The industry knows internally what we are like despite our boards best efforts in trying to have the club appear otherwise. Hence big name coaches never want to come here and when presented with the opportunity they dismiss it immediately.
Thompson in 1999 is a classic example.
Sheedy always used the Prodigal Son return factor as leverage even though he almost signed in 1999.
The romance was almost there but never materialised.
Roos, Pagan, Parkin, Matthews, Blight heck even Grant Thomas have seen us as fragile.
All clubs are aware of this fragility and always like their chancesagainst us.
Even the opposition hacks see us as their one chance to shine at this level.
