Just because you don't agree, doesn't mean that it is vacuous. Geelong have bucked the trend but the uptick before the extended downturn has been shown to occur occasionally in the AFL (2018 Hawks). Saying a team has rebuilt after 1 year is a much more vacuous comment based on what a rebuild is in the AFL.Most ridiculous throwaway line used that I can think of.
Could have said the same for Geelong after their ageing list missed finals in 2015. Yet here we are. Again.
"Dead cat bounce" is a vacuous comment.