This is what bothers me the most,
His done all the hard yards and todays world expect results instantly.
Yes on paper our roster is good, though beside a handful of them, most are still learning each others style of footy.
A new coach will come in with very high expectations and mite not like a few of the players we have, so he'll then have to reshape everything to how he wants it and who he wants doing it.
I'd have given Brown until mid Next year to have everything in motion as he visioned it and if it was still failing? Then the situation we're in now would happen.
This decision probably comes down to keeping KP. We don't know the inner workings of the club, what discussions the board have had with Brown, or the players with Brown etc. The key to keeping KP apparently is moving the club in to a position to win a premiership and if he does not think Brown is the coach to get the job done, or if Wests flinch first and don't think he can get the club there, then better to make the call early.
Giving Brown another season, or half season just moves the club further in to the contracts of Pearce, Klem and Ponga and we all know contracts aren't worth anything if a player isn't happy.
It's a bad sign when senior players have to approach the coach not happy with how things are going. It's a bad sign we had to let Ramien go (who knows, maybe he will stay now, but doubtful), it's a bad sign Brown can't settle on a spine!
Then there is Browns man management which I believe will come out was poor. How he treated Levi when Griffin arrived was a sign of how he deals with people. Lino another, Lino was warming up on field in the 6 jumper, yet when the team ran out he wasn't in the team anywhere. Completely replaced, no injury.
Bench rotation was mind boggling sometimes. I remember he selected Rossdog once after he had a stint in lower grades, only to leave him on the bench and he only got on the field because a player got injured.
I'm glad they made the call early.
