Is GT bitter & twisted? At the time of the sacking he did say he would always put the club first, he loved the club blah blah. .. now he sues?
RB needed to be held accountable for his sacking of GT, but why is it now? Just because we didn't make the finals? ... WHY is it NOW that he needs to be held accountable for something that occurred 12 months ago? Something is telling me if we made the finals this would not be happening.
Sorry sainter girl, like where you're going here overall, but gotta disagree a bit. GT can't be judged too harshly here, because all the bloke wants is his pay. He wants what he was offered by the club. The club made him sign a silence-contract when he was sacked, and has remarkably managed to keep to that, despite heavy provocation and the opportunity to go nuts on
The Age. There hasn't been a shred of evidence, only innuendo, that he broke this silence-deal, which most people reckon is a rough deal anyway - who doesn't want to winge about their old boss when they just got sacked?! GT is fair to ask for his money, and he should get it.
As for Butterss getting disciplined, the fact is that NOW is as good a time as any. There is NO good time for the President of the Club to get publicly told off. Of course if we were in the middle of a finals campaign it would have to wait until the off-season, but the off-season started for us last Sunday morning.
Having said that, I'm with you, in that I think the whole thing of Butterss getting disciplined, and potentially sacked, for replacing GT for a coach who didn't make the finals is ridiculous. Lyon shouldn't have been expected to do that, even though I would've loved it if he did. However, he should be disciplined for clearly letting a personal issue get in the way of his job as director. Firing GT was personal, no question.
Nonetheless, there is a big diff between a telling off with a subsequent apology, and getting sacked when you're the most financially successful President a previously debt-ridden club has ever seen.
What I want is for GT to get his money, Butterss to say, "Fine I stuffed up and let personal issues get in the way of business and I'm sorry," and for Everyone else to say, "Fair enough, mistake made, but otherwise you're doing a good job." I know, I know, I'm too much of an idealist.