Only Houghton and Cain left for greener pastures (Duffy wasn't on the list any longer), the latter to take on Essendon co-captaincy, so the lack of cattle was more injury-induced (Antoniox2, Morrison, Sargeant) and under-cooked A-graders (Miller and Bowers had no pre-season). On top of that, many of the rest are very young and what's left after Eagles get their 47 picks each year.
Only the first couple of games were of concern. Cooper rallied the girls well after that. Had both Melbourne and Crows (far superior teams) on the back foot at 3/4 time.
As someone mentioned, Coops is a great people coach and always got the girls up but, above excuses aside, it probably is time for a more footy-smart coach. K Antonio anyone? She's done a lot of coaching...