I can recall in the beginning of the season how the media was praising the great work by Bob Fulton in getting a competitive roster in just 5 months where other teams took 5 years to do the same . The expectations were there .Zorba's involvement white-anting Tooves aside, my personal opinion is that as fans we might have had higher expectations for this season than the rest of the RL community.
Im not saying we had no right too, our team should be playing a darn sight better than we currently are, however, I distinctly remember a column from Matthew Elliot pre-season predicting our squad would finish bottom 4 and in no particular order; he wasn't the only one.
http://silvertails.net/threads/who-does-matt-elliot-think-he-is.48148/
Now I'm sure PeePee has his media contacts hush hush as much as he can control that sort of thing, but on the main part I honestly think Barrett isnt copping flack because he wasn't expected by the majority of the populace to do any better.
Maybe our expectations are too high, I'm not sure. Maybe we aren't even worth the newspaper real-estate anymore. Sad times.
The problem I see is that Barrett and his coaching staff have not done justice to this roster.
Barrett so far has proven that he is not the great innovator coach that he was made out to be .
In a results driven business excuses don't get results
I hope Barrett proves me wrong .