Quote Red John="Red John"It seems some calmer heads are starting to make their feelings known and we're moving away from the excitable 'poisoned chalice' and 'laughing stock' types of comment (for a club that’s apparently a ‘laughing stock’, there doesn’t seem to be much laughing about it on the VT).
I agree with what Always Behind The Sticks says in another thread: this says as much about the man himself as it does about the club. Is this ‘poisoned chalice’ job as bad as coaching Crusaders was last season when the club (allegedly) weren’t paying players? Is it as bad as coaching Wakefield would have been at around this time last year when the club were in danger of going under and were offloading players to survive? Is it as bad as coaching Leigh during their season in Super League when the club was disintegrating in front of everyone’s eyes? I doubt the answer to any of these is yes, but Iestyn Harris, John Kear and Darren Abram respectively didn’t walk away (as I recall, Abram wanted to stay but couldn’t agree terms with the club).
Did the club suddenly become more incompetent at exactly the same time as he replaced Phil Veivers? Veivers seemed to be able to cope with the way things are, and had the integrity to stay on when Matt Parrish was appointed.
No. For me, this says a lot about the man himself.
Perhaps the traumas being displayed on this board stem from the fact he became a hero for some when he appeared to confirm what they’d already decided was true: that the club is a basket case. Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t. None of us can know for sure, but Matt Parrish was a godsend for them. However, John Wilkinson was interviewed on Radio Manchester about Parrish’s first outburst, and said that these apparent problems all required money to fix, and the club doesn’t have any. Nevertheless, Matt Parrish was given a free pass by some people on here to do things that previous coaches were berated for.
And now he’s walked away, showing he doesn’t have whatever it takes to see the job through. Admittedly, it might be tough job, but he’s walked away, confirming what some of the more cautious people on here have been saying for some time. In that respect, he’s no different to Homesick Hudson, except he gets that free pass.'"
Spot on - If there's 1 post that should remain amoungst nearly 14 pages of half thought thru attacks on the club and utter dribble, its this one - A Fair rounded overview of the situation.
Might I add knowing Matt personaly, that Matt and the board could not agree on the idea's Matt had, or the radical changes he had in mind, changes that the club didnt agree on, nor could possibly back financially.
I cant comment on these as I dont know what these changes were, but could probably guess that they were required changes Matt wanted to implement to see himself succesful.
If you look at it this way: If Michael Meguire had come to Salford instead of going to Wigan, he too would probably have left at the same time if not earlier. Although he was pretty much unheard of and not established, had he wanted to do what he's been able to do at Wigan, then it's obvious he would have been head butting a brick wall.
With that said maybe Matt tried to change to much to quickly, and got fed up. Then came to blow's with those responsible and those who didnt agree, and those who didnt tell him the truth to start with, the board.
So perhaps Matt should have done what (most) people on here seem to think he should of done, which was grind out and build up from bottom and make changes slowly.
