Carlton's leaders are hoping to keep the ship steady despite the storm bellowing around them and the club.
After another disappointing fade out where the Blues coughed up a lead to lose late in the match, Carlton coach Michael Voss' future as head honcho has been seriously questioned.
Carlton general manager Chris Davies joined 3AW on Saturday afternoon to discuss his coach's future.
"I absolutely can (guarantee he will still be coach next week)," he said.
"From the start of the year we are 1-3. If we are taking any positives from those three losses is that we have been in positions to win those games.
"Bitterly disappointed that we haven't been able to get the job done, certainly in the last couple of weeks."
Davies went on to label both physical and mental reasons as to why he thinks the Blues are crumbling late in games.
"In these situations it is never one thing, but a mixture of all," he said.
"If you are getting into the Xs and Os of the game, we are very heavily reliant on our score from stoppage, and when we don't get that right, which has been late in the game, our scoring has dried up.
"In reality, when the game is going against us, teams are scoring far too easily.
"I'd be silly not to look into the other things you mentioned. I don't think it's a fitness thing, but clearly there is a mindset aspect to it. We would like our players communicating better than maybe they have."
Speaking after Carlton's Good Friday loss to North Melbourne, Voss said he doesn't think it is fair to add last year's woes - the same strong first half, dire second half theme - to this season's.
"It's hard to put last year's measure into this," Voss said. "As I said, the old and the new, and the new is we obviously, clearly, have to make progress as a football team and quickly.
"We have played our 10th new player in four weeks, that doesn't give it any particular excuse, it's just they are the facts. We are taking longer than we want to tighten that up a bit. Tighten our system up a bit.
"Clearly, right now, I'm also saying it's not enough. We are going to have to find where that next level of improvement comes from."
When questioned on whether his players' focus was the cause of the late game drop off, Voss said he didn't think that was the case against the Kangaroos.
"I understand the query," he said.
"Probably in the last few weeks, but when you look at the group, and you get to know your group pretty well, you get to see how engaged they are and the detail in their roles, their intensity around contest, ability to have composure in the game when it is needed and I thought for large parts of the game there is a lot of gains to acknowledge in that area. But we also can't walk past the fact that you're not finishing the game.
"We understood the significance of what the game meant to people."
