Malcom Blight's Finally Give Us His Thoughts

[CHBench]

Blighty at half time finally let out his thoughts on his sacking and hit back at the suggestions he was not committed. Pretty much said that sacking him along with Jonas and Hinkley was a disgrace and was stupid and he was glad them two had gone on to become a part of premierships. Still to this day has no idea who stuck the knife in him and the article this morning (http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,24042392-19772,00.html) everyone should've stopped reading when Buterss said he and his fellow directors were "naive and gung-ho". Many believe this could be one of the biggest mistakes a club could have ever made. Luke Darcy said we would've won a premiership or two by now. But never have i seen Blight so angry and pissed off.

Anyone else see this? Thoughts?

Perhaps this is a better explanation (http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?p=11764990#post11764990)

[James23]

i agree that blighty wasnt given enough time with the saints.. you look at his record.. 5 grand finals in the past several years, you dont get rid of him after 15 games

[CHBench]

No way should a coach be sacked after 15 games. Especially one of the quality of Malcom Blight. The excuse Butersssssss gave has pissed me right off. "We were young, inexperienced, impatient" Patients is one of the keys to running a football club ffs! He had absolutley no legit reason to sack him. Only the specualtion that he worried more about golf. Give me a break, he wouldn't of taken the job if he wasn't comitted. All i can say is THANK GOD for Greg Westaway spilling that piece of shit of a board.

[Kildonan]

Didn't he look angry?
As an ex-coach of St Kilda he deserves our respect - no matter the circumstances concerning his departure.

I am disappointed in Rod Butterss though - see link (http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=466977)

[CHBench]

Didn't he look angry?
Absolutley! He was fuming. Unloaded 7 years of frustration in 3 minutes in the direction of one Rod Buterss.

[panthers]

I was glad we got rid of him and jonas and hinkley. i travelled to TD to see a game against melb when blight was playing...we got beaten and after the game he had all the players out on td doing run throughs etc including guys with hamstring strains and other injuries.. the guy is a frootloop IMHO and as for butterrs coming out in the Herald.....move on butthead you had your time now STFU.

[Carl Spackler]

I was glad we got rid of him and jonas and hinkley.
So are lots of clubs.

[Armitage2Riewoldt]

We can only dream what may have been in 04 and 05 if we still had him as coach...

[MickyCrow]

I was glad we got rid of him and jonas and hinkley. i travelled to TD to see a game against melb when blight was playing...we got beaten and after the game he had all the players out on td doing run throughs etc including guys with hamstring strains and other injuries.. the guy is a frootloop IMHO and as for butterrs coming out in the Herald.....move on butthead you had your time now STFU.

Pffft.

Bighty is a legend and you didnt deserve him at your club. Your record speaks for itself. Blighty has achieved more in football than your club in its ENTIRE history

Now show some respect to a legend of the game.:thumbsd:

Blighty got ****ed by that tosser and nearly ALL of your fellow supporters have acknowledged this. I dont usually come on a board like this and will probably get carded but it needed to be said after your inane comments

[Kildonan]

Respect is a 2 way street, Micky - St kilda is a foundation club of this competition, and despite not ever having the off-field success to ever lay the foundations for on-field success, it has survived as a club.

It was Blight, himself who pointed out that the infrastructure of the club was wholy inadequate for an AFL club.

He took an unconventional approach to coaching and was widely criticised in the media at the time - so it was not just the Saints fans who were concerned about Blight's repeated humiliation of the players, or training for months without a football, or his refusal to speak to the players - even the captain of the club.

The perception that Malcolm's heart wasn't in coaching St Kilda is based on a significant amount of evidence. His failure to make an appointment at the club because he was playing golf is the most widely spoken abuse.

I was devastated when he was sacked, but I doubt that he would have done a better job than Grant Thomas - who after all was totally committed to the club.

Eventually the club landed on its feet with Ross Lyon.

What people don't realise is just how desperate our fans are for success.

[Juggalo Balla]

Blight was hated by the players.

You don't bring in the other coach from the grand final you lost.

He had to go. The worst move ever. Would have done better at any other club.

[Rough_Edges]

lol he was fuming.

Good to see.

Butterrs and Thomas are the reason we did not celebrate a premiership from 2004-2006.

[Carl Spackler]

Blight was hated by the players.

I remember Blight saying at Adelaide once "I'm not here to make friends" or something to that effect. Was brutally tough on the players at times.

I guess the question to ask though, is should the club have listened to or respected the opinions of these St Kilda players? Had they been part of a successful organisation before? Did they know what success looked like or how to achieve it? Or are/were they the reason for St Kilda's lack of success? Did they hate Stan Alves by the end too?

Adelaide once made the mistake of listening the its players - as a result we sacked Graham Cornes and replaced him with Robert Shaw. Two bottom four finishes later...

