Gotta say Roughy is someone I’d be taking heed in what he says . Club needs a massive overhaul at seasons end .
Few players there though I’d suggest didn’t do themselves any favours . We all know the stories so let’s not guild the lilly
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Gotta say Roughy is someone I’d be taking heed in what he says . Club needs a massive overhaul at seasons end .
Few players there though I’d suggest didn’t do themselves any favours . We all know the stories so let’s not guild the lilly
Agree with all the previous posts, one thing that concerns me also is how are we perceived amongst other AFL players as a destination? Considering we have struggled to land A graders this could be a concern.
Players will fall out with coaches of course, Lachie Neale and Ross Lyon an example, and players have improved with us as explained but it's certainly something to consider.
The thing is when you have 45 players at a club, they are not all going to be 100% happy for various reasons. If a player is not getting games, and think they should be, they will be disgruntled and want to change to a new club.
Roughie is a great guy, and who knows what happened behind closed doors, there are always two sides to a story. Take a person when they get the sack, they publicly say they resigned.
It was obvious that Roughie wasn't the greatest tap ruck in the AFL and was struggling to get a game. It was also obvious our coaches didn't see him slotting into the backline, or maybe he just wanted a change.
I say good luck to him, but I don't read into his departure that there are issues at the club with players overall.
I wouldn't be reading too much into it other than our program has gotten stale and those delivering it need to be turned over. Something blind Freddy can see, I'll be super pissed off with Grant, Baines and Gordon if they don't have the apricots to force changes after a substantial review.
It's actually reached a point where the supporters need to be extremely vocal in their disapproval and aggressively lobby the club to make changes.
Wasn't the time to do this in the 2017 off-season? We had 2 elite years prior and then dropped from 19 wins to 11 wins in 1 season. What on earth have our senior management been doing the last 2 years, presiding over minimal changes and even worse on-field results (8 wins in 2018 and likely even less this year)?
There are probably ok & valid reasons for each individual who departs a club, but at some point it reaches critical mass where we have to at least pose the questions of whether our club has somehow become an unhappy place to be. Roughie’s comments are that turning point for me.
It can’t always be “them” and not “us.”
Yes, the end of 2017 would have been suitable, but I can understand the club giving some latitude. The absolute very latest should have been after last year, but again it looks as if latitude has been given. There simply isn't any room for it anymore, and if the three I mentioned don't do anything to generate a review based change then their positions at the club should be up for debate.
I do hope Roughie's words resonate with the club and provoke some self-reflection and honest debate about whether there are things we could be doing better in regard to our management of the players.
Something isn't necessarily awry just because one bloke had a negative eperience; but Roughie is a quality bloke, and some of his attributed comments strike me as troubling. They're not the usual defensive outbursts indicative of a personal falling out, but rather an insight into an environment that was stale and devoid of stimulus.
I'll be very disappointed if the club doesn't think about what Roughie has said. This isnt the ramblings of someone looking to take a cheap shot by tweeting about being ' so motovated'.