There is tail waging the dog and there is what the Dog's did when their players wanted the coach gone. Adelaide and Bulldogs listened to the players and it's a bigger decision to out a coach than to retain one. Swans listened when they appointed Roos after agreeing to take Wallace. The writing was on the wall for the failed handover/succession from the outset but Eddie can't listen to anyone except himself.Petulant brats they were in deed my W. A mate. I'm of the opinion you can't have the tail wagging the dog. Would you be ok with the tail being the boss?
The tail shouldn't wag the dog but the dog can't ignore the tail either. All of that is a secondary issue though. First and foremost to replace a premiership and follow-up GF coach is unprecedented and idiotic. History proves it was a dismal failure. Without looking through historical results I doubt we have had a longer period of ladder decline in our entire history.
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