3 of our best all time 3/4 time comebacks have been under Denis. Rouds 7 & 11 last year and Saturday's triumph.
During the Wizzfizz we withstood Melbourne's comeback and West Coast's comeback.
This is a far cry from the buttersoft side Denis had inherited. This side has balls (I'd say blue balls but the image just doesn't work
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When Denis arrived at this club we had lost our way and become a soft bunch of ballet dancers that could spin the ball ring-a-ring-a rosie but had no real fight, no guts let. When we went down, we lay down and showed our bellies like kicked dogs.
He took a broom to the list and began to teach his players his way.
Now I remember much being made of his way, the smart-arise comments about an old gameplan, about beings a '1' trick' pony about his success being based on Carey and so on.
But Denis bases his success on a simple thing. Learn how to play this game in it's simpliest and most successful format and even when you are down you are always in the contest. It means we have this ability to come back and win games we should not win - sound familiar? Yet we have no Carey. We do have a forward line that can kick goals quickly when things click! Sound familiar?????
Denis's gameplan is fantastic because it keeps you in the contest and because when you get on top you score rapidly.
Plus he has given this bunch a steely resolve which means they are not out of the contest. Denis is not trying to reinvent the wheel; he is simply streamlining it, reducing friction, perfecting the circle, making sure it runs as smoothly as possible.
Under Denis we have become far more dangerous, we are a side full of belief, we have Blue Steel running through our veins. We are always a chance!
Under denis we are fast becoming a power again and it is because of Denis, because of his gameplan, his style, his vision and his ability to stir the players so that they'll play for him and for each other.
Perhaps now the Denis detractors will remain silent and watch open-mouthed as this team gathers momentum. This team is going places. And boy isn't it a fun journey to be part of!
Go Blues!
