"Absolutely, I'm not sure why people are so keen to jump at shadows.... There's a process in place and the club will choose the coach from that process, it won't be selected from public opinion or the media."
Beautiful common sense approach.
FWIW I think you make some very, very good points ... Western Australian football is a "fish bowl" where Chris was behind the "8-ball" from nearly day 1. As he said in his press conference the "sharks" where circling before the end of the first game of the season ... hardly a fair go in my opinion.
IMHO the pressure is enormous in a 2 team town and he did a excellent job compared to any who have gone before him.
I'm not here to pick the next coach just to express my amazement at "why people are so keen to jump at shadows" ...