For years Carlton ignored the draft and instead pursued a re-tread strategy, which worked in the 80s and 90s but not in the Naughties and beyond.
The club then changed tack and invested in the draft.
But was this the right move?
The Dogs and Tigers have won flags with few stars and instead hard bodies and hardened attitudes. I recall an interview with Tiger president Gale a couple years ago and he said with GWS likely to dominate in the future the club decided to get more experienced players instead of investing so much in the draft. It was felt a re-tread approach would make the team more competitive in the GWS years.
But we went the other way.
We could have Henderson, Garlett , Betts, Touhy, Waite, Gibbs etc running around for us.
Have we misread the football climate once again by going young during an era where arguably we should have gone more experience?
Could those names above theoretically thrive under Bolton??
Wouldn't that be ironic.
I'm not suggesting I believe this but I am asking us to debate this.
The club then changed tack and invested in the draft.
But was this the right move?
The Dogs and Tigers have won flags with few stars and instead hard bodies and hardened attitudes. I recall an interview with Tiger president Gale a couple years ago and he said with GWS likely to dominate in the future the club decided to get more experienced players instead of investing so much in the draft. It was felt a re-tread approach would make the team more competitive in the GWS years.
But we went the other way.
We could have Henderson, Garlett , Betts, Touhy, Waite, Gibbs etc running around for us.
Have we misread the football climate once again by going young during an era where arguably we should have gone more experience?
Could those names above theoretically thrive under Bolton??
Wouldn't that be ironic.
I'm not suggesting I believe this but I am asking us to debate this.