Jake the snake
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This is my take on it:
For years the old board didn't listen to the fans. They were arrogant and did not treat the fans with respect. They did nothing for the fans. This would come and haunt the old board but also be a domino affect in later years for the club.
IMO, the first of the disasters came when the old board decided to sign up Michael Hagan. And like any new coach we had hope and he even took us to a semi.... but the trail of destruction that was evident once he had left. Junior talent was going South and the last batch of great talent were playing first grade... Hayne, Inu, Smith, Mateo. Nothing of note was coming through the Juniors after these guys. On top of this we let Tony Williams go to the eagles. Blind Freddy could have seen the talent!!
The old board decided to hire Daniel Anderson who led us on what was an amazing comeback of a year.... but by this time the Fans had enough of Fitzgerald and the board. After 30 years of shit the fans wanted change and who could blame us? We were sick and tired of fitzgerald stranglehold on our great club. So it was out with the old and in with the new. (fitzgerald saying that we would not be around in 5 years did not help his cause)
I truly believe that anyone who was going up for elections that year against Fitzy would have got in. The only alternate choice was 3P...... people wanted change no matter what and Fitzy was dumped in a land slide. Osborne was hired as CEO which in hindsight was a very bad move. The inexperience of the new board in hindsight started to show. Osbourne was a walking disaster who acted like Politician than a football club CEO. he had no experience for the job. Very poor decision!!
In the mean time Daniel Anderson in his Wisdom let Mateo, Inu and a few others go only to re-sign shit like Robson and Matt Keating. Also, we replaced them with absolute SHIT players like Walker etc. Morts was re-signed for top dollar even though he was unproven.
After a crap 2010, the new board sacked Anderson and hired Kearney. Another poor decision that has now backfired on our club. Which has left us with the Wooden Spoon. More inexperience from the current board who let the Pirtek boss dictate to them to go for Kearney who was unproven. I'll admit at the time I thought Kearney would change our team for the better because he was Storm trained. Oh how I was wrong. He meant well with his 5 year plan and he wanted the Juniors to be strong. But results don't lie and he had to go. Don't underestimate how the chopping and changing of coaches has been a absolute killer for us.
And here we are..... up the creek without a paddle but with the wooden spoon instead.
It will take a few years to repair the damage to the club. Our best Juniors coming through are few years off. The new board have hopefully learnt from their glaring MISTAKES.
I believe had the old board/CEO been a little bit Fan friendly then the things that happened could have been avoided. Our club fell like a chain of dominoes. One thing has led to another. What a mess.
I hope Ricky can fix us up. Our next most important signing is to get a Football Club CEO who knows what he is doing. This is more important than signing an super expensive origin player. We need to get the front office right! Everything will then start getting better. We have an awesome Scout in Nolan and a reputable coach who demands the best....... some light at the end of a dark tunnel.
Thoughts?
For years the old board didn't listen to the fans. They were arrogant and did not treat the fans with respect. They did nothing for the fans. This would come and haunt the old board but also be a domino affect in later years for the club.
IMO, the first of the disasters came when the old board decided to sign up Michael Hagan. And like any new coach we had hope and he even took us to a semi.... but the trail of destruction that was evident once he had left. Junior talent was going South and the last batch of great talent were playing first grade... Hayne, Inu, Smith, Mateo. Nothing of note was coming through the Juniors after these guys. On top of this we let Tony Williams go to the eagles. Blind Freddy could have seen the talent!!
The old board decided to hire Daniel Anderson who led us on what was an amazing comeback of a year.... but by this time the Fans had enough of Fitzgerald and the board. After 30 years of shit the fans wanted change and who could blame us? We were sick and tired of fitzgerald stranglehold on our great club. So it was out with the old and in with the new. (fitzgerald saying that we would not be around in 5 years did not help his cause)
I truly believe that anyone who was going up for elections that year against Fitzy would have got in. The only alternate choice was 3P...... people wanted change no matter what and Fitzy was dumped in a land slide. Osborne was hired as CEO which in hindsight was a very bad move. The inexperience of the new board in hindsight started to show. Osbourne was a walking disaster who acted like Politician than a football club CEO. he had no experience for the job. Very poor decision!!
In the mean time Daniel Anderson in his Wisdom let Mateo, Inu and a few others go only to re-sign shit like Robson and Matt Keating. Also, we replaced them with absolute SHIT players like Walker etc. Morts was re-signed for top dollar even though he was unproven.
After a crap 2010, the new board sacked Anderson and hired Kearney. Another poor decision that has now backfired on our club. Which has left us with the Wooden Spoon. More inexperience from the current board who let the Pirtek boss dictate to them to go for Kearney who was unproven. I'll admit at the time I thought Kearney would change our team for the better because he was Storm trained. Oh how I was wrong. He meant well with his 5 year plan and he wanted the Juniors to be strong. But results don't lie and he had to go. Don't underestimate how the chopping and changing of coaches has been a absolute killer for us.
And here we are..... up the creek without a paddle but with the wooden spoon instead.
It will take a few years to repair the damage to the club. Our best Juniors coming through are few years off. The new board have hopefully learnt from their glaring MISTAKES.
I believe had the old board/CEO been a little bit Fan friendly then the things that happened could have been avoided. Our club fell like a chain of dominoes. One thing has led to another. What a mess.
I hope Ricky can fix us up. Our next most important signing is to get a Football Club CEO who knows what he is doing. This is more important than signing an super expensive origin player. We need to get the front office right! Everything will then start getting better. We have an awesome Scout in Nolan and a reputable coach who demands the best....... some light at the end of a dark tunnel.
Thoughts?
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