After being nine points down with four minutes to play, late goals to Brian Lake and Ryan Griffen gave the Dogs a memorable victory that puts them in the top eight with four wins from seven games.
"As a club we have been questioned, so therefore the players have been questioned. There have been some murmurings and some talk in the media," he said.
"I spoke to the players after [the game] about that. I’ve been in a game a long time and have seen seasons or periods in a season turn because of winning ugly. You just have to hang in there.
"I think the pleasing thing being four goals up and then nine points down - to be able to get up and win from that showed a bit of steel and a bit of belief."
But Eade acknowledged there was plenty of room for improvement if his side was to live up to the tag of genuine premiership contenders.
"I think we just weren’t clean at the right time towards the end of the [third] quarter. We fumbled a bit and overran it and dropped a mark or two," he said.
"Our intensity dropped off in the last six or seven minutes in the third quarter but it was mainly our mistakes and basic errors."
After Jordan Roughead was a late withdrawal due to a groin injury, Eade praised the work of ruckman Ben Hudson, who worked hard in conditions not suited to the big men.
"He was terrific. I think he is an underrated ruckman in the competition. He has a very good record against the very good players in the competition. He just gets the job done," he said.
With the evenness of the competition, Eade urged his side to build on this result when the Bulldogs travel to Canberra to take on the Sydney Swans next Saturday afternoon.
