Originally posted by gocatsgo
haven't posted in a while, but this is a subject close to my heart.
Ayres stuffed up Geelong good and proper and is doing (if not already has done) the same thing to the Crows.
his recruiting was a disgrace. I think of the five years he coached us only Steven King (who was a priority for us losing Wills and O'Reilly to Freo) and Darren Milburn are the only players remaining on our list that were recruited in this time.
He took over a side that i could have coached into a grand final in 1995 and in 1997 if he hadn't have made an example out of Ablett in the pre-season and played him in the reserves in round one (where he did his knee) we would have gone very very close to the premiership. As it was, we finished second behind Stkilda by about 2%... We all the story from there.
Ayres prematurely ended the careers of Bairstow, Couch, S. Hocking, Brownless and ultimately Ablett, these were our club legends and he made examples of them. Some of these players still haven't returned to the club.
Geelong is only now starting to turn around the Ayres legacy. It's taken Mark Thompson four and a half years to do it.
The situation i fear is very similar in Adelaide.
While he hasn't ended the careers of club legends as yet, he hasn't built for the future. A lot of the club's young players have 10 or so games. Given the club hasn't really been a power side since 1998 (give or take the odd finals appearance) these players should have 40-50 games by now.
I'm delighted it's not Geelong's problem anymore, but from the outside looking in, I don't see you improving with him as coach.
haven't posted in a while, but this is a subject close to my heart.
Ayres stuffed up Geelong good and proper and is doing (if not already has done) the same thing to the Crows.
his recruiting was a disgrace. I think of the five years he coached us only Steven King (who was a priority for us losing Wills and O'Reilly to Freo) and Darren Milburn are the only players remaining on our list that were recruited in this time.
He took over a side that i could have coached into a grand final in 1995 and in 1997 if he hadn't have made an example out of Ablett in the pre-season and played him in the reserves in round one (where he did his knee) we would have gone very very close to the premiership. As it was, we finished second behind Stkilda by about 2%... We all the story from there.
Ayres prematurely ended the careers of Bairstow, Couch, S. Hocking, Brownless and ultimately Ablett, these were our club legends and he made examples of them. Some of these players still haven't returned to the club.
Geelong is only now starting to turn around the Ayres legacy. It's taken Mark Thompson four and a half years to do it.
The situation i fear is very similar in Adelaide.
While he hasn't ended the careers of club legends as yet, he hasn't built for the future. A lot of the club's young players have 10 or so games. Given the club hasn't really been a power side since 1998 (give or take the odd finals appearance) these players should have 40-50 games by now.
I'm delighted it's not Geelong's problem anymore, but from the outside looking in, I don't see you improving with him as coach.
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