Smooth Stu wrote:Going back four or five years, we had a mass exodus of players, including Faz, Lam, Smith, Cassidy, O'Connor and all the young lads etc etc, went through the Dennis Betts and Ian Millward management era, broke the salary cap rules, nearly got relegated in 2006 and achieved mediocre league finishes in 2007 and 2008, had a change of ownership and brought in a host of new players and backroom staff.
How people can expect immediate gratification and success amazes me.
What on earth are you on about? Noble has been here (I think ) three years come Monday. Immediate gratification? Give me a break.
Quote:If you were in business and went through all those problems and upheaval, there is no way you could expect the business to work effectively, as it takes time for things and people to settle down. I'm still of the view that gradual improvement followed by consistent quality performance will do for me. A new coach now could set us back again.
We are not seeing any gradual improvement. We have been going backwards since the end of 2006 and that is a demonstrable fact not an opinion.
And why would a new coach set us back again? If the current coach is taking us backwards, we need a new coach. I was of the opinion Noble should see the season out but if we continue as we have started, the players will be so bloody demoralised by end of it his replacement will inherit a team of basket cases.
Changing a coach after three years who has failed to deliver improvement is sensible not some knee jerk reaction.
Dave
