Concur with all of the important points in your rant.
One of the points some of those critical of Hird keep making is that the club is greater than one individual. Well, yes, it is.
And it works in reverse. Your support of the club is greater than your support (or otherwise) of one individual. Especially now when the club needs us most.
As for the less important point of who the coach should be: personally, I cannot see how you can assert Hird's mind isn't on the job. Look at the trade period; the coaching appointments...All continuing...
What you are implying, I suppose, is that he should drop his court action. While I agree, it is his decision. And he needs to live with it. As he will. But let's not pretend he is not doing his job as well.
Nor should we forget that he took a penalty he does not believe he warranted to spare the club.
For that alone, I will support him. And his performance in 2013 warrants him continuing.
Until there is evidence that he actually did something wrong, he has my support.