I don't doubt they are a better run club than Freo, but if you applied to West Coast the same level of criticism people on here apply to Freo, it would go something like:
i. Their conditioning staff mismanaged NicNat by deliberately getting so big that his body couldn’t keep up and he kept injuring himself and now may never be the same player.
ii. They were unable to retain their next best ruckman in Lycett (cultural problems, a rift with the coach?).
iii. The couldn't persuade Sandilands or any other free agent to move over for a year, even with the carrot of winning a premiership.
iv. Key target Rory Lobb didn’t want to join, and selected Fremantle as preferred destination instead.
v. They could only attract the second-best ruckman on the third worst team to join them, and they needed to give up a second round pick to do it.
vi. He looks like a damaged clone of Zac Dawson.
What would be described as a farce if it happened at Freo, Hypen describes that as a well-executed plan for West Coast.