It’s hard to tell which way we will go. There’s usually a big down time for teams after a dynasty but Geelong and Sydney have bucked that trend (and yes I know they haven’t really had a dynasty but you get what I mean). We’ve seen Fly and Kingsley turn their teams around quickly, Voss as well.Our next premiership coach is not in the final two. As so often is the case whoever gets it will be charged with doing the hard yards, transitioning players out and trying to build a young and competitive list. Normally this comes with inconsistency in performance and a few poor years at the end of which the coach is replaced.
It’s the next coach that is able to benefit from the hard work already done who makes the club truly competitive again.
I often think first time coaches are on a hiding to nothing in these situations. Unless you’re extremely lucky and take over a team who massively underperformed in the previous year or so (Collingwood & GWS)
Who knows, a new coach with a new game plan and 2 or 3 new players (which looks unlikely for us this off season) and anything’s possible.