What They're Saying - The Bulldogs Media Thread - Part 4
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BMac said when he came in that it would take five years before we would be contenders. Five years later…
Macca was a really bad coach. Negative footy and his coaching style a relic from a time gone by. Bad product and alienated players. The rebuild had to happen but it was not managed well.
The only real payoff we got from the Macca era were some good top draft picks (courtesy of losing a lot of games) that contributed very quickly (Stringer, Macrae, Bont), and we were very lucky in that we turned the Griff saga into a premiership hero.
Most of the work of that ‘five year plan’ was done by Dalrymple (eg Dahl, JJ) and some very timely father son gifts - Libba, Hunter, Cordy. Mitch of course should have contributed too if not for unity.
You can argue Maccas contested ball mantra was key but he was so bad a coach I’m personally not willing to give benefit of the doubt on that one. That last game of 2014 still sits in my mind lol.
I think Bevo has done his dash here at this point, but that hire was (obviously) incredibly astute given the preceding few years. He was backed by some strong assistants (oh to have those days) and way more tuned in to managing modern players.
If we had hired Leon Cameron or someone else, and we didn’t get that success, I think the Macca era would be viewed upon even more negatively. Particularly in such a scenario we turn our captain into the Tom Boyd contract without a premiership to show for it.
The only real payoff we got from the Macca era were some good top draft picks (courtesy of losing a lot of games) that contributed very quickly (Stringer, Macrae, Bont), and we were very lucky in that we turned the Griff saga into a premiership hero.
Most of the work of that ‘five year plan’ was done by Dalrymple (eg Dahl, JJ) and some very timely father son gifts - Libba, Hunter, Cordy. Mitch of course should have contributed too if not for unity.
You can argue Maccas contested ball mantra was key but he was so bad a coach I’m personally not willing to give benefit of the doubt on that one. That last game of 2014 still sits in my mind lol.
I think Bevo has done his dash here at this point, but that hire was (obviously) incredibly astute given the preceding few years. He was backed by some strong assistants (oh to have those days) and way more tuned in to managing modern players.
If we had hired Leon Cameron or someone else, and we didn’t get that success, I think the Macca era would be viewed upon even more negatively. Particularly in such a scenario we turn our captain into the Tom Boyd contract without a premiership to show for it.
