Sorry GJ. I thought you said the above. Clearly I'm mistaken.
It must have been someone else. It was that other other GJ I was responding too by saying its baseless.
Your opinion harks back to the parochialism of the 50's and 60's. It has no rationale related to performance. In the modern corporate world it makes you look like a goose.
It also flies in defiance of the history that in both WA clubs it took someone from the East to come and save their sorry arses. The Eagles were rorted into the ground by the states finest and had to be bailed out by the WAFC. And John Todd was shown up to be silly old duffer he is by the professionalism of Malthouse.
In Freo's case, WA best and brightest turned the club into a basket case. That was the AFL's semi-official opinion as accidentally leaked from Head Office. Schwab was head hunted by Demetriou's as preferred option because the Board and the WAFC who had the final say could no find a better option.
The final arrow in your agreement with old duffer is that the Board and WAFC who are responsible are for the club are chock full of West Australian's. They signed off on both Connolly and Schwab.
Since I joined the membership has gone from 17,000 to 40,000 under Eastern states under the Scwab administration. I've met the guy, chatted with him and he seems pretty switched on. But his results are oustanding.
Of course, when you spend your whole life with your head up your jacksie, most of this history will have passed you by. Not that facts have much sway with you.
