I tell ya Benny Gale gets off lightly for the 3-0-75 IMHO. Failed miserably on 2 of the 3 criteria and the one they made was on the back of supporter contributions ... dear oh dear.
While 64K members is a fail, its a pretty damn good fail starting at 35K.
So they got 1 0 64 at least they had a plan. In the long run 0 and 64K will lead to more finals.
In 1970 North was the only League club without a flag. Allen Aylett was pres and had a 5 yr plan to win a flag. By 1974 they made a GF and lost to us and one year later they realised their dream. According to Barassi a few of the board members put their houses on the line to get the best players Australia wide and those brought by the 10 year rule to induce them with cash.
Whilst this aint the 70's our plans turn to failure because
1. We have no one with clear direction.
2. We have no superstar coach.
3. We have no superstar players just blokes who can be superstars but will retire as very good players at best, memo Knighter, Campbell, Richo etc cult figures in recent years.
The Skata Cycle. 32 Years and still counting. Plop Plop Plop
