'Coaching better than ever' now this. Maybe he was just asked the question, but it is sounding like an uncomfortably hard sales pitch.
Meanwhile in the EPL, Brighton & Hove Albion have just moved on their coach for one losing streak that only just avoided relegation. Chris Hughton is quite likeable but is replaced by a guy with a fresh approach and a good, recent, record of steering floundering teams to acheive success without years of rebuild. He comes at a reasonable price.
www.forbes.com/sites/steveprice/2019/05/...potter/#2e158f763638
Similarities with Fremantle are self-evident, including that the players liked the coach, but there are differences too
- Fremantle can't get relegated
- Its head coach is coaching better than ever, which doesn't get called out by the club
- In AFL teams influence on performance is diffused among a team of assistant coaches (where the evidence shows the better ones moving on, or getting fired)
All of which dilutes the pressure to perform, to the advantage of the incumbent. 4 years into the eternal rebuild, I'd say things are changing, slowly. Ross's effusive relief after the game, seems to indicate that the club are ramping up the performance measurements this year.