AFL pundit and former Port Adelaide great Kane Cornes has doubled down on his criticism of outgoing North Melbourne list manager Glenn Luff, saying he was ‘in the wrong sport’ if he wanted to avoid criticism for his recruiting and drafting.
Luff and two of his recruitment colleagues, national manager Mark Finnigan and national officer Ben Birthisel, walked out on the club earlier in the week, just one week prior the the midseason draft.
The Kangaroos stressed all three departures were very separate scenarios, but it is clear Luff’s resignation caught them off-guard.
Cornes was critical of Luff’s work, and Caroline Wilson reported on Channel 9’s Footy Classified that the criticism were big reasons why he decided to leave.
The former Port star tweeted a very sarcastic ‘recruiting going well at North’ and told the program, ‘You can’t pick players off a computer screen … Correct me if I’m wrong, I’d like to know one positive list management move they’ve made in the last four or five years’.
‘My understanding is that Glenn Luff has resigned as a direct result of what happened on Footy Classified on Monday night, which speaks to the disenchantment and paranoia at North Melbourne at the moment,’ Wilson said on Wednesday night.
‘Glenn Luff apparently has said to friends that this was the final straw for him. He believes that the comments about him might’ve been leaked … he might’ve been targeted by others at the club. Maybe the CEO, maybe one of the coaches, I’m not sure.
‘Who leaves a football club on the basis of one negative comment if everything’s fine at the football club? Clearly, Glenn Luff feels that someone at the club is out to get him. That’s a bad scene,’ said Wilson.
Glenn Luff (right) recently quit, with many citing his lack of support from the club, and his public criticism, major reasons for leaving
Cornes was having none of that, though, and on his regular SEN SA Breakfast spot, doubled down on his comments about Luff and the position of…
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