preacher wrote:
4 to 6 weeks out from the end of the season, the whisper was very strong that both Elshaug and Libba were gone. The board wanted to make a statement out loud that you copuldn't end up last without warranting some change - even if, it was only creating change for the sake of it. I mean, even if you replaced a couple of assistants, would anything really change? The head coach, being of a strong staunch characyer will always rule the roost. Does anyone really think that Pagan would listen to two new assistants that he didn't get to choose nor that he wanted?
Obviously, when push came to shove, Pagan won out. The board backed down. So, we end up last, and we have no change amongst the coaching staff and little change on the list. Would this have happened at any other club? St.Kilda ends up fourth yet they still turn over two assistants. Carlton and Collingwood end up last and second last and there are no changes. Am I missing something?
I dont know about the rumour that those guys were gone but to answer your question, Yes, you are missing something. but I am not sure what it is.
For a Club to come so low and make hardly any changes is unheard of. Maybe they think we were very unlucky, despite a low injury count of what, Thornton and French and a bit of Livingston. Maybe they think instability would hurt the membership and stuff like that, but who's to say we wouldn't have got more memberships by pissing off Libba? Maybe they think that Camporeale was such a destabilising influence that everyone will be happier now, and perform?
You are missing something but so am I preacher. I still cant believe we're going into this season with the same list less one of our best 22, Campo. To come last and have that miniscule change, say in: McLean, Murphy, Out: Campo and some other bloke, is hard to accept.
I am a big lover of conspiracy theories and I used to think that a lot of players were being played out of position - Houlihan back, Teague last line of defence, Wiggins on the field. Maybe they are just going back to playing to our strengths next year? I know this sounds ridiculous but so is the idea that you dont change coaches or players when you come last.