Integrity is not just about Coaches and players. It also about the supporters and sponsors who want to see the best possible game. It should be a fight to the death with the best team standing at the end of the year. If that means managing player work load and training schedules so they do not burn out so be it, that is part of good coaching.
The fact that some supporters see no problem with resting 20 of the best players in the AFL because the Coaches cannot better mange players beggars belief. For once I cannot argue against the Crows situation and if we were in the same position I would be moaning too. My problem with the media is they moan when the Crows game is affected but not when the Power game is affected.
I am probably in a minority but two weeks ago I was looking forward to today's game as I thought we had a chance of beating Fremantle at full strength. I guess i want to win something that is worth wining rather than some sham of a game.
As I posted previously many of us pay a Membership to see 11 games of dinkum footy not 10 games and a farce. The integrity of the game is not just about Coaches and Players. Full marks to Ken Hinkley for speaking up over night and questioning whether Lyon and Scott's actions had compromised the game's integrity.