cimm1979 wrote:
Siegfried wrote:
My frustration (not anger) is with a President who over 15 years has done nothing to suggest he knows what he is doing. Without going into the detail that has been covered already, we are a middle of the road club in how we operate, and are miles behind the power clubs like Collingwood, West Coast, Adelaide, Geelong, Sydney, Hawthorn etc. Kernahan has been involved with board after board that has failed to elevate us back to where we can consider ourselves to be one of the power clubs, which is where we all want us to be.
There is no doubt we are a middle of the road club, but it's unfair (IMO) to lay the blame of all our ills at the feet of the current Prez. Its also unfair not to give credit to improvements the club has made in his time. The position the club finds itself in is significantly better than it has been for a decade, it's far from perfect, but there seem's a plan to get to a better postition.
It's also a fact, a fact that many like to ridicule, that he is president because the board elects him. He doesn't own the position the board, a collection of people with variety of skills and qualities (not all of them useful in running a club) choose him.
I think he is fully aware of his shortcomings and he's making way for a better (hopefully) qualified person. A person who may be able to juggle the competing personalities of the people who make up the board more skillfully. A person who makes hard decisions with much less angst and makes good decisions more confidently.
Aha. So Sticks makes hard decisions but with angst, and he makes good decisions but without much confidence? You're kidding!! What hard decisions has he made?? And what good decisions has he made???
How does this guy get such a good run?? I am amazed and have been ever since I returned to Australia and saw Carlton's history revised by his fans.
As I've said before, I admire his prowess as a footballer - he was after all our third or fourth best captain in the last 40 years and probably our third best CHF and third best FF. But that doesn't mean anything outside the white line.
Just like great footballers don't necessarily make good coaches (see Tim Watson, Royce Hart), don't necessarily makes good commentators (Steve Silvagni, Ron Barassi), and don't necessarily make good actors (Tim Watson, Dermott Brereton) - they don't necessarily make good presidents. And this one has made a pretty bad president.
To paraphrase the immortal words of King Henry II - "will no-one rid us of this troublesome prez?"
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