We ve all been here before, and we all made it through the Dark Years under Pagan.
We all enjoyed the two Elim Final wins in '11 and '13 (sad, but that's the best the last rebuild gave us) so there's no question of sticking by the Club now that times are decidedly tougher.
I honestly think it wont be as bad this time round.
- Financially not a s bad
- Player facilities no where near as bad
- SOS (and as rumoured his GWS sidekick later in the year), in charge of list management instead of Hughes/Rogers.
- Old grumpy, outdated coach removed before the depths of the rebuild, unlike Pagan (who Collo and Sticks in their 'wisdom' extended his contract on the back of a Pre Season comp win in 2005 lol)
- Pres, CEO, List Manager and Footy Ops (despite their bumbled public announcements and slip of the tongue in interviews) seem to know exactly where we re at and where we need to go as a Club. For once we have some sort of 'plan of action'.
- For the first time ever, going through the proper process to get the best coach to suit the Plan
- Pressure on Board from the outset. They know they re hanging on by a thread.

Now that the whole MM saga is over, Im actually excited about seeing the start of the 'Rebirth' of this Club. I honestly think we ll do a a much better job this time.

Go Blues!!

Good post and I so very much want to believe you! i just have this feeling though that 1/2 way through the rebuild, just when it looks like it is all panning out I'll come home early from work and find my football club in bed with the pool cleaner and 3 of his mates(even though I don't have a pool)!

Wow! You got to see Hawthorn beat Essendon** in '83?

Like BS the '68 was my first Blues experience and have seen all the others. I have been very privileged to have had that in my life. I will always support them - even wore my CFC polo today to a bbq this afternoon much to the amusement of some other Aussies there.

Look, they gave me the 2005 Wizard Cup, so I'm really not fussed about anything else

I've seen 1.
Had to watch the replay to remember it.
They owe me.

Look, they gave me the 2005 Wizard Cup, so I'm really not fussed about anything else

Like Robertbb, I have a family history going back to my great grandfather. The extended family all lived in Carlton until my parents moved in 1949. (I was born in 1947) My father saw the Blues play for the first time in 1927 at Princess Park. After school he, with some other Carlton tragics, would head to PP to watch their training, collecting footballs for Soapy Vallence as he practiced and practiced kicking for goal from every angle possible. Dad was a member for 76 years until the day he died in 2012 and he had an incredible memory for every Carlton player he ever saw play, and strong opinions on all of them. He was also at the '38 Grand Final and he could recall vivid details of the game including who kicked the goals and who was, in his opinion, BOG. While I am shattered at their present predicament, I, like my brothers, all of our kids and grandchildren, will never stop supporting the Blues. Whilst we have all lived in Canberra since 1968, (and TC is a godsend) we all still devour every news item about Carlton, good or bad. No one can take away the fantastic memories of our Grand Final wins since 1968, nor the fantastic wins at Princes Park. I am frustrated at the tripe that has been dished up this year, but there was a lot of tripe dished up between 1947 and 1968 and I never waivered then. 1962 was a bright spot and I was lucky enough to see all of their finals matches including our loss to Essendon** in the Grand Final. And even then we had stars (eg Johnny James) who couldn't kick straight. So my passion for the Blues will never diminish, despite Boards that need a clean out, coaches who don't appear to learn from their mistakes and flakey players, some of whom simply aren't good enough and should never have been recruited. I hope my grandchildren get to see another premiership!! My apologies for the longwinded cry from the heart. Go Blues!!

Like Robertbb, I have a family history going back to my great grandfather. The extended family all lived in Carlton until my parents moved in 1949. (I was born in 1947) My father saw the Blues play for the first time in 1927 at Princess Park. After school he, with some other Carlton tragics, would head to PP to watch their training, collecting footballs for Soapy Vallence as he practiced and practiced kicking for goal from every angle possible. Dad was a member for 76 years until the day he died in 2012 and he had an incredible memory for every Carlton player he ever saw play, and strong opinions on all of them. He was also at the '38 Grand Final and he could recall vivid details of the game including who kicked the goals and who was, in his opinion, BOG. While I am shattered at their present predicament, I, like my brothers, all of our kids and grandchildren, will never stop supporting the Blues. Whilst we have all lived in Canberra since 1968, (and TC is a godsend) we all still devour every news item about Carlton, good or bad. No one can take away the fantastic memories of our Grand Final wins since 1968, nor the fantastic wins at Princes Park. I am frustrated at the tripe that has been dished up this year, but there was a lot of tripe dished up between 1947 and 1968 and I never waivered then. 1962 was a bright spot and I was lucky enough to see all of their finals matches including our loss to Essendon** in the Grand Final. And even then we had stars (eg Johnny James) who couldn't kick straight. So my passion for the Blues will never diminish, despite Boards that need a clean out, coaches who don't appear to learn from their mistakes and flakey players, some of whom simply aren't good enough and should never have been recruited. I hope my grandchildren get to see another premiership!! My apologies for the longwinded cry from the heart. Go Blues!!

Whilst I can understand and enjoyed the sentiment from the OP, I unfortunately cannot agree. As a paid up member of this football club, each member of the board owes it to me and all members collectively to make the right decisions for this football club or admit when they have made the wrong decisions and be accountable to fixing their mistake. The players owe it to the administration and therefore the members of the club to put their best effort on the training track and the football field to win every game. I can accept a loss if the players have actually put in their best effort. As a paid member I am not going to allow this club to have the attitude that we were once a colossus of a team in the late 60's - mid 90's so we do not owe our paid up members to make the right decisions and put in the required effort now. This current board has made mistake after mistake and short cut after short cut for almost 15 years, and they need to be accountable for their actions and be replaced. The very fact that they have waved the white flag after round two suggests to me that they are not delivering to me what I deserve as a member (the required effort) and they should go. I would support an extraordinary meeting to elect new board members, but where are these people that would actually take our club forward by making the right decisions and bring our club into the 21st century?