Scodog10
Brownlow Medallist
I heard Caro first make this statement a few weeks ago before Balme joined.
I'm with you - I think on face value GA is wrong.
But if he actually said "I only rate 3 players as A graders" then that's completely different context, and probably closer to the view of most people.
But Caro would prefer to leave this context out, even if she was aware of it, as it doesn't suit her narrative.
My understanding is that the two go hand in hand and that he's assessed that we have limited elite talent plus those underneath have been overrated.
For mine as long as the damage to our core 30 players is limited this off-season and the bulk of his work is done within the football department I'm happy. Overall I just want the list to be given the opportunity to show what it can do under good structure not what we've had in the recent past.
The good news I guess is that even if he doesn't rate the list, there won't be wholesale changes at this point in the year that could disrupt the list and force a restart on the rebuild. The players and coaches have 12 months to prove him wrong I guess.
I do find it odd though that Gubby supposedly has so much input in to our list given he's not the list manager. (Yes I am aware that Hine reports to him)
At a guess Gubby will allow autonomy within that department, but overule if he feels its necessary. I'm starting to really speculate on that though so overall my only hope is for list stability because having the most list changes across a five year period is a disgrace and not something we should have highlighted at the member forum.