http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/tanking-scapegoat-chris-connolly-in-for-long-haul-at-dees/story-fndv8pdq-1226654035239

I have no words... (but it would be very good if PJ made some comment; even a cryptic one)

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/tanking-scapegoat-chris-connolly-in-for-long-haul-at-dees/story-fndv8pdq-1226654035239

I have no words... (but it would be very good if PJ made some comment; even a cryptic one)

Let me state my position again before I post, CC is a mate of mine. That said let me state the following:

Chris bore the brunt of the tanking punishment and we all know he is not the only one who had to be involved. He did so without recrimination. He has lost a year's salary as a result. He has a family to support.

He has been removed from the football side.

He is now in the marketing/membership/fundraising side. He is good at his role. He also does a lot of the community work and he is good at that as well. He is great with people and getting them involved with the MFC.

He is a former player who cares a lot about this club. He wants to see this club successful again and has suffered like few others as a result of the last few years.

I would be more likely to donate again if asked by Chris, someone who knows me and how I feel about the MFC, than some new kid I have never met before and who will leave as soon as he is offered a new job.

You want to build culture, you don't burn the CC's of this world. You use them to the best of their ability as part of the rebuild of this fractured club.