Toast Collingwood - the fastest rebuild ever

[Carringbush2010]

Rebuild, this was never a rebuild, regeneration? Sure.

• When Wrighty arrived, the list was all sorts of imbalance and severely lacking depth
• Fly and his panel arrived and then got the best out what was available
• Recruited over the off season for the type of players needed to suit their style
• Through development of game and players, and the off season recruiting, now there is depth and list balance.

That is certainly not a rebuild.

 

[smasha]

McRae and Leppa have transformed them.

 

[geelong_crazy26]

Pretty sure we had an absolutely disastrous list when McRae joined and we wouldn’t play finals for close to 10 years. That’s what we were told at least

So pendlebury, sidebottom, Howe, Maynard, moore, Elliot, degoey, adams, mihockek, hosking elliot, crisp, cox…. Might be missing a few… but that’s 12 best 22 still there from your last GF appearance.

A very minor revamp if anything

 

[Gimmeafree]

Bump (ducks for cover)

 

[ChristianBoy]

Bump (ducks for cover)

Pendles Sidey still play major roles.

 

[MisterMarcus]

They're the 5th oldest list in the comp, so not sure it's a 'rebuild' really.

More like they've managed the difficult trick of getting a group of quality kids reaching high AFL standard while the older blokes are still firing.

They honestly remind me a lot of Geelong the last year or two: SDK, Jack Henry

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, Zuthrie, Close, Holmes, etc developing into Best 22 players while we still had prime Selwood, Dangerfield, Hawkins, Cameron, Duncan, Cuthrie, etc.....

 

[g_TRAIN]

Well coached.

I suspect if they still had Bucks at the helm they would be a bottom 8 side still

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[the harry]

That Daicos kid sure helps.

How'd they get him, finish last and not trade out their first round pick?

 

[Pistol Night]

That Daicos kid sure helps.

How'd they get him, finish last and not trade out their first round pick?

Nah, Peter feeding 11 chardonnays into Mrs Daicos 21 years ago one night

 

[BigVic]

Good drafting and smart trading is the key

 

[doppleganger]

N.Daicos, Ruscoe, Noble, I.Quaynor, McReery, A.Johnson, Ginnivan, Frampton, B.Hill, Kreuger, W.Kelly, Markov, T.Mitchell

Half the ANZAC day team, fairly good to add all those names to the team in last few years.

Good clubs continually turn their list over and fill weaknesses.

 

[adammania9]

Collingwood's SANFL talent ID has been out of this world - Johnson, Noble, Frampton, McCreery, Carmichael

 

[Taper]

Quickest rebuild in AFL history?

 

[Rusty Beam]

Quickest rebuild in AFL history?

We really only had the one down year.

I think the rebuild stuff is overblown.

 

[kranky al]

Dead Cat Bounce. Wait till the old heads retire & they lose some of the close ones. See Hawks 2018.

When your home ground is the gf venue the premierships a cakewalk.

 

[kranky al]

Well coached.

I suspect if they still had Bucks at the helm they would be a bottom 8 side still

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No slag on bucks but I think every coach has their time at a club then gets stale.

 

[Taper]

We really only had the one down year.

I think the rebuild stuff is overblown.

I remember in 2021 when everyone was saying Collingwood had the worst list, they had a long rebuild ahead of them and would be at least half a decade away from playing finals again.

 

[Rusty Beam]

I remember in 2021 when everyone was saying Collingwood had the worst list, they had a long rebuild ahead of them and would be at least half a decade away from playing finals again.

Those people were idiots.

 

[TheDyerLegacy]

McRae and Leppa have transformed them.

 

[Chief Ten Beers]

When your home ground is the gf venue the premierships a cakewalk.

They played a gf in Perth though....what have the eagles done since half a decade ago?

 

[juss]

McCrae takes a lot of credit. I don't think they win this flag under Buckley, it's not like their list is star studded on every line, they've been exceptionally managed and extracted everything from their talent and age profile in its prime.

8/23 players today are over 30, next year 9 of them are so it's not exactly a young team, they've struck while the iron was hot which is the single most important thing, take your chance when you are up there.

 

[Bianconeri]

No slag on bucks but I think every coach has their time at a club then gets stale.

Bucks was an average coach there’s no need to protect him from criticism.

 

[J Albert]

They won’t win a final

Hahahahahahahahahaahha worst call of all time

 

[Drexl 31]

I don't dislike this group as much as the pies teams in the 80's and 90's. Seemed to be a lot more mongrels in those days. Hats off to the pies, a bloody good football team. Look forward to battling them next season and beyond.

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Bucks was an average coach there’s no need to protect him from criticism.

This. The Pies improved on and off field when McGuire and Buckley were moved on.