Max, correct. Eade took on a list at both the Bulldogs and Swans that were middle of the field list and in those days especially, there was a belief of a five year window to grow and make the finals and GF. This 5 year window somewhat still exists in todays game but Eade would must be licking his lips at the oppurtunity to take on a list like ours.
If he does get the job, I feel he will take us to the next level very quickly. He is one for attacking footy from the backline, is good on defence plans, and is a master tactician. He will improve our kicking skills to be more precise and teach our list how to stop easy turnover of the ball.
He did the above at the Swans/Bulldogs.....go to u tube and have a look at some of the finals games the Swans/Bulldogs played.It is more then evident.
As for being 56 and 3 years out of coaching, big deal, don't tell me the game has past him, what a load of crap, and if he has good assistants around him as well as Ashcroft and Blight to support him I feel we might be on a good thing here.
Just had a look at Eades coaching record. He has a win ratio of 54 % over some 314 games as coach. Now that % is right up there with this number of games coached.(314).
He took the Swans to a GF , and the Bulldogs to 3 prelim finals in a row, where he had this 5 year window confronting him full on with the Bulldogs playing list at the time.
Also, his final year as coach of the Swans was 2002. He took on the Bulldogs in 2005. So an absence of 3 seasons before returning to the big time.Going by this, the game had not past him at all, and so is the case now.





