Bombers coach Ben Rutten brutally SACKED – with fans blasting the club’s treatment: ‘the utter disrespect shown is disgusting’
- Bombers coach Ben Rutten has been sacked, effective immediately
- The club has been slammed for their treatment of Rutten
- Fans called the club’s lack of respect for Rutten ‘disgraceful’ and ‘disgusting’
Bombers coach Ben Rutten has been brutally sacked, with the club revealing he would be leaving the club effective immediately after a board meeting on Sunday
Rutten, who guided to club to an unlikely finals campaign last season, was moved to tears by the situation after the Bombers finished their year with a disappointing 66-point thumping at the hands of Richmond.
It comes after a week of turmoil at the club that has included board upheaval and a very public failed attempt to lure former Hawks coach Alastair Clarkson.
Rutten was not made aware of the club’s pursuit of Clarkson, and the Bombers were lashed for their lack of communication and respect towards their head coach.
Essendon coach Ben Rutten has been sacked by the club, effective immediately
Rutten gives his final three-quarter time address for the Bombers in their loss to Richmond on Saturday night
With the axe looming over his head on Saturday night after the side’s loss, Rutten said that he deserved to be treated better by the club.
‘I probably think I deserve better,’ he said in a post-match press conference.
‘As a club, we need to come together as a whole football club and we need to stick to a plan, put our heads down, bum up and do the work.
‘There’s no other way. There’s no other way for this football club to get back to where it wants to be,’ said Rutten.
The board did not agree.
President David Barham said in a statement…
Source : dailymail
