As for crediting the coach... how many people do you know are going to stand up on live TV and credit the previous coach for them getting where they are now? Even if you think that the current coach is a fool, you are going to credit them with doing some good work with you even if you think the opposite.
Not all the failings are Barkers fault... however, in his tenure at the club, things havent improved in a measurable significant manner and that can be laid at his feet.
Its getting to a point of stalemate for mine. In all of the cases I quoted, the players didnt have to reference Barker at all, yet they did. They referred to both the head coach and barker or their playing mentor and barker. In all those circumstances, they didnt need to add him yet they did.
Whilst I dont disagree with your last statement, I dont think the failings under him are directly his fault, and I dont think the club has supplied ample youth to test his development (particularly where the defense is concerned). The fact that the post you quoted referenced almost every young player in defense....and all are somewhat "mature aged" shows how our club has approached list management in defense of late.
My reference to continual issues with Giles was that he was in a moonboot from the middle of 2014 and was expected to get out at the start of preseason, but had a setback and required further surgery in November. To me that is continuous.
Anyway, for mine, he's not the end of the world as a caretaker coach. He may surprise us, or prove that he's not good enough.....either way, I dont see what we have to lose.