Ok lets be rational again.
Scott won't be sacked if we miss the 8 this year. He won't. We don't do that. The pressure will be on next year though.
By the same token, if we simply make the 8 this year, he shouldn't receive and extension either. No way. The pressure will be on next year.
If we make another prelim, he still shouldn't receive an extension. There will be less pressure next year, but expectations will be high.
If we win the flag this year, he can have an extension. Eg. Not happening by the looks of it at this point in time.
So, next year, about round 15, if we aren't firmly entrenched in the top 4, we are still inconsistent, still getting flogged every 4 weeks, players haven't come on as expected, Boomer Wells Waite Dish NDS ect about to retire or very close and no closer to a flag than we were 5 years ago.
How can a rational person give him another contact extension?? They can't.
Despite what I have been running with throughout this thread..... You are probably right.
The performance on Saturday night was just so bloody disheartening. I expected more.
Things can turn quick though...
Amongst our next 4 games we play the three teams that are 2 games ahead of us and equal 2nd on the ladder. On current form we are **** all chance of winning all three of those games BUT who amongst us thought we could beat Hawthorn last year after we lost to Brisbane the week before. If, and I know it's a BIG if, can get in a roll, show some heart and jag the next 4.... Fanciful as it may be.. All of s sudden things look a lot better, with the softest part of the draw to come.
The doubt will then be on what's happened already this year, and how unacceptable our 3 big losses have been. However we saw in September last year what a bit of momentum can do.
I'm not saying extend Brad now
I'm not saying extend him if we make the 8... Anymore
I'm saying that, if he is under pressure, Good!
Wells and Spitta should be back in the next couple of weeks, Turner and Daw sound like they played great games yesterday... Mullett is getting himself into form. Let's not be bloody Richmond and tear the joint apart. If Scott isn't getting the job done by round 15 next year, then we move on. But if we make a run this year, and have a good injury year next year and are as good as we think we can be, extend the shit out of him.