True much better than the floggings for sure. However, we’ve been at this for more seasons than the Dogs, they took much less time to rebuild, barely 18 months!The Dogs had this issue in their first season full of new recruits. Imagine going to work with 15 new employees out of 30 and expecting it to fall into place in 3-4 months. Wouldn't happen. I'm sure you've played footy before. Getting a feel for timing, expected behaviour of certain players at different moments etc. takes time.
I'll say this though. Your confidence and hunger is likely to remain if you are only 4 points away rather than 40...that's the gap we have closed this year.