Probably of more interest now is what will the Knights do differently to not get back into the pre Tinkler situation?
How did they run up $11mill debt in the first place?
Well, we're off to a flying start by appointing old boys all over the place in the admin and coaching areas... *facepalm*.
Our new board looks quite promising, though. Hopefully they can reign in all the shit. Even the "true believer" supporters are pretty jack of all the shit with our club. It's become a monotonous joke, and everyone needs to pull their head in and just do their job professionally - from players to staff. We have bucketloads of talent and depth in our backline, there's no reason on the field why we should be a joke. We actually played pretty good footy once everything settled and Boyd pissed off last year.
I would find it a successful year next year if we can just keep our noses clean and play football uninterrupted by an off-field circus. There has been way too much instability for far too long. I think a lot of Knights fans would concur with me. There needs to be some fresh standards set by the playing group regarding behavior, too... it's not 1997 anymore. I feel like we've had a leadership vacuum in the playing group for a long time, which I suspect is why Bennett went so hard after the old boys when he got here. Not that it helped much, but I still feel it was the right idea, and we got a few real gems like Scott out of it too.
I think it's the responsibility of the club to provide a stable environment for the crop of juniors we have coming through at the moment, and a lot will take care of itself from there. It's easily one of our richest crops ever, and we've had some very good ones come through in the past. We definitely will have a chance to steady the ship and build on it over the next couple of years... it's just a matter of how much we want it.
