I half agree with you Mark, because I think that any talk of reviews and overhauls are smokescreens, although I will wait to be pleasantly surprised.
It concerns me that Ed said he had a meeting with Balme over the future direction of the Club, as if Balme isn't a part of the review. WTF has he ever done off the field in all seriousness other than bring misery to the clubs he's overseen? Is he really the best bloke to talk to in relation to rebuilding??
I disagree that Malthouse isn't the one who can lead us forward. It's pretty typically Australian to flick underperformers, who might otherwise have learnt a lesson from their mistakes. He is a good coach, he's just useless at identifying talent.
The key is, has Malthouse learnt from his mistakes? The last draft involved trading down a draft pick for a mate who's past it. That's 5 years after the McKee stuff up, yet he's still making the same errors. That's highly concerning. As is his continual signing or recruiting of serial duds (usually blokes of good character) and his decreasing return from certain talented players (usually the "inferior" characters). And as is his neglect of the ruck.
But yeah, I think all we will see is a review, some furniture moved around and more appointments. And I don't think snowballing does anything than cover up the cracks and with Balmey and Scotty Cummings on board, we have some pretty big cracks to cover!!