orsilochus wrote:
I really cannot wrap my head around the hate Merber got on these boards throughout the GST debacle. I just don't see any situation where he had real access to the hardcore financial details of the league much less making any high level decisions beyond strategizing on which athletes to sign and signing them.
Glad he landed on his feet. I feel that so many turned on him when he seems like a very genuine guy with a love for the sport. Not to mention he was actually trying to contribute something real to it
100% agree and if course he didn't.
He was given numbers and told to sign athletes to meets. I don't think the average idiot that was bagging Merber/claiming he was some conspirator in the "scam" of GST actually understands how much work and time is involved with a job like that - fielding calls and texts from agents almost ever minute his eyes open in the morning until they close at night.
I would doubt that guy had a chance to look at his own bank account during that period, let alone diving through GSTs and the mess of "funding" and arrangements that Johnson claimed to have had.
It will probably be another 8-9 months before he can actually say what went on behind the scenes (due to some form of NDA/clause in his separation) so that will be worth waiting for.