In the last 20 years, we're essentially the same as St Kilda, without the "bottoming out" bit, which is largely irrelevant anyway because many sides strategically bottom out and it results in flags. Do you reckon people go "Yeah, Collingwood won a flag in 2010, but they bottomed out to get it so it's not as good"?
Yep. St Kilda.
Its ridiculous to compare us to St Kilda - a lightweight club that has been terrible for most of the last 40 years. We've had four premiership runs in the last 25 years and have been a quality side for maybe 20 of those years.
Teams who bottom out will mostly do it forever. It's a ridiculous myth that you can just be terrible for a few years and it doesn't damage the players you have. You see "rebuilding sides" in every sport in the world, and mostly they just keep doing more rebuilds.
Melbourne has been horrendous for a generation. Carlton the same.
And I think people mostly think of Collingwood as a massive disappointment for the last ten years. I actually think their premiership has been mostly forgotten, as will be the Western Bulldogs.
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