Just appoint the bloke that comes thru best out of our process. There are some seriously good people on that panel — whoever they come up with will be fine by me.
Yep, if we eliminate Rawlings from the race then any of the other 3 will be fine by me - although I must confess to just the slightest nagging doubt on Hardwick now that he has been rejected by 3 clubs. But we can only go with what we know and for all I know there could have been 3 perfectly good reasons not related to ability so for now any of those 3 will do me.
But what if the process deems Rawlings the right person.
As I said on another thread none of us know the vision that any of the 4 candidates are bringing to the table.
For all we know the other 3 (Hinkley/Harwick/Richardson) may want to trade away Cotchin & Deledio for Melb's first round pick - would you still want any of those 3 then?
I know it's a hypothetical the point I am making is we (members/supporters) don't know what these people offer us so we have to accept that the process will deliver the right person for this club.
End of the day this isn't some popularity contest it about getting the best person for this Club or to put it another the best fit for this club out of the 4 remaining whoever it maybe
I heard a very wise man (well someone I respect) make the comment on Saturday that Jade shouldn't be judged on the last couple of weeks he must be judged on the same criteria being used on the others eg how presents, his vision for the club etc. He agreed the last 3 weeks have hurt his chances but if you are going to judge him on his performance as caretaker then you judge over the entire period not just the past 3 weeks.
Yes I am comfortable with that. Whoever gets the job needs everyones support whether it be Hardwick, Hinkley or Richardson. My initial statement is based on Rawlings getting the job. I dont think our supporters would agree with his appointment if it happens.
I am not sure about that Ramps - the people I sit with at the footy (who I've sat with for over 15 years now) when we've discussed the coaching situation for 2010 have no problem with Rawlings getting the job.
You have to remember we have 45k+ members, people who call talk back radio and post on forums make a very small % of voices
Which makes me ask did anyone hear the caller on 3AW who rang up and suggested Rawlings should be given 2 years to put his plan in place because he has started something and he has been left with a mess how can it seriously assessed after 10 weeks (an NO it wasn't me
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And BTW if it is to be someone else my preference is Richardson - fantastic with youung players and that's the fit I am talking about
