What if there isn't a narrative to control? That's what I'm getting at; what if the entire thing - aside from SOS leaving - is invented at of whole cloth as a means to sell ad revenue during the offseason?
I mean, we've got precedent as a supporter base which overreacts to things. Go have a look see at how we reacted to Caroline Wilson's depiction of Trigg's dismissal on this site; it's almost a carbon copy of what we have right here, with this one being a mite more intense due to the person leaving being a Carlton great and beloved.
Why should the club respond to what is a) untrue, b) silly, and c) when they've nothing to say concerning a replacement?
I'm starting to think we've been had. Something about all this is too extreme to be true.
Of course there’s a narrative to control. For the last couple of weeks the media have been saying SOS is leaving. And then you get the articles of the last couple of days which are absolutely damning, whether they’re true or not.
The Club is in a bad situation, regardless of what is happening behind the scenes, purely because it looks like we’re in a bad situation. Sometimes perception is reality, so the Club needs to fix this. Even if that only means controlling the narrative.
And moving on a CEO is a very different thing to moving on a list manager. Especially one who is a club legend, and has clearly been doing great work.