Beat me to it.
For as long as I can remember, Blues fans have been bemoaning that fact that we have never embraced the draft & salary cap in preference to taking ill-fated shortcuts.
We have seen the ever popular 'Messiah Complex' far too often as well as some utterly appalling player selections in the draft due to the fact we had an unprofessional & under-resourced recruiting department.
The end result was a lopsided list (how many HBF'ers ??) and a spiral of diminishing returns.
The moment we decide to bite the bullet and get serious about our work, we have supporters with unrealistic expectations.
I do not like losing, in fact I ******* hate it but without implementing a 'Scorched Earth' policy, I genuinely was not expecting to see another flag in my lifetime after being spoilt with 8 in 27-years. In fact I could've seen us becoming another St. Blunda, a club that virtually makes up the numbers with the occasional 'streak' of good onfield performance.
We have sat by idle and watched other clubs zip past us with monotonous ease, they have also dropped down to our level but dug their way back out as well.
The line has finally been drawn in the sand at Carlton, we are doing it properly for the first time ever in this new era of professional football. Whilst people can question what is going on right now, I hope they will be man enough to apologise when it all falls into place in a couple of years.