Quote Originally Posted by Twodogs View Post
I'll never forget when he was coaching us, after his first or second game in charge, we had a huge upset win against Hawthorn. We were all out on the ground after the siren (like we did back then) celebrating and slapping backs and chanting "Red, White, Bluey!" As he disappeared down the race with the players surrounding him his first rose in the air in triumph. It was a great moment.

He bought some pride back to the club in 1983. That was the year that everything changed. We stopped just going through the motions and being happy to help be making up the numbers as a VFL club. We got some decent players on board and took some pride in our performance.
Indeed 1982 was a bleak year. We won just three games. The nadir was a 146 point drubbing by Essendon at home in the last round. We won the wooden spoon. In '83 we finished 7th and won 10 games. So yes, Bluey helped turn the ship around.