Bone’s beef: Why Paul Roos is one man the Blues should be targeting to replace Brendon Bolton
Brendon Bolton was a dead man walking at Carlton after a torrid four seasons in the hot seat. Chris McDermott says there is only one man who can get the Blues out of their biggest rut.
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Brad Scott was first. Brendon Bolton was next.
Before the 2019 season is over, there will be a third, possibly even a fourth.
St Kilda coach Alan Richardson will be the most nervous, especially after the Saints’ Shanghai experience.
He knows it is finals or bust for him.
Just when you thought stability had come to the coaching merry-go-round, you get a harsh reminder this caper is no place for the faint of heart.
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Bolton has been a dead man walking for sometime.
Four wins in his last 43 games guaranteed his days were done and there would be no complaints.
Daisy Thomas’s night out two days before a game said plenty about the state of play at Carlton.
The Blues’ weekend loss to an injury-riddled Essendon was the straw that broke Bolton’s back.
Nothing could save him.
A great lieutenant he was. A senior coach he will not be again.
The search begins for Carlton as it has for North Melbourne.
Paul Roos’ phone will be ringing off the hook.
The Swans’ premiership coach has said never again to coaching but the temptation to put his philosophies back to work will be an opportunity he may find impossible to ignore.
He had a few years off after his Sydney experience and a similar time off after his three years at Melbourne.
At 55 years of age he has plenty of time to replicate his recipe for success at Carlton.
The Blues cannot afford to make another mistake.
Bolton was a punt that failed terribly.
This is no place for a rookie coach.
The position at a club like Carlton demands a seasoned campaigner.
It is a job for Paul Roos.
Brad Scott’s name will be mentioned but he must think wisely about his next move.
Carlton is not the place for him.
The Blues have not pulled the right cord since David Parkin’s demise in 2001.
They were grand finalists in 1999, and third in 2000.
They have finished no better than fifth in the next 18 years.
The team that “never lets you down” has let itself down too many times.
They cannot afford another mistake.
Paul Roos must be their man.
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