Robbie Farah was signed by Steve Humphreys and Nick Di Girolamo on $950,000 for the last two seasons (which is absurd) and they were sacked. They also signed Chris Lawrence at $650,000 and he wasn't performing. It's not in JT's interests as coach to inherit these kind of long term problems, but he has dealt with them while moving the team forward.
The club has been very accommodating regarding Farah over the years, to the point where two previous coaches were moved on. That simply can't happen again. JT made a judgement about Farah's benefit/worth/influence on the team. He did what he thinks is right and as coach will live or die by his decisions. Let's not forget in the last 3 seasons of Farah's captaincy we finished 15th twice and 13th. This season we won more games when Farah didn't play and we played for a finals spot for the first time in 5 years.
JT also re-negotiated Lawrence's future and has him contributing more to the team. I think he deserves credit for dealing with these problems, which he didn't create. He definitely deserves to see out his contract and with these problems resolved, I'll be surprised if we don't make the 8 in 2017\. I hear Kidwell is gone and also the club will re-sign Elijah Taylor. In 2018 we will have more $$$ to add to the roster.
According to TT, wasn't JT's KPI to get the team in the 8 this year? He didn't do it so where is the accountability?
