Fair.
They got the mids and ruck.
Decent tall forward .
Brought in helmet and parker .
They have not shown much improvement even in their losses. Take Adelaide for example, they finished bottom four but had a style which tested a lot of teams. Even West Coast showed a lot more than North Melbourne and they have considerably less talent on the park.
North Melbourne will do well just to get to 8 wins and that may still only be good enough for a bottom six finish.
I can't see any dramatic spike like we saw from Hawthorn. Hawthorn are a proven commodity and know how to get it right. North are an embarrassment to the competition.