actually coach has this year been clouded by other circumstances out of his control. Injuries are one, lack of mid-age talent another.

If the other factors aren't present next year but we still finish near the bottom, we'll have our answer.

With out knowing what you do it's clear you don't do what I do. I go into businesses that are not performing and I analyse them from ground up, then I implement processes across all facets of the business. I then put in strategies and targets to monitor the development of the changes and here's the clutch, I fully understand that final performance does not always reflect growth in these processes, especially where anomalies are involved during the change period.

So to think that I embrace failure or fail to understand is laughable. It's clear that everything you write only reflects on the obvious statistics and you refuse to look to deeper to have a better understanding why. i.e. inside 50 count from last night. As you so boldly put it we won that stat 61-54, but you failed to mention that they had a 65% accuracy compared to our 30% odd as it was stated. Our injuries and lack of leadership on the field you blame the coaches for game plan, it's pretty hard to run a business and implement new processes when your key staff are always changing and you're constantly trying to train kids to fill those roles, especially in a business when the work load is tailored to men, not kids. And finally, I have played in a team that has had only 2 wins for the season and believe me the last game of the year is more of a relief as your spirit and body have copped a flogging all year you actually begin to doubt yours and your teams ability. And no coach on the planet can change that, it's an individual mental thing.

As I said before if you haven't got it by now you never will. Let's just all enjoy the off season and put this woeful year behind us and look forward to new players a refreshed mindset and most importantly NO INJURIES.

The chance of having a fully fit list is virtually zero. The fact that Bolton so proudly states that we've turned over 42 players in 3 years sums up why our recruiting between 2008 and 2014 have denied us decent players in the demographic he speaks about

We're 5-10 (or insert any other natural number to suit your argument) years behind the movement of clubs like Essendon** and North - who last time I looked at the ladder didn't make the eight. Not only do you not need to 'bottom out' anymore, it's now a completely dumb and outdated strategy, especially for those clubs who didn't have to pare the list back to bare bones because of the aforementioned recruiting

Essendon** will get another couple of good kids plus a free agent or two and have the base to grow for a flag.... while we're still trying to determine whether Bolton can actually coach .

Re Bolton the teacher. If the majority of 40 kids in a class continually fail their exams, then there's 2 questions that would be asked.
Are maybe 30 of those kids all dunces ?
Or is the teacher the problem ?

If by the law of averages we accept that , that many kids aren't dunces, then surely the spotlight moves to the teacher's competence.
Does it not ?

How long did it take for Richmond, Hawthorn and Collingwood to figure out whether their coaches could actually coach?

Nonetheless, I've been waiting all year for a suitable answer to this, and I'm still yet to get one.

What. Is. The. Alternative?