I feel sorry for Potter- he was handed a hospital pass at the start of his tenure at WT and it continued to dog him the entire time. Prima donna heading the player group, a boys club atmosphere, the 'in crowd' and 'the others', a poisonous club and board atmosphere with intercene warfare between 3 groups - Wests Ashfield, Wests Campbelltown & Balmain, a CEO whose trust level seems to have been guarded at best, assistant coaching staff not supporting him, limited to no say in player recruitment and retention, a playing roster with too many overpaid but underperforming 'stars' and battling the other residual effects of Sheens & Noyce's reign.
He deserved another couple of years but the writing was on the wall from the mid season attempted coup and the resultant teams implosion. Go with your head held high Mick, you tried but your hands were manacled too tightly to have a fair shot at things. Thanks for your efforts.
BTW- the new coaching director role. I find it somewhat ironic but I feel that role would have been ideal for Sheens if so many bridges had not been burnt in the interim. Any one else think the same?
