I agree that our list is sub-par but surely a coach in his fourth year at the helm and largely responsible for our current direction should be held accountable for this???
I see this is an issue that has largely come from the years 2007 through 2011. These were relatively lean years in relation to recruiting top end talent. In 2007 Adelaide recruited Danderfield, 2008 Sloane, 2009 Talia, 2010 Brodie Smith. During that time the only A graders we recruited were Sidebottom and Beams

. If you want to blame anything about our current situation it is these lean years at the draft table.
In 2007 we traded 14 for Wood which we could have used on Harry Taylor
In 2008 we did not trade and picked up Sidebottom and Beams
In 2009 we traded for Jolly and Ball which we could have used on Fyfe and Sam Reid
In 2010 we traded for Kraks and Ceglar which could have got us Jack Darling.
We are suffering the combined effects of a long period in finals contention, a corrupted draft due to GWS and GC, and trading to try to win a flag and trying to stay there. The system is designed for us to fall in the same way as the Bulldogs and Saints have. Geelong have held on longer than most would expect, but they are in decline. The Hawks will follow at some stage in the next few years as well.
The club identified this problem at the end of 2012 and have taken aggressive action to address the problem. But it is a few years away and we need to be patient. Buckley's ability to coach can only be assessed once he has a better list. MM's current performance shows that it is not the quality and experience of the coach that really matters, it is the quality of the list. The last four years Buckley has largely been coaching the list put together by MM with a short term view to win a flag before he finished.