Our club’s motto is literally: “We exist to win premierships”. It’s been way too long.
One of the first things Tony Soprano says to his therapist, Dr. Melfi, in the pilot episode of“It’s good to be in something from the ground floor,” he tells her. “I came too late for that, and I know. But lately, I’m getting the feeling that I came in at the end. The best is over.”
It has been a blessing and a curse. Nothing brings out the scumbag in me like a Showdown. The Crows are for the top end of town; we are the people’s club, and proud of it. I could spend hours talking about Roger James, or Michael Wilson, or even John Butcher. I’m still furious we let Shaun Burgoyne go.Bryan Charlton
There have been multiple books written about what happened next, but long story short, we eventually entered the AFL in 1997 but had to come up with a new nickname and a new colour scheme to appease those in charge, and by those in charge I mean Collingwood.The difficulty has been adjusting to being a small fish in a big pond. In fact, we haven’t adjusted, and that’s the problem. Culturally, institutionally, we expect more than is possible at this level for a club of our size.
They didn’t have to deal with this in the ’50s and ’60s, the heyday of Fos Williams. Or the 1980s and ’90s, when John Cahill and Russell Ebert were coaching, Greg Phillips, Bruce Abernathy, Tim Ginever and Scott Hodges were running around and my dad and uncles were in the stands.The best, as Tony Soprano says, is probably over.. I do think he’s been in the job for longer than his finals record deserves, but I am extremely open and indeed eager to be proved wrong.
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