We're not rebuilding: Dogs

[azabob]

Re: We're not rebuilding: Dogs

It's also an admission they made some bad choices.

How do you mean? The trading for players?

[LostDoggy]

Re: We're not rebuilding: Dogs

How do you mean? The trading for players?

Thinking more about coaches.
Don't think Smorgon liked being told truthes about going backwards before challenging again.
I doubt any new coaching prospect would have said that.

[azabob]

Re: We're not rebuilding: Dogs

Thinking more about coaches.
Don't think Smorgon liked being told truthes about going backwards before challenging again.
I doubt any new coaching prospect would have said that.

I tend to agree with that.

Interesting if you believe the grapevine, Hardwick said the bombers list was no good, where as Knights said it was up to scratch....

[Maddog37]

Re: We're not rebuilding: Dogs

This is all guess work at best.

[LostDoggy]

Re: We're not rebuilding: Dogs

This is all guess work at best.

Some people here can vouch for the first part. Not that difficult to put 2 and 2 together anyway.

[Sedat]

Re: We're not rebuilding: Dogs

This article is treating Dogs supporters with contempt, and I for one certainly don't like being treated with contempt. I know Boyd is just towing the company line so I lay the blame well above him.

[Bornadog]

Re: We're not rebuilding: Dogs

This article is treating Dogs supporters with contempt, and I for one certainly don't like being treated with contempt. I know Boyd is just towing the company line so I lay the blame well above him.

Murphy was asked on AFL 360, why is Boyd saying its not a rebuild. Murph said I guess when you talk about a rebuild it means bottoming out and the club doesn't see that they are bottoming out, and to then climb again, they are trying to improve on the base they have now.

[Scraggers]

Re: We're not rebuilding: Dogs

This article was mentioned on 360 and Bob said that a rebuild implies that you have to bottom out ... This is the reason we are not in a rebuild phase (Bob's words, not mine).

In the words of the second red-headed clown, please explain ???

Can we get worse than this ?? Surely we are bottoming out now ... Geez I hope we don't go further down !!

[Sedat]

Re: We're not rebuilding: Dogs

A percentage of 75 would suggest that something doesn't correlate at all between the game plan and the playing group. Only non-competitive and routinely awful teams go around with a percentage of 75 in any given season. When will it be considered bottoming out? When we hit a percentage of 65???

[Happy Days]

Re: We're not rebuilding: Dogs

I vote for a ban on the refresh/rebuild/reboot debate, it's insulting enough to us as supporters to have it fed to us by the club, we're only furthering it by going on and on about it. We surely realise it's just rhetoric that was aimed at fairweatherish supporters and not a real assessment?

[Ghost Dog]

Re: We're not rebuilding: Dogs

I vote for a ban on the refresh/rebuild/reboot debate, it's insulting enough to us as supporters to have it fed to us by the club, we're only furthering it by going on and on about it. We surely realise it's just rhetoric that was aimed at fairweatherish supporters and not a real assessment?

The truth is, nobody knows how long this process will take before we are back in the 8. Unless we manage to jag a few games, we might hit rock bottom in terms of morale and momentum. Then again, a few heroes may appear. The saints will be a good challenge. They have had the wood over us for some time. Senior players are going to have to really stand up if they don't want things to go very badly. We cannot afford another capitulation for the next part of the season.

[Mantis]

Re: We're not rebuilding: Dogs

Thinking more about coaches.
Don't think Smorgon liked being told truthes about going backwards before challenging again.
I doubt any new coaching prospect would have said that.

How sure are you about this statement?

[LostDoggy]

Re: We're not rebuilding: Dogs

How sure are you about this statement?

Can't be certain but I doubt very much any prospect would have talk down the playing list/told them where we would be right now and got the job.

[Mantis]

Re: We're not rebuilding: Dogs

Can't be certain but I doubt very much any prospect would have talk down the playing list/told them where we would be right now and got the job.

You got the last bit right.

[chef]

Re: We're not rebuilding: Dogs

This article was mentioned on 360 and Bob said that a rebuild implies that you have to bottom out ... This is the reason we are not in a rebuild phase (Bob's words, not mine).

In the words of the second red-headed clown, please explain ???

Can we get worse than this ?? Surely we are bottoming out now ... Geez I hope we don't go further down !!

It will get worse before it gets better, we haven't bottomed out yet.

Over the next 3 years Hargrave, Gia, Gilbee, Lake, Morris, Cooney, Cross, Boyd and Murphy retiring.