[varcoe]

lol at blighty making the players warm down on the ground post match, r u serious about that being a problem, this is a bloke who walked around the boundary 10mins b4 games end whilst at Adel, called Pittman "pathetic and i remember as a Cats fan when he coached he made a guard of honour like the little league to and had the players stand either side of the race clapping the Crows players on the ground b4 the game, thats Blighty to a tea, might of done some crazy sh it but better then Thomas and his building playgrounds and crap he did off field, Blighty got the job done pure and simple, who cares how he went about it and as he said whether u liked him or not

Ask hamill what he thinks of blighty, he walked out on the club for 3 days over his sacking, Blighty was a winner as a player and coach and 4 tomas and butters to question his style and methods is a joke

Thomas and Butters may be good businessman but no nothing about winning flags or what it takes, that was Blightys job and u guys threw 2 flags away when u sacked him no doubt.

[Look2Me4Guidance]

lol at blighty making the players warm down on the ground post match, r u serious about that being a problem, this is a bloke who walked around the boundary 10mins b4 games end whilst at Adel, called Pittman "pathetic and i remember as a Cats fan when he coached he made a guard of honour like the little league to and had the players stand either side of the race clapping the Crows players on the ground b4 the game, thats Blighty to a tea, might of done some crazy sh it but better then Thomas and his building playgrounds and crap he did off field, Blighty got the job done pure and simple, who cares how he went about it and as he said whether u liked him or not

Ask hamill what he thinks of blighty, he walked out on the club for 3 days over his sacking, Blighty was a winner as a player and coach and 4 tomas and butters to question his style and methods is a joke

Thomas and Butters may be good businessman but no nothing about winning flags or what it takes, that was Blightys job and u guys threw 2 flags away when u sacked him no doubt.

Get a clue before posting moron.

How the hell can you suggest a team that had won 2 games with Blight as coach were going anywhere????

[AFLOnline]

Don't be so naive guys. A coach who would rather play golf with his mates, rather than spending the hard times at training during our low period, is definitely not a coach of mine.

He lacks commitment, even if he denies it. So hyped up because of his past.

Get over yourself old timer.

[Garibaldi]

Its history and at the time Blight did not have the support of the players, the club or the supporters. Even if he stayed it would have been total chaos. Like North Melbourne in the early 70's when Kekovich wouldn't even bother showing up for training. It wasn't going to work unless he had support and it wasn't coming. He had to leave either under his own steam or being pushed. There was no hope of it working. We would not have won a flag under blight until St Kilda changed and history is the judge of that.

[Squizzy1970]

Malcolm has gone the driver from the thick rough. Should have just chipped out sideways Blighty.

For a player I loved watching in the 70's (having followed North until we moved from the country to near Moorabbin in the late 70's) you get the big :thumbsd: down from me.

[AFLOnline]

Malcolm has gone the driver from the thick rough. Should have just chipped out sideways Blighty.

Haha love it.

Irony :)

[panthers]

Ya know what....I couldnt give a "rats tossbag" what any Adelaide or Geelong person says on here. IN MY OPINION Blight was an absolute useless coach at StKilda. I dont give a rats if you Adelaide or Gewelong people agree with me or not the guy only improved his golf whilst supposedly coaching us. How was winning 3/16 games going to win us a premiership. Playing BBBHall at full back was Blights fantastic coaching:rolleyes: So dont come on the StKilda board trying to tell me and other sainters what we missed out on

[ChrisFooty]

I have more of a problem with the recruitment process of hiring Malcom Blights replacement. Grant Thomas taking over the rest of the season is fine, but no way was it a fair process to hire a permanent replacement.

That is what cost St.kilda a likely flag.

Malcom must have shown ovbious signs of not showing recruitment. You just can not just use rumours as your basis for sacking a coach.

[St DAC]

The whole sad episode was a debacle, from both the club's and Blight's points of view. Both sides should just STFU and let it die a natural death (finally). No-one benefits from raking this over the coals again, except media outlets.

Whatever the truth is, it can't be changed now, so let's all move on.

[SaintsSeptember]

Too much ego on both sides for my liking and they should both pull their heads in and shut up. Butthead may be a successful businessman but the impression I get from his conduct ( as publicised ) is that he is completely unproffessional. I can only imagine how bad it is for those working for him. ( Decisions off the cuff, blamed on others when it goes pearshaped would seem to be the norm ).

[Buddy the Brave]

Can anybody find a photo of a "rats tossbag", I'd be fascinated to see one.

[Squizzy1970]

Dunno if I want to see one, but might help to clarify what sounded like a mixed metaphor. Does the rat toss himself in the bag, or is it like a man bag for a rat that he tosses over the shoulder?

Think Malcolm has been playing at too many public golf courses (surely not short of cash Blighty?) and copped one on the scone from the bogans on the other fairway.