Dean Austin position untenable (1 Viewer)

[Sick Boy]

Aberdeen and Blackpool, poor compared to Dean Austin’s Farnborough Town?

Badlan uncovered some absolute gems, Austin’s uncovered some expensive donkeys.

You’ve said Simms is a donkey yourself.

Hamer was certainly a gem. Gyokeres was already playing in the same league.

 

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[SBT]

Surely by that metric, signing Simms and Wright who have generally been a success, means Austin should also be let off for singing a load of shit too.

Badlan brought in a few very good players definitely, but he still hasn't proved he would be capable of spending the same amount of money as Austin in a better capacity. He's now working at Aberdeen after being sacked from Blackpool. Not really a glowing rep, and not to mention the leaking of team sheets.

There's some rose tinted glasses here.

If the head of recruitment brings in players who take the team to a higher level and/or get sold on for a profit then you can safely say they’ve done a good job. By those metrics Badlan was better than anyone we’ve ever had. Not sure how else you’d want to rate him?

 

[SBT]

Can we stop using an FA cup game, which I doubt Man U were massively bothered about and in which we played really poorly in the first half as some sort of measure of our previous greatness?

I think the sooner people accept that the Wolves and Man United games were aberrations, the quicker we can get serious about who belongs at this club. The rest of the cup run tells us next to nothing about this team’s quality.

 

[TomRad85]

Was Badlan fired?

 

[Sky Blue Goblin]

Was Badlan fired?

Think he left to be at Blackpool and then got fired there for leaking?

 

[Earlsdon-Loyal-Blue]

Hamer was certainly a gem. Gyokeres was already playing in the same league.

Agree but Gyokeres had a failed loan spell in the league and was hardly a recognise name, it took 6 months for people to learn how to say how his name in fact. Badlan spotted the raw attributes.

Simms is just an expensive Tyler Walker. At least Badlan made that mistake at a far lower cost!

 

[SBT]

Was Badlan fired?

He took a Director of Football job at Blackpool (still in the Championship at the time) and took one of his top scouts with him.

 

[shmmeee]

Was Badlan fired?

No left for Blackpool. Not sure why.

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[Earlsdon-Loyal-Blue]

Was Badlan fired?

Yes, he said he wanted to appointed Dean Austin as his head scout.

 

[SBT]

No left for Blackpool. Not sure why.

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It was essentially a promotion

https://blackpoolfc.co.uk/news/2022/november/30/club-confirms-appointment-of-chris-badlan-as-sporting-director/

 

[shmmeee]

Austin such a weird appointment. Your scour leaves outside the window. You’ve got a takeover on the cards. Why bring someone in?

 

[Sick Boy]

Who was it at recommeded/appointed Austin in the first place? His CV at the time was hardly a great fit.

 

[TomRad85]

Cool. It was Blackpool that fired him for leaking team news wasn't it... If we did that i don't think we'd have anyone left at the club.

 

[SBT]

Austin such a weird appointment. Your scour leaves outside the window. You’ve got a takeover on the cards. Why bring someone in?

Because he’s a personal friend of the manager who gives him a glowing reference

 

[shmmeee]

Because he’s a personal friend of the manager who gives him a glowing reference

But who signs off on that? Joy? Doug?

 

[shmmeee]

Because he’s a personal friend of the manager who gives him a glowing reference

By the way where did this come from that he’s a friend?

 

[Sick Boy]

But who signs off on that? Joy? Doug?

Probably Boddy.

 

[SBT]

But who signs off on that? Joy? Doug?

Doug wasn’t the owner by that point so I assume it was Boddy.

 

[Nick]

Will be interesting to see how the type of players we bring in now changes with Lampard.

 

[Ring Of Steel]

By the way where did this come from that he’s a friend?

there was a quote where Robins said he’d known Austin for years, that then got turned into them being best buddies

 

[Nick]

Cool. It was Blackpool that fired him for leaking team news wasn't it... If we did that i don't think we'd have anyone left at the club.

Dean Austin?

 

[SBT]

By the way where did this come from that he’s a friend?

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www.coventrytelegraph.net

 

[Covkid1968#]

Next time.

If they are good, put gold.

If they are fails, put frankincense.

Wankincense if they are fails

 

[shmmeee]

Doug wasn’t the owner by that point so I assume it was Boddy.

But the takeover was agreed and just waiting for approval. Very weird not to have either a hiring freeze or King approving at that point

 

[shmmeee]

Yeah this doesn’t read as a personal friend at all.

 

[Ring Of Steel]

Yeah this doesn’t read as a personal friend at all.

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No it doesn’t, but you know how this place works.

 

[fernandopartridge]

Couple of questions really:

1. Is Austin that bad or is it more that our expectations are unrealistic in believing every signing to hit the heights of Vik / Hamer?
2. Is the criteria he's given too data focussed and / or too potential future returns focussed?
3. Is the season's performance now solely down to the quality of the squad?

 

[SBT]

But the takeover was agreed and just waiting for approval. Very weird not to have either a hiring freeze or King approving at that point

King wouldn’t have been able to have any formal input. Presumably Robins (quite reasonably) let the club management know that we needed someone to replace Badlan in time for the January window, whoever the owner was.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

What this place really needs is a 3 page argument over whether Dean Austin is a close friend or just an acquaintance

 

[Skyblueweeman]

Dean Austin?

Nah, Stone Cold Steve.

 

[shepardo01]

Next time.

If they are good, put gold.

If they are fails, put frankincense.

Gold, Frankenstein and Grrrrr.
Somebody must get this one!.....

 

[TomRad85]

He was a Robins appointment and Robins' judgement was rightly trusted by all at the time be that Joy or the incoming King who signed him up to a new contract.
Not sure why it matters who signed it off tbh.

 

[Sky Blue Goblin]

Does it matter if he was a friend or not though? Was brought in by Mark and Dave and even if you can make the argument that Doug signed off he’s hardly going to reject A manager he thought highly of and Dave is he?

 

[TomRad85]

Gold, Frankenstein and Grrrrr.
Somebody must get this one!.....

And I'm a virgin!

 

[shmmeee]

He was a Robins appointment and Robins' judgement was rightly trusted by all at the time be that Joy or the incoming King who signed him up to a new contract.
Not sure why it matters who signed it off tbh.

Just a curious time to make an appointment. It was end of December not like he’s going to do much before the window.