Steve0 wrote:The rebuild that started in 2020 with the sacking of Radford and appointment of Hodgson, then re started with the appointment of Smith, and now restarts again sorting the mess we're in? Do you actually think there's a rebuild plan in place or just a badly mismanaged club making it up as they go along and using buzzwords like rebuild and culture every so often tomgive fans a tiny bit of hope and encourage them to keep buying passes?
I feel that it is sometimes underestimated how much success depends on circumstances rather than primarily on expertise and effort. I’m not saying there’s been no ineptitude but…
Under other circumstances, Smith has shown he can be a successful coach. And Pearson has shown he can be a successful owner. Things have changed since he took over, in the economy, in media, with the pandemic. All stuff that was beyond Pearson’s control.
Now Hull need an injection of capital to get them back on an even keel. It’s not Pearson’s fault that (so far) no benefactor has emerged willing to put in the money for the love of the club and to chase on-field success as a top priority. They’re increasingly vital but hard to find, you’ll remember the Tony Larvin thing, I’m sure.
In the absence of a benefactor, it sounds like he’s trying to do the next best thing.
Fwiw, and acknowledging that everybody hears what they expect to hear, I took ‘at various stages’ to likely mean initial enquiries and preliminary discussions rather than well advanced. I suspect the end of the year thing is a timeline driven by when the next repayment is due more than creating optimism ahead of the 2025 renewals period.
