Brendon Bolton - Carlton coach 2015-2019

Age · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2016 9:28 pm

He is a f(*king genius

Stone Free · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2016 10:27 pm

Sin City wrote:

verbs wrote:

Why is he talking about his past Hawthorn participles?

Because he's bringing the Hawthorn system to Carlton, just like Simpson has done at the Eagles and Beveridge at the Bulldogs. It's about time.

That's probably part of it, but he would've also had something going for him before he joined Hawthorn otherwise Clarko would not have put him on. Regardless, he is our best recruit in a long time.

kennyhunter · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:35 pm **Posts:** 2432

chubbyruss wrote:

Loved the way he clapped to the crowd when he marched down the race after the game

The boy had a spring in his step - and fair enough too :razz:

About time something decent came out of Launceston (area) apart from the highway :donk:

teagueyubeauty · **Joined:** Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:28 am **Posts:** 6450

Age wrote:

He is a f(*king genius

9 wins out of 13 games = elite

MPH78 · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2016 10:19 am

For mine, he's restoring our clubs soul. Cannot be commended enough right now.

famousblueraincoat · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2016 1:56 pm

"Brendon Bolton must be in the calculations, because some pundits believed the Blues could have been winless to this point. Instead, they are 4-4 in what is supposedly a five-year rebuild."

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/a ... z48mrEexmG

Really? A five year rebuild... Why not seven years, or nine years. Seriously...

Taff · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2016 2:00 pm

kennyhunter wrote:

chubbyruss wrote:

Loved the way he clapped to the crowd when he marched down the race after the game

The boy had a spring in his step - and fair enough too :razz:

About time something decent came out of Launceston (area) apart from the highway :donk:

Ouch!

teagueyubeauty · **Joined:** Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:28 am **Posts:** 6450

famousblueraincoat wrote:

"Brendon Bolton must be in the calculations, because some pundits believed the Blues could have been winless to this point. Instead, they are 4-4 in what is supposedly a five-year rebuild."

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/a ... z48mrEexmG

Really? A five year rebuild... Why not seven years, or nine years. Seriously...

flower idiots, we are effectively (the comments from the club early last season was a 66 game rebuild) a third of the way through the rebuild then it's continuous improvement.

Idiots like the press think a rebuild is to win the premiership for which 5 years may be an ambition but I'm sure the club was thinking finals only

camel · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2016 9:41 am

Taff wrote:

kennyhunter wrote:

chubbyruss wrote:

Loved the way he clapped to the crowd when he marched down the race after the game

The boy had a spring in his step - and fair enough too :razz:

About time something decent came out of Launceston (area) apart from the highway :donk:

Ouch!

That bloke Ponting went alright.

camel · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2016 9:43 am

I'm loving Bolton, too, of course, but we haven't achieved anything yet. It's nice to get some positive media attention, but it's all cyclical and after a few more losses the boots will be back into the club.

Pleasingly, Bolton himself has acknowledged our progress, but with the proviso of "we're not satisfied" … and nor should we be satisfied.

There's a long, long road ahead before we can stop and enjoy some internal back-patting.

Taff · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2016 9:54 am

camelboy wrote:

Taff wrote:

kennyhunter wrote:

chubbyruss wrote:

Loved the way he clapped to the crowd when he marched down the race after the game

The boy had a spring in his step - and fair enough too :razz:

About time something decent came out of Launceston (area) apart from the highway :donk:

Ouch!

That bloke Ponting went alright.

Yes not bad for a boy from the Mowbray swamp.

verbs · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2016 9:59 am

Not to mention Boonie or George Bailey!

cimm1979 · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2016 10:01 am

Or Boags!

Blueboy74 · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2016 10:21 am

camelboy wrote:

I'm loving Bolton, too, of course, but we haven't achieved anything yet. It's nice to get some positive media attention, but it's all cyclical and after a few more losses the boots will be back into the club.

Pleasingly, Bolton himself has acknowledged our progress, but with the proviso of "we're not satisfied" … and nor should we be satisfied.

There's a long, long road ahead before we can stop and enjoy some internal back-patting.

Agree. A lot of the kudos coming our way is due to the ridiculously low expectations about the club externally. Parkins "Worst list than Essendon*", I'm Ralph's "Essendon* will still beat them twice" Champion Data's "List further away from a flag than any in history etc.

