St Kilda sack Watters

[LostDoggy]

Sanderson also remains (think he started 2 years ago as a senior coach)

But yep brutal alright. Really strange timing. Both Brisbane and the Saints are in deep poo at the moment.

Billy Longer must be hearing the sizzle; frying pan - fire....

[Twodogs]

Billy Longer must be hearing the sizzle; frying pan - fire....

Heh! Poor kid.

[LostDoggy]

Heh! Poor kid.

And to think he just missed out on the Hawks... his new nick name might have to be Bad News Billy!

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Agree with GVG, clearly there's more at play behind the scenes than what has been publicly aired. Mark Fine plays up to the persona as a raving lunatic but he is quite measured when talking about his team, St Kilda. But he was absolutely definitive in his assertions on SEN a couple of months ago that Watters needed to be sacked immediately, which tells me Watters had lost the playing group very early on in his tenure (much like Neeld did).

On a side note, Maverick Weller has nominated St Kilda as his preferred club of choice. Wonder if he is now a little more amenable to other offers?

I heard that about Mark Fine. Any idea why he was so adamant about it? There clearly is something more going on behind the scenes

[Remi Moses]

Daniel Harford is saying on SEN that St Kilda were not happy that he was on air this morning. Pretty much sad that they asked him not to do it. Surely that wasn't the tipping point though?

Harford defends clubs and players at every turn.
Caller asked how would the players coming in feel?
Harford reckons they wouldn't worry about it!
Come on
Now the dwarf stuff was about their coach

[bulldogtragic]

So no coaches input into the draft... Pelchan has free reign.

[jeemak]

Sounds to me like the players run the St Kilda FC. Why else would they continually get away with the shit they pull?

[GVGjr]

So no coaches input into the draft... Pelchan has free reign.

I don't think it's his call. They have a strong recruiting team. GM of Footy Ops should have other duties

[Happy Days]

Watters got dealt a terrible hand, running into the post-Lyon apocalyptic state of the list, compounded with some awful drafting just befoe he arrived. Was always going to up against it, and whoever takes over will be walking into an even worse situation, list-wise; their second best player is Jack Steven!

Having said that, he's flamed out spectacularly; as others have said there has to be more at play here. Regardless of people's opinions of Mark Fine, he has his finger on the pulse at St Kilda and he has been all over this.

[LostDoggy]

If any team has to become the new Demons, I'm just glad it's those mongrels.

[Cyberdoggie]

The AFL website has an article describing how the radio interview was the last straw, and that Watters didn't have the approval of his club to do it.

Watters then told SEN that he had approval before going on air.

The club was having ongoing struggles trying to keep the coach from running his own agenda.

the final straw

[LostDoggy]

Thinking about it, Grant Thomas, Ross Lyon going to Freo, sex scandals galore, now Watters — the Saints are a fantastic source of off-season entertainment.

[LostDoggy]

Watters being fired has dwarfed the Mad Monday fiasco.

[Twodogs]

Sounds to me like the players run the St Kilda FC. Why else would they continually get away with the shit they pull?

They always have. For as long as I can remember their players appointed and sacked coaches. Lyon looks like he jumped at exactly the right time.

[The Pie Man]

Sounds to me like the players run the St Kilda FC. Why else would they continually get away with the shit they pull?

That's my take too - I read weeks ago that the spray Watters gave them over their Mad Monday fiasco wasn't well received.....give me a spell boys; whatever bake you copped was more than well deserved.

Now that's a long re-build for a new coach. Debacle