Why its taking so long to rebuild....

[1980]

All you guys on here that are complaining about how long it is taking to rebuild are dead set idiots! Its not going to happen with the click of the fingers, we are only in year 3 of rebuilding and you think its taking forever? It takes 6-8 years to rebuild a club you knobs, we finished wooden spooners last year, we've played 2 teams that played off in preliminary finals last year and you's expect us to be beating them and pushing for top 4? Fair dinkum, be realistic, rebuilding is not a 100m sprint, its a marathon!

Took Hawks 3 under Clarkson

Took Saints 3 under Thomas

Takes 5 according to Miller when he took the job

Takes 5 according to Wallace when he took the job

So where exactly did you get 8 Years from???

 

[krustyman]

Took Hawks 3 under Clarkson

Took Saints 3 under Thomas

Takes 5 according to Miller when he took the job

Takes 5 according to Wallace when he took the job

So where exactly did you get 8 Years from???

I dont think next year will be any better either, the younger players are still lagging behind the opposition.

 

[YellowandBlackBlood]

WTF??? Good average player at best.

He was one of the main reasons the dogs did poorly last year. They sorely missed his vigour. Have a look at what he does behind the scenes in a game.

 

[NQTIGER]

Spud just hung it on us, on BEFORE THE BOUNCE, but he sounded stupid cause he said 14 of those players were his picks and the list he gave us was on the up.....what a w***er

 

[tigers_of_old_08]

It took Geelong 7 years to win last years Premiership.

 

[hiro]

someone in this thread called Mitch Hahn a gun. hello?

 

[YellowandBlackBlood]

someone in this thread called Mitch Hahn a gun. hello?

He is tougher than 99% on our list! That makes him a gun in my opinion. Toughness and hardness at the ball are just as important (if not more so) than flashy skills mate! As I said before, his loss last year was one of the reasons the Dogs did so poorly in 2007.

 

[hiro]

He is tougher than 99% on our list! That makes him a gun in my opinion. Toughness and hardness at the ball are just as important (if not more so) than flashy skills mate! As I said before, his loss last year was one of the reasons the Dogs did so poorly in 2007.

Tim Fleming = gun

 

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Tim Fleming = gun

The loss of Tim Fleming only improved our performances. If you think he's the same player as Hahn, you have NFI about football.

 

[hiro]

The loss of Tim Fleming only improved our performances. If you think he's the same player as Hahn, you have NFI about football.

You'll never know how much it hurts to be told you know nothing about football by someone that thinks Mitch Hahn is a gun.

 

["The Roar Is Back"]

Getting back to the thread topic, one simple answer,
Hyde In , White Out .
emerg. incl. Connors, White, I think answers it all.

 

[YellowandBlackBlood]

You'll never know how much it hurts to be told you know nothing about football by someone that thinks Mitch Hahn is a gun.

The bulldogs have won 60% of their games with Hahn in the team.
They have only won 40% with him out of the team.

If you can improve your winning ratio by 50% by including a single player into the team, that player, by any definition, MUST be a gun.

End of argument!

 

[UnCani]

This is not a trolling effort. I just hate Walllace and dont thing that much of him. The post below was written a few years back by another bulldog supporter.

IMO On a seperate point Richmond need to aim a lot higher than comparisons to the Dogs. We have only ever won ONE flag etc. You need to compare yourselves to Adelaide, Port etc. You have the supporters, access to the money but....



Originally Posted by GoodThing
From a couple of years ago. Good to remember this.

Wallace inherited a team which had been in the finals in 94 and 95. 96 was the Year of the Dogs where he replaced Joyce. He then lead them to 3rd, 3rd, 6th, 8th, 10th, 13th. They got worse and worse every year. His winning record 54% is EXACTLY the same as Peter Schwabs' going into this
season.

He progessively dismantled the team. As his ball-winners (Libba, Dimma, Romero, Powell) left he didn't replace them. He kept getting more and more light-bodied recievers, including trading Montogmery for Eagleton. Why would you go for Eagleton when you allready have Smith, Johnson, Cameron etc.? He has left the Dogs in a terrible position with only Scott West to win the hard ball. After the 2 preliminary final losses the writing was on the wall that his team of wingmen could not win finals matches but he went more and more down that path.

The fact that Roos was able to takeover from Eade and get the Swans back in the finals is a complement to the good shape Eade left the club in. The fact that Rohde has no midfield and no key position players and can't get the Dogs to even sneak 10 wins a year is testament to the condition that
Wallace left the Dogs in.

His record with key position players was terrible. His run-run-run, chip it around, carry the ball, share the ball, flood flood flood game plan made playing forward impossable. He would not know a key position player (or forward) if one jumped up and bit him. This is the guy who recruited Simon Minton-Connell, James Cook, Steven Pitt, Paul Hudson, Kinglsey Hunter, Trent Bartlett, Daniel Bandy, Aaron James, Nicky Winmar and Andrew Wills.
His idea of key defenders is the likes of Simon Cox, Ben Harrison and Craig Ellis ... mixed in with Steve Kretiuk and Mathew Croft. If he hadn't been 'given' Darcy, Wynd and Grant he'd have been stuffed.

Other than the players he inherited Darcy, West, Grant, Johnson, Smith, Wynd and Cameron it is difficult to think of anyone other than Brown who has really done much. Robert Murphy offers a bit but he only played 9 games under Wallace.

He has almost no track record of developing players. A terrible record with forwards. No idea of what a key position player is. He is about the worst player trader there has ever been. He insists on having complete say on list management and upsets his players. When he quit the Dogs, the players said they wanted him out and they didn't want him to coach the last game on the year.

Terry Wallace self-publicist and media darling? Certainly. Terry Wallace coaching innovater with a clear plan? Yep. Terry Wallace good coach who could help a club if given a 2nd chance? Perhaps. Terry Wallace master-coach who can turn a club around, get the best out of under-performing players and solve a teams problems? Give me a break.