I am not a Barret sympathizer, and I hope no one here has placed me in that category. In my opinion, his coaching decisions before and during games last year were poor and his closeness to the playing group potentially caused a the current culture to develop. I am 100% happy to see the end of him.
But to pin all of the clubs problems on Barrett and HIS assistants is a mistake and I think that this is the point that many of us are trying to make. The ownership and management of the club brought Barret in and persisted with him after all his failures and issues within the club. I hope that our next coach can clean up the problems he will inherit, but these will be bigger than what Barret has created. The entire club needs an attitude adjustment and although changing the coach is a great start, it is only a start and others will need to take accountability for our current position.