07-03-2021, 04:49 PM
(21-02-2021, 10:17 AM)Rick Pumpkin Wrote: 100% agree with BTC.
Thing is though I think too many people assume Jackett and his lapdog are leaving at the end of the season when their contracts expire. He's doing exactly what the ownership wants - keeping us safely in L1 and not taking us up to a level that would require Tornante having to spend any more than they need to right now in what is becoming an unsustainable second-tier competition. While there's no noises from the club about renewing contracts, at the same time there's not a peep from anyone about the two of them walking, either. Gut feeling is that there will be quiet contract extensions made, especially if we remain in L1 which is looking entirely likely, for a job well done (according to the owners).
Expect more strange play-off team selections in the unlikely event we somehow qualify for one of the places.
Rick ... do you honestly believe that the Eisners get involved at all in the playing side of the club. The idea that they would instruct Jackett not to get promotion is laughable, and frankly insulting. Jackett's failures, if you regard successive play-off positions as failures, are entirely of his own making and down to his incompetence/mistakes rather than any deliberate intent. The idea that he would not want a fourth promotion from this league on his CV is also hard to believe.