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His role was always going to end badly. A president who is on tv and radio as often as he was is bound to stuff things up. I do believe like he says everything he does is coming from the right place and either for the benefit of the game and his club. It's just that when you say 1,000,000 things a year in a public forum like he does he is bound to get it wrong from time to time. I'm sure most other presidents would struggle not saying the wrong thing wearing all the caps he did over the 23 years.
His biggest problem yesterday was feeling the need to make it about him and the club and all the good they've done over the journey, which is true. But it's the lack of self-awareness around this particular issue and its timing which is very poor. Just leave quietly and people will remember the good you do after the fact, no need to pump up your own tyres on the way out.
His biggest problem yesterday was feeling the need to make it about him and the club and all the good they've done over the journey, which is true. But it's the lack of self-awareness around this particular issue and its timing which is very poor. Just leave quietly and people will remember the good you do after the fact, no need to pump up your own tyres on the way out.