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I wouldn't say I dislike IC, I just don't think he was the right man for the job & I think the club making that decision, in addition to sacking a coach based on underachieving only to hire a coach who doesn't think the squad is good enough anyway, has essentially made the last 5 years redundant. I'd like to be wrong but so far it doesn't look that way.
Man-management for the most part seems to be one of IC's strengths. He seems well liked by the great majority of players, hence why the Tigers players were so distraught. But it's more about our club being in a position where we need to take a bit of a punt. Maybe the added responsibility of being the marquee player in our club gets him to rise to the occasion? In saying that, even a half-arsed Mitchell improves our side considerably & the commercial aspect of it would be very good for the club as well.
If I was offered Mitchell for $900k a season for 3 years, I'd take their hand off.
The Cleary thing I won't get into - I'm aware of most fans opinion on this matter, I'm a bit of fence sitter in that regard.
This is what I mean when I say IC isn't the hard nosed coach Latrell needs, imo. Sure he could come good here. Maybe you're right, and the change is what he needed, but what I do disagree with is that "a half-arsed" player is better than we have. Now, let me explain that comment. By disagreeing with the above I am not saying we have more talented players at the club, because in raw talent terms, we really don't. What I do mean by that is, having a player not committing, and not putting 100% in at training or on the field, will have a bigger detrimental effect on the team as opposed to any benefit he would provide on the score board.
I mean would you like to be overlooked at your job for someone who's lazy and not committed, but has flashes of absolute brilliance on occasion? I'm sure our talented lower grade players wouldn't, and then you have an adverse effect on our ability to retain talented juniors (not saying this is the only downfall of the hypothetical signing, just one factor).