QUOTE(calabreseboy @ Apr 21 2007, 10:39 PM)

I brought up the idea of "The Curse of Norm" a while back (I think it was under a different username) and I was laughed at by many on this board.

The fact is, what Norm created at the MFC was a culture that was probably the best in the league at the time and probably the most prestigious and powerful in the history of the game. With Norm's sacking come a complete turn around and a different culture; a culture that has lingered at the club for 42 years.

The way I look at it? Coaching from 52-67 (16 seasons) for 6 premierships including a triple (55,56,57). That's one premiership every 2.5 years. Since then? 40 seasons. 0 premierships.

I've always believe that his tenture at the club was what made it so successful, both playing and coaching. Obviously his style was not attractive to his collegues, hence why he was forced out. However, that style and voice was part of 10 premierships over 32 years. He leaves, and the streak begins. We need another Norm.

There was a 'Norm' version2 but he was allowed to escape to "Carlton" where he transformed their culture to one of winning. This culture lived on @ "Carlton" for decades replacing the Dees as a feared opponent by allcomers.

We need another aggressive & dynamic leader to stop this preoccupation with overpoliteness & taking a backseat is good enough mentality that's has been rotting the club from it's foundations up since the mid-sixties, it's time to shake the house down & rediscover that assertiveness & on-field aggression that we're so scared of attaining, before we slide past another generation of players!

Wasn't Norm Smith sacked in 1965? Then given his job back?

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