would someone run me through the mindset of a potential member who decides against committing because we changed list managers? how does that go?
We didn't just "change list managers".
We sacked a Club Legend over a battle of egos with the CEO, and we look like an unprofessional, divided basket case.
The last several years have been pretty tough on the supporters, but we could maintain the faith because we were doing a rebuild the right way, lead by someone who really knew how to manage a list. In the meantime, we've sacked a CEO and a coach who weren't up to it, but at least we had a gun list manager. Now our optimism is completely reliant on the list he has built, Andrew Russell, and fingers crossed, a coach with 11 games to his name. It's currently pretty hard to have much faith in the rest of the club.
I'm not condoning cancelling memberships, but I can understand it.
I think I'll probably take the 6 memberships that I pay for off auto-renewal though, and tell the Club that I'll at least consider what I do for next year. * Liddle.