The only issue I have is with Madge.we will win the spoon this yr and that's on him. He has been a well paid unmitigated disaster.
Hi HT
I wasn't a huge Madge supporter but neither was I in the punt him camp. If we take all of the emotion way from it he simply didn't get the results we all, including Madge, expected.
You could argue that his plans were too simplistic, too predictable or not expansive enough or that the players didn't buy the hype. You could equally argue that there was a huge injury toll early on this year that derailed his post Cleary plan and that one more year and some better cattle would have justified the pain.
The bottom line is our performances did not improve so the decision was made to move him on.
He didn't get the on field results for sure, and that cost him his job. However, he did get us out of the salary cap rut, put in place a set of standards and tried hard to develop a culture of individuals being the player that everyone wants in their team.
Could it be that our players giving their best is simply worse than most other clubs on an everyday basis?
I acknowledge your opinion and position in relation to the spoon and agree he didn't perform - but an unmitigated disaster - probably not.
Madge was definitely on the right track culturally. The current roster means that we don't have a solid foundation; however, I think he has left us something that can be built on.
Cheers
Jolls