What amazes me about * is the deeply inbred sense of arrogance.
Collingwood were like that, but they choked like no other for 32 years and hit financial hard times in the 90s, so they aren't as bad as they once were (Eddie withstanding).
Carlton were like that, but got caught cheating big time, won a swag of spoons, sacked coaches here are there, got massively in debt thanks to a white elephant at Princes Park, and still have a fairly crap list, so they aren't as bad as they once were.
The only other club that could be compared is West Coast, but I don't know them well enough, and they've had to deal with the Cousins and co. drug saga, Judd leaving in his peak, Fletcher almost dying in Vegas, a spoon, and still a fairly average list, so perhaps not as bad as they once were.
Maybe, just maybe, the fact the *board chose not to appeal the Court decision means they've come to the realisation their hubris ain't gonna save them no matter how hard they try. A whack from ASADA, Worksafe, the AFL (already), Paddy walking out, potentially others, the EGM and a chance of blood hitting the pavement, and a massive debt from this saga may just whack them down the arrogance totem pole by a rung or two.
*They need to deal with the infraction notices and everything that comes along for the ride. And they need to cut *Hird loose. Until *they do it's going to be a slow, painful experience even after ASADA have done their job.
Catharsis will only occur for the penitent. I'm not convinced in any way *they are.