Fair call Wendy. Let’s hope these guys get it right…. Gus especially 2024 & 2025 recruitment equally as important as our pathways - players coach the younger kids too and set standards, it’s not all on the coach which is why Melbourne have been good for so long and why we were so successful for 4 decades.
As supporters of this club I think we need to treat this new sensationalist development with some circumspect.
We cop a bad hand from the media at the best of times so a lot of this reporting would be over the top.
It really is disappointing that fans are bagging a young loyal player like Topine for being a soft cock with mental problems....we have no idea what the true situation is or what challenges he has had to get to this point. As I said IMO he has been treated badly by CC and I question his man management skills. It may be that Ciro hasn't got the guts to rip into Burton, Kiks, Mahoney, Fox for their performances and so takes it out on the fringe guys who he can have a rave at....not saying thats so but for all we know that might be the case....CC certainly isn't getting much love on the playing field from those senior guys.
It's been a pre-season and 26 rounds and only now Ciro and Gus decide its breaking point with training standards etc....those standards should have been law from day one and obvious to everyone far and wide...not some bombshell one game from the end of the season.
Its going to be an emotional ride for a while. If this is all necessary then so be it for the betterment of the club.