There were years when I was lucky enough to know inside scoops. We hung around Erindale a ton as well as seeing players after games at Badalis and at meet the Argo Nights. You would learn plenty and I remember Pinball sitting down with me after practice telling me quietly how he basically disliked coaching. It really wasn't his thing.
Fans do know plenty as Gill stated and there are certain things that happen in a season that you see repeating whether in a good or bad way from past years. You can't help but compare to a certain extent. Mistakes are mistakes. Please don't bring up certain qb's??? I wasn't going there.