Im a bit torn between Gus being on the outer. The board were in the wrong on the coaching situation.
I think we've upgraded from Hook. Not by much. But we do have a coach capable of getting us past week 2 of finals. However Gus has kind of f**ked our salary cap and we now have a roster incapable of making week 3 of finals unless we're at full strength and everyone has found form.
How can we be anywhere near the cap limit? We should be topping up contracts with TPAs. Getting guys to stay for a bit below matket value etc. And not be stuck match the highest bids for every player we keep.
We have just repeated history.
Grant, Mckendry, Jennings, Coote, Lewis etc. Is now RCG, JFH, Blake, Cleary, Yeo etc.
We're signing guys on overs and unable to put the players around them to get them to their potential. Or sadly in some cases we do have the quality but injuries and/or age have limited their ability. The Mansour and Whare running around today are not close to the form which made them fan favorites. ACL injuries can get f**ked. Ruined Mckendrys career also.
Yet we happily throw long deals at guys recovering from serious and repeat injuries. Gus f**ked that up aswell as trying to maximise everyones earning potential