Brisbane next week, will clock up another win, then a couple more challenging games but not without some hope. Its an even season so its not entirely crazy to say Collingwood could have a bit of a run and challenge for the 8, very unlikely though. All this focus on making the 8 this year was set out by Bucks himself, unfortunately for him, he doesn't get to set his own targets for retaining his job. At very best with a lot of luck, Collingwood are an 8-10 side with several clubs well ahead of them in developing young lists that will challenge in the future.
In my opinion, Buckley has to go whether Collingwood finishes, 13th, 10th or even 8th. I would only reassess things if they somehow made the finals and somehow won one.We will be saying the same things next year and the year after if they retain him. 6 years is long enough to reverse the declining trend since he took over.