How did Simon Lethlean come to be appointed General Manager of the Football Department to begin with
He has never held this position at an AFL club previously
WHY
He had a cushy job at the AFL where he showed incredibly poor judgement when he cheating on his wife.
Strength though Loyalty
Then a few months later he is appointed General Manager of Football at St.kilda after having never held this position before.
Jobs for the boys!
The recruitment of Hannebery was a disaster from the get go.
Anyone with a clue knew Hannebery was cooked already after coming off two very ordinary injury interrupted seasons.
Lethlean not only gives a 29 yo injury riddled player a four year deal at $800,000 a year which clearly would have been enough to get the deal done as this enabled Sydney to free up their salary cap and get a cooked player off their books, he also trades away St.kilda's second round draft selection in this years draft.
Any shrewd negotiator would have secured this deal without sacrificing an early second round draft selection. Any competent decision maker would not have recruited Hannebery to begin with.
Or was it yet another case of jobs for the boys and looking after a mates son
Lethlean also was going to sacrifice pick 4 and Max King by offering Dylan Shiel 1.4 million a year for five, six or seven years or whatever nonsense it was.
Lethlean was only saved from this ridiculously idiotic decision by Shiel rejecting St.kilda for Essendon.
Another clear example of his flawed decision making and questionable judgement.
How does he maintain objectivity if his good mate Brad Scott applies for the coaching position
I am reasonably confident Brad Scott will not be appointed as the fall out from this would be extreme.
However, we are talking about the St.kilda Football Club here and it has been run by goofballs for almost it's entire history.
If I was on the Coaching Selection Committee the list of candidates would be as follows and in no particular order:-
Lenny Hayes
Robert Harvey
Brett Ratten
Sam Mitchell
Alistair Clarkson
Any one of those five based on availability and interest!
If BS is appointed then you know without a shadow of doubt the AFL trojan horse operators are pissing on you from a great height.
DO THE MATHS AND THE SQUARES ARE ALL ROOTED.
