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- Dec 11, 2009
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- Geelong
In an 18 team competition:
- 4 in 60 years is slightly better than should be expected
- 4 in 35 years is significantly better than should be expected
- 4 in 16 years is outrageously better than expected
Let that sink in.
If someone offered me 4 flags over the next 35 years I would take it with glee.
Couple that with the number of finals we have played in, the ridiculously low number of “inconsequential” games we play in, the number of champions we have seen play the game.
Nearly all clubs have to suck for 5 years winning less than 7-8 games every year to regenerate their list. We do it while making finals and challenging for the top 4.
We have had (and continue to have) an unbelievably charmed run.
I have long thought this, and this year has reinforced my belief - we have some of the most entitled supporters in the league. Most of them have no idea how good we have got it.
vs 13 premierships in 62 years.
We've had it good the last 17 years, but some have had it way better.
Others have had it way worse.
I'm happy to have been a Cats supporter all my life, and consider myself privileged for it.
Did those decades of nothingness hurt?
You betcha.
Did the wasted GF appearances hurt?
You betcha.
They were long, dark years, and we were a laughing stock for a long time.
All is forgiven, but can't be forgotten.
I liken it to the phoenix. We were almost gone as a club, but we've risen from the ashes and look where we are now!
Lots of different perspectives.