Football Department Review

[tonyo]

Yep, if he waits long enough he can just say he is following through on the recommendations contained in the review. Someone with a better memory please correct me, but I don't remember the Tigers, Pies, or Cats reviews being as messy as this. Certainly with the Tigers, there was talk about sacking Hardwick, but I don't recall the fever pitch intensity that seems to follow Carlton around like a bad smell. These sorts of events at Carlton always feel distinctly Machiavellian. 

This was always going to happen when the review was conducted half-way through the year, and the side's performance started going south.  It was also exacerbated by the 'planned' Presidential handover.  If the team had clicked and made the 8, the actions taken in response to the review would probably be quite different.

The media love a blood-letting story (in fact, they generally supply the knives) - especially the anti-Carlton crew like Jon Ralph, Flubbo and co at the HUN.  They lost out on Collingwood and Hawthorn stories because the respective coaches jumped not long after they felt a hand in the back.  Otherwise, it could have been a lot messier than us, especially Collingwood.