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Did I say you were?
I think that MLG's brief - by his own metrics - was to get us out of the colossal clusterfu** that was 2013-2015; where we went from having a team that had made finals but were suffering from a lack of incoming talent, and where we were not building from a financial or a membership perspective. We were a shamozzle on and off the field.
He picked 3 people to pull us out; Trigg, Bolton and SOS.
Now, you can critique the overall picture - SOS having too much power initially leading to him butting heads with too many people; Trigg's unwillingness to move to Melbourne; Bolton's needing Craig and not replacing him after he left - but given what he started with, one can only really conclude that his presidency has given us the building blocks with which to push us further than we have been in the new millennium.
Do we have issues now, and have we fallen short of where would like to be by this point? Absolutely. But I take issue with the notion that we could've absolutely nailed everything from 2015 on.
You're always going to make mistakes, and we had so many problem.
... I'm struggling to see the issue.
Let's make this as simple as possible: how long were you willing to allow for Teague or Bolton to change a lightbulb? At what point do you start disputing individual steps on the way if the task isn't completed?
Agreed.
I don't think that Teague was an above average coach. An above average coach doesn't lose his best player and captain. An above average coach doesn't ignore youth, and only play them after a review into their coaching is called. An above average coach doesn't concede clearance after clearance or goal after goal consecutively. An above average coach doesn't coach a side that refuses to tackle.
The problem with yours and others arguments to this effect is that it relies on a pattern of behaviour; that we dismiss coaches for other issues. I do not think that David Teague fits that pattern, and I'd like to see someone justify it in the light of the fact that Teague has (essentially) been confirmed to have interfered in injury and rehab, has definitively played favorites and has refused for substantial amounts of time time to play younger players through the midfield or in the ones, and has genuinely sought to light the joint on fire upon leaving.
Yes. There was nothing remotely 'above average' about Teague. The decision had to be made.
Sayers is hopefully getting us back to procuring the best available in all areas. We are Carlton $#k the rest type attitude served as well for a very long time.