Wet Willie wrote:
As the club is looking at reviewing operations, what questions would you like the Carlton Board to answer right here right now? Maybe we could get somebody from the club to provide some answers. For example:
Q: Who is responsible for the notion that we trade off our entire forward line setup (in such a short period of time) with no apparent replacements in sight?
Q: For the past 10 years, there has been repeated suggestion to reduce numbers at Board level - why hasn't this been acted on?
Q: What measures have been put in place to make sure Carlton is across any promising talent in leagues outside the immediate Melbourne area. Are we looking at South Australia and Western Australia effectively?
Q: When will Carlton get a stand alone reserves team?
Q: Can we get assurances that we review our policy regarding long term contracts that pay overs for players and limit flexibility in later trade periods?
WW most of those questions would have been great to ask in 2007-2008, because board numbers have been reduced (and capped in the constitution), we clearly had a big network in WA & SA under Hughes & Rogers, and we opted to partially own the Preston Bullants rather than pay the the full whack; the coach is our development coach and we basically pick the team.
The bookend questions are more pertinent, though we didn't exactly let Waite walk; the other two we did. I'd further that question to ask why we did the same thing to our ruck division (Hampson trade was under MM's/McKay's tenure), and what our team defence strategies are currently given everyone seems to be chasing a specific match up in midfield.