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Saints bosses grilled over 'laughable' axing - CtrlF.XYZ

Saints bosses grilled over 'laughable' axing

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St Kilda has been roundly panned for its daze sacking of caput manager Brett Ratten conscionable 97 days aft handing him a two-year extension.

Ratten, who led the Saints to a astonishment finals quality successful 2020, was given his marching orders aft his squad mislaid 8 retired of its past 11 games.

The 51-year-old is understood to person been blindsided by the determination aft gathering with St Kilda president Andrew Bassat earlier connected Thursday. He was sacked hours later.

Kangaroos premiership large David King described arsenic "laughable" the determination to sack Ratten, who helium called a "great shot person", suggesting that much heads should rotation successful the aftermath of the axing.

"He's precisely what you privation astatine your shot club," King told SEN.

"All these decisions are decisions you marque successful the chill airy of day. They're made by a corporate of people. If those guys, who person allowed St Kilda to person a 10-win, 11-win ceiling each twelvemonth and (to) truly not contend with the large boys and not springiness the manager the champion opportunity, if they've got a shred of decency they locomotion contiguous with Brett Ratten.

"They accidental 'you cognize what, portion of the failings of this shot nine are successful my department, I'm accountable for this'.

"I don't attraction if that's (Saints CEO) Simon Lethlean oregon (Saints database manager) James Gallagher oregon who it is due to the fact that this is not a one-man problem. It's not. You can't blasted Ratten for each of this – having signed him 100 days ago."

King, who was particularly captious of the Saints' quiescent commercialized period, said Ratten had been warring an uphill conflict passim his tenure owed to ill-equipped playing lists.

"For 66 games Brett Ratten has been taking a weapon to a weapon fight. There's nary uncertainty astir that," helium said.

"He's been asked to triumph games and yet finals with a star-barren list. If you judged the playing roster for mediocrity, they'd triumph a golden medal each year."

Port Adelaide champion Kane Cornes was besides near staggered by the ruthless sacking.

"It's 1 of the astir brutal decisions I've seen and possibly it's an penetration into the changing scenery of however AFL shot is going and however ruthless immoderate of these clubs are going to be," Cornes said.

"We spot this successful satellite sports from clip to clip … mostly there's been a level of loyalty with AFL coaches. This is simply a manager that was re-signed halfway done the twelvemonth and present he's gone the time aft the commercialized period."

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