Synbad wrote:
No Elliott is the other through son and Fraser brown group
Everybody means well. Even the smorgons did.
None of them have the answer..
This is the most imporrtant pointall memebsr remember. These powers are not the enemy they just arent doing their job well. They should know by now theres better people oout there who can help the club rise back to the top.
The piece that seems to be missing is their inability to put inplace the processes which adopt a platform for best practise on and off the field.
I believe we didnt have the right people in the important positions probably since 1996.
I also can understand the club was effectively broke in 2002 and beyond and had no money to invest in the right areas. As a result we winged it. Didnt discuss, didnt vote, didnt consult, just winged it...and look at where that has got us.
The power brokers arent dumb and they arent smart. If they were smart they would ask smart advisors on what messages should come out of their mouths. Spontaneous remarks led by the king of looose lips and smartarse Elliot and continued by Smorgon, Geminder, Sticks, Mathieson, Trigg, LoGuidice....have not been helpful selling a message...probably because they haven't devised a thorough fail proof plan to refer to.
Maybe they are seeing the shortfalls of their ways and are improving. I hope so. Theres no signs thats the case.
I believe the rebuild started in year 2 of MM's regime, having since turned over half the list.
Unfortnately Thomas and Jones have not been good for us thus far, and there's doubts Tutt and Dick will, but they give us ...depth? But, Everitt and Docherty have been good gets.
Why didntt LoD just say something like ...we started the rebuilding process 2 years ago and the results thus far reflect that hence bottoming out. We didnt think we'd go down the ladder so far, but it was always a possibility. We are now looking up to build on the talent we have.