Clubs rebuild quicker these days, but only on the basis they choose to.
We just wasted 3 years on NOT rebuilding, then sewed it all up by trading away 2 years of our best picks - it basically puts you back 5. So any benefit teams get these days on be able. to rebuild "faster", we have well and truely pissed away
When we showed the clear signs of decline in 2021, i thought we could be fighting for a flag again within 3-5 years.
Now we are basically 2 years after that point and i really cant see it happening for 5, but most likely a lot longer, especially if we do hire Mini as coach.
?I know we had success with the Dimma way once, but the road there was super bumpy early on. Those first run of finals losses were awful - realy embarrassing losses - and 2016 was a utter shitshow. That was why 2017 was such a HUGE shock. I don't know what our odds were at the start of the season in 2017, but they would have had to been 100-1+ - it was a dramatic swing to success & we had a lot of nifty pieces all come together at a perfect time. I am not sure what you can replicate from that journey?
To me the bricks to our dynasty was built on high quality prospects combined with being high quality people. Dimma was a high quality person during this tenure ( i obviously feel that changed over the hub ), but the team was built on Cotchin,Dustin & Rance. These 3 were not just generational players, they were exceptional people and leaders too. Its a rare mix. Those were the 3 names that we got all around the same time that changed this club, forever. Pick 2,3 & a priority pick 18. Beyond that, we also had Edwards, Riewoldt, Grimes, Astbury, Vloss - all guys taken with good picks in drafts a bit earlier - but also fitting that rule. Then we did some SMART deals with Grigg & Houli -= again 2 just exceptional humans - leaders of the highest order. We were collecting a type of person who became "The Tiger Ethos". It was such a ragtag bunch of interesting people with spiritual beliefs & strong traits in building family & community.
I thought after 2021, we had the right idea somewhat in that we got 5 picks in the top 30. The style of player we chose to recruit with those picks was bizzare really, nto really pieces you can "build around", just role player types. The decision to get Tarrant really worried me as the 2nd year was clearly a massive reach & last off-season was a disaster in motion. The strategy Dimma played post our flags, which is the era Mini joined the club, the rebuilding & recruiting strategy has been pretty poor really
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how do people not understand and accept this
