I Am Embarrased
Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 12:58 am
Sorry, I posted this in another thread but I am that pissed off with whats happening at Essendon I need to vent in my own thread.
And to add to the below points I am now hearing about that twat Horsborough bleating on about Knights on TV tonight. hasnt he been officially gagged by the club after the Sheedy fiasco?
How could it come to this....
I have never been so totally embarassed to be an Essendon supporter in my 40 Plus years following this club
1) Hird - Jimmy, whether its media spin or not - you have done yourself a massive disservice over the last couple of days. Now, you have painted yourself into a corner by doing a U-Turn on wanting to coach Essendon. Why man? Why not just leave it alone. Who knows, the Board was probably going to sack Knights anyway and would have probably wanted you involved in some capacity. Now, well now, its going to look very stupid if in 3 months you are back in the game. If you are backing off out of some sense of "doing the right thing for Knights" then thats pretty weak having come out with the sentimental crap about having this "heartfelt desire to coach Essendon" Bye Jim, it would have been nice to have you invoved - you have now made this almost an impossibility. Or at best - sadly two faced
2) Essendon Board - For f*** sake show some goddamn leadership and shut this whole episode down once and for all. Given what has happened in the last week, it is essential that the Board, to save some face for all concerned, makes an unequivocal statement about the state of affairs in the coaching department, No bullshit, no ambiguity - just say that Knights position, due to the poor performance of the club will be reviewed and that the club will consider all options available to it, including replacing Knights is this is the best long term action for the club.
3) Interviewing Mark Williams before the club has a clear position on Knights future?? I mean, wtf are they doing down there. Given that Knights is on a razor's edge, why would you start interviewing the most likely replacement for Knights?? Surely someone at the club could have said to Knight, whos idea it was to interview Williams, listen mate, things need to be reviewed before we start talking to assistant coach candidates. Just wait 3 weeks.
4) Departing Assistant Coaches - surely, for god's sake, this could have waited until the end of the season. How can you let two assistants announce they are walking out on the same day on some beat up bullshit excuse about doing it for family reasons. Unbelievable. Clearly these guys have either been pushed or have basically had enough and have gone "f*** you Essendon" and walked. Had they done it during the off season, no one would have taken a second glance. So what was the reason, why did these two jokers pull the pin.
So putting aside the most disgraceful on-field performances I can recall in many decades, this club has literally come apart at the seams in the last few weeks.
Knights will never walk and so we are destined to have this guy crucify the club one way or another. I feel sorry for him but he is not the man for the job. He has had three years and those three years have been wasted. I can only see our already fragile squad now becoming more disenchanted and I look forward to 2 more wallopings before the season is over. Knights, whether its his fault or not, is now Ground Zero in regards to Essendons problems. Release Knight, appoint a new coaching panel, clean out this miscreant board and we could start again, fresh faces, fresh vision. However, Knights, for purely monetary reasons, will not go. Nope, he has a binding contract. So its come to this. One indivudual positioning himself as the victim who is being screwed. No, sorry, Matthew you have failed, you cannot continue to hild this club to ransom because you have a lifestyle you want to retain. Do the honorable thing man. Go to the board, cut a deal, move on. Do it now and you will be admired by all and sundry for putting the club ahead of your own financial benefit.
And to add to the below points I am now hearing about that twat Horsborough bleating on about Knights on TV tonight. hasnt he been officially gagged by the club after the Sheedy fiasco?
How could it come to this....
I have never been so totally embarassed to be an Essendon supporter in my 40 Plus years following this club
1) Hird - Jimmy, whether its media spin or not - you have done yourself a massive disservice over the last couple of days. Now, you have painted yourself into a corner by doing a U-Turn on wanting to coach Essendon. Why man? Why not just leave it alone. Who knows, the Board was probably going to sack Knights anyway and would have probably wanted you involved in some capacity. Now, well now, its going to look very stupid if in 3 months you are back in the game. If you are backing off out of some sense of "doing the right thing for Knights" then thats pretty weak having come out with the sentimental crap about having this "heartfelt desire to coach Essendon" Bye Jim, it would have been nice to have you invoved - you have now made this almost an impossibility. Or at best - sadly two faced
2) Essendon Board - For f*** sake show some goddamn leadership and shut this whole episode down once and for all. Given what has happened in the last week, it is essential that the Board, to save some face for all concerned, makes an unequivocal statement about the state of affairs in the coaching department, No bullshit, no ambiguity - just say that Knights position, due to the poor performance of the club will be reviewed and that the club will consider all options available to it, including replacing Knights is this is the best long term action for the club.
3) Interviewing Mark Williams before the club has a clear position on Knights future?? I mean, wtf are they doing down there. Given that Knights is on a razor's edge, why would you start interviewing the most likely replacement for Knights?? Surely someone at the club could have said to Knight, whos idea it was to interview Williams, listen mate, things need to be reviewed before we start talking to assistant coach candidates. Just wait 3 weeks.
4) Departing Assistant Coaches - surely, for god's sake, this could have waited until the end of the season. How can you let two assistants announce they are walking out on the same day on some beat up bullshit excuse about doing it for family reasons. Unbelievable. Clearly these guys have either been pushed or have basically had enough and have gone "f*** you Essendon" and walked. Had they done it during the off season, no one would have taken a second glance. So what was the reason, why did these two jokers pull the pin.
So putting aside the most disgraceful on-field performances I can recall in many decades, this club has literally come apart at the seams in the last few weeks.
Knights will never walk and so we are destined to have this guy crucify the club one way or another. I feel sorry for him but he is not the man for the job. He has had three years and those three years have been wasted. I can only see our already fragile squad now becoming more disenchanted and I look forward to 2 more wallopings before the season is over. Knights, whether its his fault or not, is now Ground Zero in regards to Essendons problems. Release Knight, appoint a new coaching panel, clean out this miscreant board and we could start again, fresh faces, fresh vision. However, Knights, for purely monetary reasons, will not go. Nope, he has a binding contract. So its come to this. One indivudual positioning himself as the victim who is being screwed. No, sorry, Matthew you have failed, you cannot continue to hild this club to ransom because you have a lifestyle you want to retain. Do the honorable thing man. Go to the board, cut a deal, move on. Do it now and you will be admired by all and sundry for putting the club ahead of your own financial benefit.