Borry
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http://blogs.thewest.com.au/news/paul-murray-failure-has-many-fathers/
Failure, like success, has many fathers.
As a “lapsed” Docker, I’m glad to see the back of Chris Connolly, but he is a scapegoat for the failure of others as well as his own shortcomings.
Connolly is a symbol of the cronyism that has polluted the football club for many years.
His mate, CEO Cameron Schwab, is as culpable for the team’s under-performance as Connolly. And so are those board members who extended the coach’s contract mid-term some years ago.The writing was on the wall back then that Connolly did not have the support of many players and would not be able to produce the results the fans were demanding.
I signed on as an inaugural member of the Dockers at the club’s launch at the Fremantle passenger terminal. But I left two years ago, disappointed more by the lack of accountability than the team’s humiliating defeats.
One of the many concerning issues was the decision to remove the coach from the members’ post-game function after he had been abused on a couple of occasions.
For me, that summed up the club’s approach to accountability.
There is no doubt that the addition of Mark Harvey and Robert Shaw to the football department resulted in last season’s better performance. But everything slipped back to the bad old ways this year and even they could not overcome the mindset of many players who had clearly stopped listening to Connolly.
The Fremantle board needs to take responsibility for the lost years after Connolly’s inadequacy became apparent.
The CEO also needs to be made accountable. Schwab engineered the Connolly contract extension when the proper approach should have been to review him at the end of the season. That was the seed of today’s removal.
Connolly’s demise is a start for a better future for the club. But a lot more needs to change at the Dockers before they can meet the expectations of the fans.
Failure, like success, has many fathers.
As a “lapsed” Docker, I’m glad to see the back of Chris Connolly, but he is a scapegoat for the failure of others as well as his own shortcomings.
Connolly is a symbol of the cronyism that has polluted the football club for many years.
His mate, CEO Cameron Schwab, is as culpable for the team’s under-performance as Connolly. And so are those board members who extended the coach’s contract mid-term some years ago.The writing was on the wall back then that Connolly did not have the support of many players and would not be able to produce the results the fans were demanding.
I signed on as an inaugural member of the Dockers at the club’s launch at the Fremantle passenger terminal. But I left two years ago, disappointed more by the lack of accountability than the team’s humiliating defeats.
One of the many concerning issues was the decision to remove the coach from the members’ post-game function after he had been abused on a couple of occasions.
For me, that summed up the club’s approach to accountability.
There is no doubt that the addition of Mark Harvey and Robert Shaw to the football department resulted in last season’s better performance. But everything slipped back to the bad old ways this year and even they could not overcome the mindset of many players who had clearly stopped listening to Connolly.
The Fremantle board needs to take responsibility for the lost years after Connolly’s inadequacy became apparent.
The CEO also needs to be made accountable. Schwab engineered the Connolly contract extension when the proper approach should have been to review him at the end of the season. That was the seed of today’s removal.
Connolly’s demise is a start for a better future for the club. But a lot more needs to change at the Dockers before they can meet the expectations of the fans.
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