Off field they have failed the club more. How many poor decisions around the CEO and Coach can they make? To not have a proper football head on the board is a farce (Diesel is not the right person). Unless this Board gets overturned, we will be in the same position for a long time.
I think the point is being missed here. My suggestion is that our list management team were sleeping at the wheel when it came to Barrass (or any other key back in the comp for that matter). For as long as Weitering has been at our club, (bar a brief period when Jones was a backman), we have...
Finally the list management team understand that to win a flag, you need to bat deeper than your top 6-8 players. 2025 trade period was the start of a proper list build.
So because there is a connection with a player and previous assistant coach/ coach, we just don't put our hand in the ring?
Our list management team were caught sitting on their hands with this one.
So, what you're saying is that you're happy our list management team were banking on at that time a failed forward/ second ruck & who averaged 13 games a year, a player just selected0 in the draft and a father son who was a year away from being drafted (and not considered to be a top 25 player...
Just on this, the fact that our hat was not firmly in the conversation with Tom Barrass says everything we need to know about our list management team...
This is what I’d do;
1. Sell pick 10 and a 3rd rounder (this years or next) for a late first and future first (happy to give pick 10 pick to Geelong for their 2025/2026 first round picks). Geelong can then use Pick 10 and a few pick swaps for Marshall.
2. Get Sydney's 2025 & 2026 First round...