G'day Ed. To be honest I never thought it would come to this.
We're in a fine mess.
The football club(that's the men's senior 18 - our raison detre, if you like) is puddling around in mediocrity.
It needs to be fixed.
I know you say you have it all in hand. You're running a review or two or three and everything is going to be fine and dandy. So you tell us.
The trouble is Ed, I don't know if I believe you anymore and that hurts me to say it. Sure, we owe you big time for effectively saving the club and then eventually delivering a premiership.
But nobody, not even Jock McHale is owed a lifetime debt of gratitude.
Everybody runs out of ideas. Everybody gets comfortable when they've sat in the one place too often.
You like to trumpet how big we are but it's wearing a bit thin, because, in reality we aren't what we were. Not off field and definitely not on field.
I don't know whether big changes are needed, or whether there's some minor tweaking required. I assume that the people conducting the reviews are doing so in good faith and have Collingwood's best interest at heart. I understand that the competition is skewed to even the playing field and I'm a patient guy. I've worn the past 4 years with relative patience and have supported the club's initiatives by and large.
I'm not one to throw the baby out with the bathwater and sometimes I can see that we're close, but close is no longer good enough.
WIth that in mind I urge you to take on the full recommendations of the club review.
If that review says keep the coach do so and move heaven, earth and the FD spending allowance to give him every possible support and have the guts to tie your future to his.
If it says it's time for Nathan to move on, you need to put your hand up and admit that you stuffed up, not so much in the appointment of Nathan, but the management and support of him. Only you know whether that lack of support demands your resignation.
You say you love Collingwood ED and I believe that you do.
You're not the only one who does.
Side by side and all that
mark
We're in a fine mess.
The football club(that's the men's senior 18 - our raison detre, if you like) is puddling around in mediocrity.
It needs to be fixed.
I know you say you have it all in hand. You're running a review or two or three and everything is going to be fine and dandy. So you tell us.
The trouble is Ed, I don't know if I believe you anymore and that hurts me to say it. Sure, we owe you big time for effectively saving the club and then eventually delivering a premiership.
But nobody, not even Jock McHale is owed a lifetime debt of gratitude.
Everybody runs out of ideas. Everybody gets comfortable when they've sat in the one place too often.
You like to trumpet how big we are but it's wearing a bit thin, because, in reality we aren't what we were. Not off field and definitely not on field.
I don't know whether big changes are needed, or whether there's some minor tweaking required. I assume that the people conducting the reviews are doing so in good faith and have Collingwood's best interest at heart. I understand that the competition is skewed to even the playing field and I'm a patient guy. I've worn the past 4 years with relative patience and have supported the club's initiatives by and large.
I'm not one to throw the baby out with the bathwater and sometimes I can see that we're close, but close is no longer good enough.
WIth that in mind I urge you to take on the full recommendations of the club review.
If that review says keep the coach do so and move heaven, earth and the FD spending allowance to give him every possible support and have the guts to tie your future to his.
If it says it's time for Nathan to move on, you need to put your hand up and admit that you stuffed up, not so much in the appointment of Nathan, but the management and support of him. Only you know whether that lack of support demands your resignation.
You say you love Collingwood ED and I believe that you do.
You're not the only one who does.
Side by side and all that
mark
