Barker has been at the club for 10 years, if you are crediting him with the improvement over the last 18 months where was it for the other 8.5 years?
You are the master of questioning the facts behind what everyone else is saying while making your own baseless assumptions, how about you try proving to us how anything in the last 18 months is the result of something Barker has done.
I am not suggesting Barker is a good or bad assistant coach. But let's look at the actual facts.
Our list was appalling for years, none of our coaches, senior or otherwise were able to lift the squad, hence why list managment is the most important area of a club.
Just think how good a so called GOAT coach in Clarkson and or his assistants have travelled in recent years without the talent of 5-10 years ago.
How will Barker be viewed if we make finals this year, or if we win flag/s over the next 5 odd years? Again, difficult to determine
What I find really strange, how would anyone here know the effectiveness of our assistants, when they are not in the inner sanctum, nor given that these so called assistants must adhere to the instructions of a senior coach
Considering we ranked 4th in stoppage clearances and 6th in centre clearances, Barker's responsibility, yet we finished outside the 8, who is responsible for other areas, such as disposal efficiency where we ranked last?
We can assess players, by their actions, we can somewhat assess a senior coach by gameplan, tactics and where they want players to ply their craft.
But how do you assess an assistant?
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