Happy to display my reasons for supporting the statement
Well, with the greatest of respect - why don't you then? It's thuddingly obvious that this is what we all want to know - it's pretty much the crux of the issue at hand.
And as P&G has rightly alluded, suggesting that we are all saying that you have it written for you is a fudge - we're not, at all. Some may be asking questions about influence, but it's pretty clear to me that the majority just want to know wtf you thought you were doing?
Ever watched Question Time and found yourself shouting at the telly, because politicians keep avoiding the straight question they've been asked? Well I'm afraid to say, that's exactly how you're coming across just now.
We had a tough decision to make and made it based on everything I had in front of me
With respect Tracey, I don't think there was anything tough at all. You and Frank are there to represent our views.
And this, in a nutshell, is why that question is the one on everyone's lips. Think about it:
You WERE NOT elected to sit in on the board and personally assess what
you think is the best way forward for Hibs and its supporters. You're not there to assess the board's position
on our behalf, and then pass down tablets of stone from the boardroom for us to meekly accept. This is crucial.
What you WERE elected to do is solicit our opinion, i.e. the rank and file Hibs support, and represent
our position to the board - not your own personal position, however carefully assessed it may be based on information we don't have. Otherwise, you're just another board member, and not a representative at all. Surely you can see that? You, and Frank, have
blatantly not done what you were elected to do.
Dinnae forget -
WE put you in the position you currently enjoy (I for one voted for you), and to us - especially in the absence of anything even approaching an explanation - it looks for all the world like you've ignored us, and that's an abuse of that position. Is it any wonder folk are angry? Think about that Question Time politician - imagine he voted against the will of his constituents on an issue of deep significance, and offered no explanation, just "I had facts that youse didnae". Would you be chuffed if he was
your elected representative? I don't think so.
Honestly, I think the best thing is just to come clean and explain what your thought process here was, and what happened. We'd all respect simple honesty more than this evasion, I'm pretty sure of that.