Suddenly people are finding out that football clubs are built around people and not just rankings points and what impact someone like BB can have with full buy in from others.

No doubt we will cop what many will see as "a reality check" in the next fortnight but you just know internally that the direction of the club will not change regardless of the results of past and upcoming.

Nobody would understand how much work there is still to do than a man who was at Box Hill/Hawthorn from 2009-2015 as well as the list manager who helped set up a list that currently has around 1,356 1st round picks......

Adam Chatfield · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2016 12:30 pm

Blueboy74 wrote:

camelboy wrote:

I'm loving Bolton, too, of course, but we haven't achieved anything yet. It's nice to get some positive media attention, but it's all cyclical and after a few more losses the boots will be back into the club.

Pleasingly, Bolton himself has acknowledged our progress, but with the proviso of "we're not satisfied" … and nor should we be satisfied.

There's a long, long road ahead before we can stop and enjoy some internal back-patting.

Agree. A lot of the kudos coming our way is due to the ridiculously low expectations about the club externally. Parkins "Worst list than Essendon**", I'm Ralph's "Essendon** will still beat them twice" Champion Data's "List further away from a flag than any in history etc.

Suddenly people are finding out that football clubs are built around people and not just rankings points and what impact someone like BB can have with full buy in from others.

No doubt we will cop what many will see as "a reality check" in the next fortnight but you just know internally that the direction of the club will not change regardless of the results of past and upcoming.

Nobody would understand how much work there is still to do than a man who was at Box Hill/Hawthorn from 2009-2015 as well as the list manager who helped set up a list that currently has around 1,356 1st round picks......

True with the 'reality check', I don't think anyone either in or outside of Carlton thinks we are suddenly a finalist, but still if/when we lose to North and Geelong people will be saying that.

I don't think anyone seriously thinks we will win either of our next 2, maybe some kind of chance against North but without Levi and Kreuze it looks a bridge too far.

Regardless, the direction of the club shouldn't and won't change.

The only difference might be Synners will come back after his ban saying we all got too excited about beating crap sides and the board need to go.

CK95 · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2016 12:42 pm

Massive reality korcheck coming up

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Wojee · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:17 am **Posts:** 35135

hashtagdadjoke

famousblueraincoat · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2016 12:59 pm

Carlton has an excellent chance of being 6W/6L after 12 rounds. Outstanding.

I cant see us beating North or Geelong, but beat the Bears and Saints we should... on current form..

If we get up against North... oooley doooley

teagueyubeauty · **Joined:** Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:28 am **Posts:** 6450

Be out of spoon contention, time to put the queue in the rack....

sinbagger · **Posted:** Tue May 17, 2016 3:42 pm

Adam Chatfield wrote:

Blueboy74 wrote:

camelboy wrote:

I'm loving Bolton, too, of course, but we haven't achieved anything yet. It's nice to get some positive media attention, but it's all cyclical and after a few more losses the boots will be back into the club.

Pleasingly, Bolton himself has acknowledged our progress, but with the proviso of "we're not satisfied" … and nor should we be satisfied.

There's a long, long road ahead before we can stop and enjoy some internal back-patting.

Agree. A lot of the kudos coming our way is due to the ridiculously low expectations about the club externally. Parkins "Worst list than Essendon***", I'm Ralph's "Essendon*** will still beat them twice" Champion Data's "List further away from a flag than any in history etc.

Suddenly people are finding out that football clubs are built around people and not just rankings points and what impact someone like BB can have with full buy in from others.

No doubt we will cop what many will see as "a reality check" in the next fortnight but you just know internally that the direction of the club will not change regardless of the results of past and upcoming.

Nobody would understand how much work there is still to do than a man who was at Box Hill/Hawthorn from 2009-2015 as well as the list manager who helped set up a list that currently has around 1,356 1st round picks......

True with the 'reality check', I don't think anyone either in or outside of Carlton thinks we are suddenly a finalist, but still if/when we lose to North and Geelong people will be saying that.

I don't think anyone seriously thinks we will win either of our next 2, maybe some kind of chance against North but without Levi and Kreuze it looks a bridge too far.

Regardless, the direction of the club shouldn't and won't change.

The only difference might be Synners will come back after his ban saying we all got too excited about beating crap sides and the board need to go.

The board does need to go, nothing's changed there...

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