Ken Hinkley

And I think those who weren't on the inside were surprised by Paul Guerra's

It's a rare occurrence, isn't it, where a board says, and Stephen Smith handled it very well, we got the decision wrong, so we decided we would make a change.

You don't see that as bluntly as that, in as honest and forthright a manner as that.

So I think they deserve credit for that.

It'll be a difficult time, I think, for the incoming chief executive there.

That's a tough job.

The Melbourne supporters are very demanding.

They're a fairly aggressive bunch.

So that's a tough job there, but I thought the board handled it well.

Thanks, Gerard.

So Carlton is a selling point or Carlton is a cautionary tale.

Morning, Gerard.

Would you coach Carlton?

Yeah, well, interesting is probably not quite the accurate word, but fascinating when you think about some of the things that were being said and done prior to the actions being taken by Michael and the club over the weekend.

because of the build-up and all the scenarios that were going around, the performance of Carlton and their fade-outs that were real for everyone to see.

Then the admission of the list being not quite as strong as it needed to be with the list manager leaving late last night when we were actually on doing the show.

So there was a fair bit to play at yesterday and there was a lot of consequences and fortunately for Carlton,

For Michael, the great consequence for him is that he now gets a break and he gets to breathe a little and not have to deal with the scrutiny that he was copping for the last nine weeks in AFL football because that's real.

So he would, to me, embody everything that Carlton has been lacking.

When the ledger says 1-8 and you're at a Carlton football club who wanted better than that, you're always faced with the questions every Monday, every game day after the game.