This is the job at the club Gus has wanted for a long time.
Listening to Gus over the years tells you we’ve always been his favourite.
I’m paraphrasing here but I’m sure others would’ve heard -
“Every footballer should spend some time at The Dogs”
“ Football is in the walls at The Dogs”
“They are the marquee club of Sydney”
And you could see his disappointment when talking about the direction of the club over the last few years.
This is the gig he’s wanted for a long time. Once the wrong people (in his mind) we’re gone and the right people ( again in his mind) were in charge and he was guaranteed what he wanted, which wasn’t the money. - the money would always be there - it was what he said last night “ in charge of ALL things football” once those bricks were in place, this was a pretty easy decision for all concerned.
Hand and glove.
Having one dominant bloke in charge seems to work best for the Berries/Bulldogs.
We have many competing factions and a strong, decisive, competent decision maker seems our best solution to that.
Bullfrog kicked off our rise to the top during his era and we've languished down the bottom for several years recently as competing factions tore apart at the fabric of achieving a united club.
Not everyone likes the bloke but most acknowledge his influence and power in the game.
In that Dept we have the best there is to help change our fortunes towards success.
We have sunk so low and our new management were smart enough to recognise we needed the best, most influentual, well connected bloke out there to help them along in achieving success, for our club.
There was no other option out there big enough to immediately set us on the right path.
JK and all those concerned have done very well by the club. There will be ups and downs and no doubt puzzling decisions by Gould, but they have set in place the best possible solution to our footy troubles.
We've hit the ground running with Gus.