The fans that keep the club viable? is that who you are talking about, from what I’ve read , you and a couple of your mates are the most opinionated on here, and shoot people down when they disagree with you, you are your classic hypocrite, it’s a footy forum, deal with the whinging!!!!
Perhaps you should read more, because with respect your characterisation is inaccurate.
People whinge and often I agree with what they have raised. Where I don’t agree I clearly state why. Often it’s because I feel that they don’t have perspective or are oversimplifying an issue because they aren’t considering the relevant context.
If you go back and re-read the post you have quoted I am not for a second suggesting that people can’t whinge on a forum. I’m merely suggesting that it is good that the club isn’t obsessing over trying to please fans.
If you’ve read all of my posts over the years you’ll know that I was also once very critical of the club. Back when we had well intentioned fans forming factions, we had a revolving door of board members and fans on here that appeared to support their faction ahead of the club.
During that period the club seemed heavily influenced by this. We had a lot of coaches in a short period of time, constant media leaks, poor performances and the ultimate embarrassment of having a club taken away from us and run by the state government because of our own incompetence.
Im not suggesting that fans aren’t important but they should be at arms length and shouldn’t be a major factor in any decision as they are notoriously inconsistent and unreliable (which isn’t a criticism by the way. As
@Avenger has often pointed out, many of us are passionate and occassionally that results in us being irrational).
In recent years we have built a strong administration that is less susceptible to outside influence. It has resulted in much better on field perfornances and the media leaks have virtually stopped.
I can’t for the life of me understand why anyone would want to go back to those dark old days.
