Josh Kaplan wrote:
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hose advocating more change are like what I said before looking for the magic wand to cure or ills
How much upheaval do you want - How much more can the club and its supporters tolerate before it all becomes to hard and everyone just walks away
since 2002 onwards there has been drama after drama in this footy club and what it needs most is not Dean Laidley or Sanderson - It needs a sustained period of stability - Heads down bums up get down and dirty for 5-10 years to come .
The same people who were not happy under Elliott and Brittain soon grew tired of Collins and Pagan lost patience with Smorgan - were put back in their place when Pratt arrived and now are crawling out from under the wood work making all the same noises they did 8-9 years - And yet they hide behind a computor screen and the Carlton One ticket or the unofficail selection committee
since taking over fully the reigns in 2008 only 6 teams have a better win/loss ratio than Carlton and this is coming off 3 spoons in 5 years - that to me puts Ratts in the top section of all the coaches floating around
and it would most likely have been higher if he hadn't lost His key forward and His second best midfielder
Up there with the worst post I have ever seen, a complete misunderstanding of why we have the worst record of any AFL club from the period of 2002 until now.
Who are these same people you refer to? Are they the ones who sat idly by in 2001 when the Elliott almost tore this club to shreds? What angers me is the penchant of so many on here who simply have not learnt from our mistakes. Perpetual accountability is the only way this club is going to get anywhere near #17.. That doesn't mean challenging every decision the club makes, but the fact so many on here are so terrified of reading a different take on the current state of affairs is quite sad.
If the members had not been up in arms at what Elliott was doing to the Club, he'd still be President and where would we be? I know that in my own family, we had serious concerns about Elliott way back before the sh*t hit the fan - in fact, as far back as the early 90s. Yes, I know we won a Flag in '95. I also distinctly remember my father saying that if we were not careful, Elliott will destroy the football club in the same way that he was destroying his personal life. The writing was on the wall back then. Only then, there was no online forum on which to voice and discuss our concerns.
If the members had not been up in arms at Smorgon's inept presidency, he'd still be president and we may still have Malouf and Williams and no Judd and no money. There was much discussion at the tmie on the predecessor to this site that he had to go. Some posters were adamant that we shouldn't rock the boat with more change, that there had been enough instablility and we needed to consolidate and trust that Board. Sound familiar?
I have had my concerns about Kernahan as President ever since I heard him speak at the Extraordinary General Meeting shortly before Elliott's demise. I have recounted that night on this site in the past, and shall do so again briefly now. When asked about the performance of the football department, of which he was an official member (and a Board member, ha??), he said that he and the football department had failed, and needed to be held responsible. The next question to him was about the performance of the Board, and the financial disaster that they had created. His answer - "I'm not the one to ask about such matters, you should address that question to John". So...if he had failed as a member of the football department, and didn't understand the Board activities, what on earth was he doing there? Aside from backing Elliott to the hilt, imploring the members to stick with that Board.
Which he did again at the end of the Smorgan presidency, backing the Board to the hilt. After both Elliott and Smorgan were dismissed, he then came out and said the performance of the previous Boards had been poor, and unacceptable. One minute he wanted us to stick with them, the next he told us that they hadn't been up to scratch. Ha?
I voted against Kernahan when the Collins ticket challenged. It dumbfounded me that he could get up in front of the members and defend the Elliott Board. I believe he has only been up for election once since then (I stand to be corrected on that), and I voted against him then as well. I have held this concern for a decade.
Three years ago, there were a few people on here who voiced their concerns about Kernahan. We were derided by most as being disrespectful to a Club champion. The number of people who have concerns about Kernahan (and that is not to doubt his passion for the Club, rather his ability to do the job he needs to do) since then have steadily grown, with many on here openly discussing a transition, open to Kernahan stepping aside.
This is not an issue about Laidley v Barker. This is people concerned at whether we have the right people in place, to make the right decisions, to provide the right leadership and create the right culture to return us as a super power and deliver us number 17 and beyond. Not finishing top 4 for 3 years, losing a grand final, and then slipping away. Sustained excellence and success over a long period.
It seems that there are many on here who share that concern, however they voice it.
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