Big Kahuna Boot wrote:
Goltzenberg wrote:
Do you remember when Collingwood smashed the Cats by 90 odd points?
Do you think Geelong Forums asked for a coach change. NO!!
I'm not saying Ratten is perfect, but if we make the finals this year, we have had a successful year. If he does nothing the year after, then you look at a change of coach.
..umm, well i do remember the steenky pies givin' the cats a shellacking last year yes.. ..i also remember that they won the flag the previous year, and had been winning games left, right and center and i figure their coach had a few losses in the bank.. [could argue they lost the flag last year too, vs hawks winning it]
..and personally, even taking into account where our list was coming from.. ..finals footy this year should be a given.. ..finals footy shouldn't have been the pass mark for Ratts, it's simply not a high enough benchmark.. ..with the list we have there should be no doubt about finals footy.. ..regardless, it's more how we play footy that's more the concern for mine..
..finals footy was always gonna happen.. ..unless we either got cruelled by injuries to seriously important players, or our coaching staff are totally incompetent..
Fair point, but previous to Geelong being one of the best teams since Brisbane of 01/02, they limped into the finals, then missed them the next year, only to surge in 07.
Thompson was ridiculed by the press, but he stuck to his plan, which the board of Geelong, and the supporters trusted, and look where it got them.
And, for the record, no, I'm not comparing Ratten to Thompson.
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