But underwhelming that we’ve gone for an internal promotion rather than poaching someone externally given our struggles over the past few seasons which Luke would have been a part of although not running things.
Good luck to him though and hope he comes through in spades in what is a crucial role imo. Its an area we need to improve in significantly if we want to return to the top both in terms of fitness levels, injury treatment, rehab and return programs.
^ive cut him more slack than most but I was sceptical with his appointment from the start.
At the time just seemed like another in a line of mediocre appointments where highly rated people (fly, leppa, inness, caracella, rutten, etc.) left the club in close succession and instead of replacing them external, highly rated appointments, we for the most part either promoted within (xclarke, Meehan, morris) or merged roles and didn’t replace at all.
I know COVID and cuts to the soft cap certainly played their part but im not sure why we seemed to struggle as much as any other club given how much more $$$ we were bringing in than any other club at the time coming off 3 flags.
