Donstuie wrote:
I expect that Lloyd will be gone when this is over as part of a trifecta with MLG and Judd, as will most of the assistant coaches (except Power and perhaps O'Keefe). If they follow the obvious sentiment from supporters, Lloyd's replacement will be someone known for their ruthlessness, smarts and addiction to success. Essentially, the next Neal Balme.
Teague will be retained and be given the best possible support we can find him (and by 'best' I don't mean someone who's only coached for the Geelong Falcons or Northern Knights), packaged with an ultimatum that all excuses have been exhausted. Same goes for Power, given our history of horrid development.
High performance is a genuine mystery to me. Yes, Russell will be scrutinised in a big way, but like Teague he also has a team reporting to him who would manage the day to day with the players. I'd like this review to answer why Russell was an unbridled success until he came here, and how much impact his 'team' had in his success elsewhere and failure at Carlton. What won't be acceptable is "everything is hunky dory, we've just had bad luck".
I would also imagine our club psychologist will at least be interrogated about our mental deficiencies and conditional efforts.
List management may also get a shake up, with the last remnants of the SOS regime (Agresta, Brodie) stripped away. I'd also like Austin to be given a mandate to not let himself be [REDACTED] over like he was last trade period, and let others in the club worry about 'the brand'. If a 'name' player is asking for too much money, don't pursue him, and when the Dodoros of the world ask for too much, be prepared to walk away. I would also imagine that he'll be questioned about why he didn't draft any KPD or ruck replacements after giving so many the boot, and why we let our contract talks drag out for months in the media.
Communications may also get a rocket, with the 'disconnection' between club messaging and supporter sentiment. Supporters frankly don't give a @#$%&! right now about 'the hardest hits of the week', how good Eddie's latest arsey goal was, or that Charlie's a week closer (no shit). It's ok for the club to show that they're made up of human beings who feel what we feel, and not just soundbytes from the 'slogantron 3000'. I remember early in the year after Norf got flogged one week and their tweet was to the effect of "We're hurting too", which I'm sure did little to make their supporters feel better but at least didn't patronise them.
As for the players, it's hard to say how much they'll be affected directly (sans the changes above them). I only hope that there's enough of a cultural shift that any complacency, selfishness or effort that is less than 100% will no longer be tolerated. If you're not here to play in the next Carlton premiership, there's the door.
(I'd also be shocked if any changes to the board or how they're 'voted in' will change, but a guy can hope).
Top-down, I would expect a recommendation that our 'nice-guy' image be at least diluted.
It should mean something different for the players. Whatever regime we have going forward can’t have an environment where experienced guys just cruise, put in half assed efforts with no repercussions.
I like the fact we don’t just gift games to younger guys anymore but Teague has over corrected.
The Murphy situation is the worst example of this, got dropped, made sub, did nothing and recalled and was terrible again.
Guys like Doch, Cripps, Williams and Saad should be called out for providing sweet FA leadership by constantly being unaccountable and wanting to only play the game on their terms on leave the pesky defensive running to someone else.
As they said On The Couch if this leads to some sort of player revolt, what does it really matter? Just say to guys like Walsh, Weitering and Harry it’s their club now.