The problem with Kearney is that he has what must be one of the most atrocious FG coaching records of all time. Now, I'm not suggesting that he was entirely responsible for Parra's on-field woes - the players were being dicks and the club was obviously in a right state at administration level - but he is simply not a proven first grade coach. The fact is that, ignoring the destructive forces that were acting on Parra that were out of his control, he still might actually have been shit.
We need a hard-nosed coach who's been there and done that. With Kearney we could quite easily be jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire.