Cos he keeps thrashing everyone in trade week.Days since Essendon won a final - 6451
It ain't happening this year so you can add another 550 or so minimum
7000 days. Divide that by 365 and its more than 19 years -
How the hell is Dudoro still there?
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Essendon = Entitlement
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I've met Connolly a few times socially and he's a great bloke.
But, when it comes to his footy team, he's a nuffy like the rest of us. He just doesn't get it. Everything he writes about his stinking club drips with exasperation ... as though he's affronted by their predicament. Why can't they just accept their place in the modern football landscape?
The attitude at Essendon is all wrong. No-one deserves success. There is no shortcut to a premiership. You can't recruit a culture.
But try telling that to Essendon. It's endemic through the place. And it's not just the board, coaches and recruiting team. The are home to the most deluded supporters in the land, including those who work in the media.
Why won't they do the hard yards? I mean, what's the matter with them?
I predict they will be in the wilderness for decades. Literally decades.
But, when it comes to his footy team, he's a nuffy like the rest of us. He just doesn't get it. Everything he writes about his stinking club drips with exasperation ... as though he's affronted by their predicament. Why can't they just accept their place in the modern football landscape?
The attitude at Essendon is all wrong. No-one deserves success. There is no shortcut to a premiership. You can't recruit a culture.
But try telling that to Essendon. It's endemic through the place. And it's not just the board, coaches and recruiting team. The are home to the most deluded supporters in the land, including those who work in the media.
Why won't they do the hard yards? I mean, what's the matter with them?
I predict they will be in the wilderness for decades. Literally decades.
Sounds very much like the attitude and culture of Richmond through the 80s, 90s and early 2000's. It wasn't really until Gary March took over as President and the likes of Wallet departed that the culture started to change. Peggy and Benny then took it a step further and the ego was replaced with proper governance and real leadership. Then Balmey got the footy department in order and moved on the selfish blokes like Deledio and success followed immediately.
Essendon won't improve until they are humbled by more years of failure, and as you say accept their fate and then cut the egos out of the joint.
Carlton is doomed to suffer the same fate given they remain a club ruled by egos.
Unfortunately the Pie's look to be on the right track with the appointment of McCrae and now that Fat Ed has departed
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Is it wrong to enjoy this unraveling happening in the 150th year Celebrations?
I agree, but I thought we had started to change when we at least gave coaches to the end of their contracts. I think it was Wallace and Geishen who did not perform but were given the full 5 year contract (my memory might be hazy on this as the premierships have done a good job of wiping a lot of those years). It felt a little different that we weren't expecting success in 2 or 3 years. It wasn't enough but it was a shift. Then we actually started to change the culture and look to build a list. For all of the crap Benny Gale got for his plan to 2020, it was a realistic time span not to expect success quickly. Plus, that quote from Gale that if we're not chasing premierships we might as well pack up and go home, clearly showed that there was a shift to building a culture of success, and a realisation of how long that takes.
Essendon sounded far more realistic before this season started, it sounded like they were starting to get it. The problem is that their performance this year does reflect their playing list and it sounds like the club are not being realistic about that fact. They are still not at the point where they face reality. Rohan Connelly's point above about not producing any stars except a father/son in 20 years is quite revealing. I always remember lamenting how Essendon could take decent players and turn them into very good players while we would take young draft picks with great potential and none of them would end up being very good let alone stars.
Lot of work for Essendon to do, hopefully they will wait until I'm long dead before they realise this.
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I'll raise you Stringer, only performs against the *smile* sides & has the media drowning in their own drool when he does it.
They were the best at dishing it out, they aren't so keen on that convo now tho...
Roco is saying the exact opposite of most Essington supporters though 8-er. He's saying they need to clear out the pres, the board and the coteries and start again. He knows that recruiting a messiah wont help.
It was Frawley and Wallace. Gieschen walked before the end of his contract, because we were talking to Sheedy. Wallace stepped down part way through his final season, after being assured we’d pay him out.
Yeah, Wallace also wanted to protect his "brand". He had a media career in his sights, and didn't want the negativity to follow him in his new job.
17 years. 21 since a flag, and Dodoro has been there 23 years. Amazing.Is it wrong to enjoy this unraveling happening in the 150th year Celebrations?
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Their culture is terrible as others have said. A mountain of evidence. Doing drugs and then refusing to admit it, Dodoros trade MO and record, Daniher, a favourite son, wanting out at all costs to name a few.
There are a lot of similarities to how we were, and I mean all of us including fans, an arrogance and belief our rightful place was on top and were one Peter Wilson away from more flags, but I reckon they are worse than we were. (might be a bit biased!) We eventually got over that sometime around 2005, 25 years, so maybe thats how long it takes to reach the point of collective acceptance and knuckle down.
edit: now I think about it, Carlton are past the 25 year mark, seem less entitled, and are on the improve.
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Aren't they always rated with a A+ after the trade/drafting period?
I've always hated how the Hearld sun and Fox sit there and rate clubs. Noone has seen them play.
They have no chance of becoming successful until every single person who was present during the systematic doping has departed the club. Same as with Melbourne and the tanking saga and Carlton and the salary cap rorting.
They have no chance of becoming successful until every single person who was present during the systematic doping has departed the club. Same as with Melbourne ???and the tanking saga and Carlton and the salary cap rorting.
hmm they are well on their way
Oh yeah. Don't the essenbum supporters like to tell everyone about the big new trade. Up the ladder we go, here comes finals!
But then the season starts and nothing changes.
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