Yeah the clause was the second year.
As to what spider said about performance and positioning, would you lay the 2nd last place finish of 09 squarely at Ricky's feet?
Obviously not. Extenuating circumstances involved.
There may have been more going on at parra than just bad coaching.
However Anderson would have had an opinion to give to his bosses about the head coach.
They definitely would have asked him to assess Kearney in terms of prep, game planning etc.
And now he's gone...
Good coaches in this league have bad seasons. They're still good coaches.
I'd say Kearney definitely was not and the nail in te coffin would have been the opinions of a former Australian player and coach.