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    CARLTON

    Jun 07, 2020 4 minutes

    THE BOSS

    David Teague

    After a dozen years in the system at VFL level or as an assistant with four different AFL clubs, Teague has seized his opportunity to take a senior job after being named a caretaker.

    Releasing the shackles and generating positive vibes around the club, he is very popular with the Blues’ playing list.

    Any assessment of Carlton’s prospects for 2020 needs to focus on the second half of last season rather than the first. After 11 games, when Brendon Bolton was sacked as coach, the Blues had won just one. In the last 11, under caretaker and soon-to-be permanent replacement David Teague, they won six, and lost two by less than a goal. There was a renewed zest about how Carlton

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