I'm a fan of Buckley, always find him interesting. He is a more rounded individual than I gave him credit for in his playing days. He seems a modest and level headed guy. If you had of asked me in their playing days, who would be the understated, patient coach and who would be the self obsessed ego maniac, out of Hird and Buckley, I would have had it around the other way.
However, I think the credit he is getting in the media is a little soon. Chris Scott and Buckley inherited similar lists (Collingwood's probably younger and with all their best players intact) and he was not able to revive that list for a Flag tilt immediately. They have both done a similar job on the development side of things but Collingwood fans would be rightly miffed that the unbeatable side running around in round 22 2011 was pulled apart pretty quickly.
If he goes onto win Flags with this group, all credit to him but he is a fair way off that.