The same reservations about the alternative ticket were being raised prior to the Frawley announcement and well before the Wallace appointment.
Exactly right FishFinger. From the start, some of us thought Schwab was just on an ego trip. Pure and simple.
Schwab couldn’t care less whether he was in charge of an AFL club, some soccer body or an ice cream shop, as long as he felt he had some power.
And right from the start, he has shown nothing to suggest otherwise. He has gained no momentum or support from anyone, anywhere. If anything, people have moved away from aligning themselves with him and his group. Apart from anything else, his enthusiasm for all things Richmond hardly pours out of him and makes you think he really cares enough or is that interested in the long-term future of the Club. Because if he was wholehearted about this, people would jump on the band wagon and support him just as whole heartedly. Instead the wishy washy support he has says something about the way he has gone about this whole thing.
People can say all they like that he is a Richmond person, but I reckon that Eddie McGuire is more of a Richmond person than Schwab ever has been. No joke.
Add to all that the fact that the man can’t see past his nose and you know why people won’t support him. Even if he was Pinnochio, he still couldn’t see far enough to help RFC get off mediocrity street. Especially when the people behind him are just as short-sighted as he is.
To put Schwab in would be a step backwards. At least Casey goes out and puts his reputation on the line. If he fails, it won’t be for lack of trying.
