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From the Advertiser (Rucci)
Coaches Fighting for a Fair Deal - snippet,
"South Adelaide despite the lower profile of the SANFL is is assured as much if the Pyman case moves out of mediation and into the civil courts. It to has the elements of a soap opera, more so now that Hall of Famer Jack Cahill has quit as the Panthers coach - less than a year after Pyman was sacked with a year to serve of a two year contract.
There is the new Cahill element, the emotive reality of Pyman's ill nine year old daughter Georgia who has profound disablilites and a terminal condition. Her lifestyle needs are being comprimised as Pyman fights for any money owed to him. The Advertiser understands Pyman the only coach to take South to the finals in 16 years has been offered less than one dollar for every five that he has claimed.
There is the sage of the external review - made by former VFL player and SANFL coach Kevin Morris - which virtually declared that issues beyond Pyman's control made it impossible for him to coach the Panthers.
Cahill's exit from Noarlunga on Tuesday night suggests the cultural anchors exposed in the Pyman era have not been resolved, regardless of Souths insistance that it has cleaned up the club to the point of moving on board members.
Cahill's exit after just eight games has increased curiosity, well beyond Panther supporters on Souths extrodianary ways.
Former player Ryan Fitzgerald's call to 5aa on Wed night highlights the seemingly toxic environment at Noarlunga where the SANFL premiership flag has not risen since 1964.
The Advertiser understands any civil court hearing to resolve Pymans case will detail off field events that undermined South last season and explain Kevin Morris's conclusion that the Panthers were doomed regardless of their coach.
Why so many players left South at the end of last season, how off field events might have forced changes to the board and Morris' report make Pymans Court Case potentially as enthralling as Thomas' (St Kilda). Neither South nor Pyman would make public comment.
And How many flags have jack won?? 
