Who would have thought the days of Denis Fitzgerald would have been the longed-for halcyon days?
If there isn't change from the very top in the next year then the Eels members are just as culpable.
It might shock him to realize that many of us think we're still better off without the lying mongrel in charge!
Some of the points made in the article are woeful.
The hiring of Osbourne wasn't the abject failure it has been made out as. The guy recruited some quality players, and oversaw an enormous membership drive. There's positives alongside the negatives (many of which were invented...)
Sacking Andersen wasn't (I still believe) based on reason, but rather on him being "Fitzy's man" and was a terrible idea. Basically they decided to get rid of him to free themselves of the last remnants of the 'old regime'.
Hiring SK was seen as a mastersroke by all in the media at the time - one journo rated him the 2nd best coach in the comp BEFORE last season kicked off.
As far as recruiting for a 'different style' to SK's style - absolute bollocks. Of course SK had a say in whom we were chasing - that's why we were talking about the 65 year extension.
If we had results on the field, everyone would be saying what a great job they were doing.
So it's not like they're imbeciles at running the business side of things, it's just struggle-central ON the paddock.
The football side of operations is a shambles - and you can't blame the board for that - the coach is the one who is somehow managing to get a group with reasonable talent to play like Wentworthville.
