Winning isn't everything

[PaulP]

None of those teams were basket cases, wooden spoon material etc from a scorched earth rebuild......as much as SOS has said its easy to build a midpack team thats where those clubs launched from.
Scorched earth rebuilds are unchartered waters, there isnt a owners manual that you can refer to or any statistical basis to suggest what is right or wrong.

I agree, but I wish to make the following 2 points :
- your post is precisely why we need to see the process through, with the main protagonists on board.
- the fact remains, that there were a large contingent of Pies and Tigers supporters who wanted Hardwick and Buckley gone, even though those clubs took a much less risky approach.