Ok, by some miracle you are granted the ability to make one decision involving the Carlton Football Club, what will it be?

Something that helps in the short term? Or a long term 'big picture' type decision?

Personally I'd be split between appointing Leigh Matthews as coach and getting rid of the crap monogram presently on our jumpers.


(clearly haven't thought about this too much)

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No need to think too much about the monogram, I'm with you 100%.

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Change the club mindset/philosophy from being a scared, inward, outdated, boys club mentality to an open, progressive, professional, cutting edge mentality that caters primarily for their vast membership.

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There's so much I could say...

Replace current board !

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Scott, things aren't as happy as they used to be down here at the unemployment office. Joblessness is no longer just for Philosophy majors - useful people are starting to feel the pinch.

What he said!

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"our electorate seeks less to be informed and more to be validated." Sad times.

The current monogram is art. It's absolutely beautiful.

I find it humorous the same people who bleat on about reviewing the monogram and going back to the old style are the same ones who talk of us needing to become a more modern, progressive business entity.

Changing the monogram back isn't going to turn a light switch on within our players. It isn't going to make them more skillful or fitter or more accountable off the field. It's a cosmetic feature of the jumper, ultimately, because when all is said and done the letters still read CFC and they still mean Carlton Football Club.

Sure, it'd be easy to change it back. But, the act of reverting to the old is the embodiment of all people want this club to avoid. It's looking back, not forward.

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Carlton 2012: Lets remind them why they once feared the Dark.

Don't give up your day job

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It's stuff like this that makes me realize a lot of posters on here are absolute tools.

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Would I have the persuasive powers to convince Mike Fitzpatrick to give up his role as AFL Chairman and take the Carlton Chair instead?

Keep thinking people want the old one, Kouta.

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"In fairness it did seem in the early days of the draft teams would just pick a name totally at random out of a hat. I'm pretty sure we picked James Cook at #2 one year. The mediocre forward, not the explorer" - Me, 12/9/2011

Carlton 2012: Lets remind them why they once feared the Dark.

Most people I know want the one which was always on the "official" Carlton correspondence etc. The one on the 98-2004 (?) jumper.

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Semantics, really.

The current one is smoothed around the edges. As I said earlier, the main thing is that the letters are the same and they stand for the same thing.

Wouldn't you agree?

Changing the jumper again and again doesn't really sell confidence, does it? It doesn't really show strength or commitment. What we have now is absolutely fine, there is no need whatsoever to change it.

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"In fairness it did seem in the early days of the draft teams would just pick a name totally at random out of a hat. I'm pretty sure we picked James Cook at #2 one year. The mediocre forward, not the explorer" - Me, 12/9/2011

Carlton 2012: Lets remind them why they once feared the Dark.

Agreed.

I like it.

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I agree in principle with what you say there, sean, but the current "smooth" one looks awkward and off balance to me, whereas the previous one looks stronger and more stable.

I do agree that the NRL habit of changing jumpers every week is a joke.

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+ another 1

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Replace the communications department, in its entirety, with a department which has an idea about what they're doing, and knows the power of modern media and how to use it.

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I like your thinking there KK...I think it'll happen one day....hopefully before we celebrate our 150th in 4 years time.

However I'm gonna go for a simple decision and one that through the efforts of philanthropy and sponsorship preserves our history for all to see. I'm of the opinion that not enough people know, or particularly care about our history. I want a living 'Blueseum'. I want it underneath the Gardiner Stand (there is a lot of room under there) and I want the Gardiner to be shown the respect it deserves and be given a facelift to bring it back to it's former glory.

Wouldn't it be great to walk from the new facility into a state of the art Carlton Museum that was part interactive?

Love that idea!

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I said what I meant and I've never pretended
As so many others do intending just to please
If I damned your point of view
Could you turn the other cheek

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