Melbourne believe they do not need an external review of the football department to tell them what has gone wrong despite an alarming falling away and that this season will prove the outlier, not last season.
Demons president Glen Bartlett rejected the idea that last years preliminary final was a flash-in-the-pan season and instead believed this year would prove the aberration.
He said he still believed the season was still alive for his 16th-placed side and they could finish strongly in their remaining seven games.
You can sit and cry about what has happened but that is not what we are about. No one can deny we are on top of the injury ladder
Independent reviews of football departments have been popular at clubs in similar situations to Melbourne to seek to identify what went wrong and where improvements could be made. Bartlett said that was unnecessary.
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"Last year was not a flash in the pan, people get emotional and panic and that is counter-productive. We know where we are at and what has gone against us this year," Bartlett said.
"I think that it was remarkable we had five linear years of development and improvement and through that we knew there would be times when it was bumpy and would not be linear and that is what has occurred.
"We have made some mid-season changes in footy because we are reviewing all the time. We dont need to do a big external review at the end of the year, we are constantly reviewing.
Tom McDonald was in top form on Sunday before joining the Demons' injury list.Credit:AAP
"List and footy decisions are for Josh (Mahoney) and Goody (Simon Goodwin) to make and I am happy with the changes they have already made and what they have done."
Melbourne changed assistant coaching roles and restructured their high performance and fitness personnel in the mid-season.
"I am confident we are on top of things and know what we are doing without an external review. We have got a very experienced CEO in Gary Pert and a very experienced footy manager in Josh Mahoney, they know what is going on.
"We have not written off this year (for finals). We still firmly believe the season is still alive. We want to win every game and finish as strongly as we can and who knows what can happen.''
Melbourne finished top four last year after losing a preliminary final in Perth to West Coast but after a poor pre-season with 15 players having surgery and their players suffering injury in the early rounds the Demons sit third bottom on the ladder.
"You can sit and cry about what has happened but that is not what we are about. No one can deny we are on top of the injury ladder,Read More – Source
Melbourne believe they do not need an external review of the football department to tell them what has gone wrong despite an alarming falling away and that this season will prove the outlier, not last season.
Demons president Glen Bartlett rejected the idea that last years preliminary final was a flash-in-the-pan season and instead believed this year would prove the aberration.
He said he still believed the season was still alive for his 16th-placed side and they could finish strongly in their remaining seven games.
You can sit and cry about what has happened but that is not what we are about. No one can deny we are on top of the injury ladder
Independent reviews of football departments have been popular at clubs in similar situations to Melbourne to seek to identify what went wrong and where improvements could be made. Bartlett said that was unnecessary.
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"Last year was not a flash in the pan, people get emotional and panic and that is counter-productive. We know where we are at and what has gone against us this year," Bartlett said.
"I think that it was remarkable we had five linear years of development and improvement and through that we knew there would be times when it was bumpy and would not be linear and that is what has occurred.
"We have made some mid-season changes in footy because we are reviewing all the time. We dont need to do a big external review at the end of the year, we are constantly reviewing.
Tom McDonald was in top form on Sunday before joining the Demons' injury list.Credit:AAP
"List and footy decisions are for Josh (Mahoney) and Goody (Simon Goodwin) to make and I am happy with the changes they have already made and what they have done."
Melbourne changed assistant coaching roles and restructured their high performance and fitness personnel in the mid-season.
"I am confident we are on top of things and know what we are doing without an external review. We have got a very experienced CEO in Gary Pert and a very experienced footy manager in Josh Mahoney, they know what is going on.
"We have not written off this year (for finals). We still firmly believe the season is still alive. We want to win every game and finish as strongly as we can and who knows what can happen.''
Melbourne finished top four last year after losing a preliminary final in Perth to West Coast but after a poor pre-season with 15 players having surgery and their players suffering injury in the early rounds the Demons sit third bottom on the ladder.
"You can sit and cry about what has happened but that is not what we are about. No one can deny we are on top of the injury ladder,Read More – Source
