northerner wrote:Dutchy wrote:gazzamagoo wrote:The club's stand on this issue is simple,
We're a different club at Centrals,
it's a different environment than the other clubs & we need to stick to what's best for us,
don't appoint from outside the club because they wouldn't understand how we operate & our culture,
it didn't work with Cowboy,
it didn't work with Kerley,
it didn't really work with Clarko,
success came from the hard work of people like Alan Stewart, Kris Grant, Bill Cochrane & Roy Laird & all the die-hard volunteers who bleed for the club,,
You couldn't get a better Red, White & Blue pedigree than Paul Thomas,
his old man is a legend of the club, as is Paul too & now we have a female Thommo running around,
Port stuck with this principle for years & look where that got them in the SANFL,
we've copied them before & it worked,
time to get back to basics, back to our roots & start to rebuild the winning culture.
At least we'll now have the 100% support of all the players.
Then why did they appoint an outsider for 3 years? Who is taking accountability for that decision?
This indeed was their biggest error.
As for how it's panned out, they have their man... the guy they who they would have chosen 12 months ago if he was available.
Now they get him, at half the price.
I agree that we did not handle the sacking of Jeff Andrews at all well, and I do feel sorry for Jeff. Having moved on from that, I have no trouble with the actual appointment of Paul Thomas. If he was available at the time, he would have had the job this season.
It could have been a very similar situation at Sturt. There was no doubt that Mattner was going to be appointed for next season, regardless of whether Grima had time left on his contract or not.
Cheers