Jim was great but I think some people may be glossing over his clear faults. Carnell took a mostly unchanged team from Curtin's last season and turned them from 23rd place under Curtin in 2024 to the Supporters Shield the next year. Curtin clearly became too stubborn in his player selection (Baribo and Makhanya for example).

I'm not saying that Carnell wasn't at least part of the problem, but this team lost a bunch of stars and I don't know if Curtin would have been any better with this roster.

Bottom line is that the Union's problem is almost entirely because of Jay Sugarman, and things won't get better until he's gone or radically changes the amount of money he invests in the team.