Adelaide Crows chairman Rob Chapman has thrown his complete support behind embattled chief executive Steven Triggs. Source: Getty Images
WHO knew what, and when, were the interminable questions that eventually saw an American President resign before he was formally impeached.
There have been no resignations down at the Adelaide Crows but there are far more questions than answers still hanging around.
Something is just not adding up in this story but dragging the complete picture out of the Crows hierarchy is proving as easy as knitting custard.
Chairman Rob Chapman says he too would be demanding the head of Steven Trigg as chief executive if he didn't have all the facts in front of him.
But those outside of the inner sanctum are yet to hear what are the compelling facts that will enable Trigg to return to his job after a six-month ban.
Looking on from the outer it seems that from August 2011 onwards Trigg did not tell his board everything it needed to know - when it needed to know it. Given what has happened of late that should be a sacking offence.
Apparently Trigg regarded the whole situation as a "manageable risk".
He was dead right about the risk factor and totally over-estimated his capacity to manage it.
In such circumstances, Trigg must have exceptional qualities to be attracting such universal and staunch support to keep his job.
His sabbatical to study "world's best practice" at other sporting organisations is going to have to reveal some serious jewels of wisdom to compensate for the situation in which the Crows find themselves.
What has happened to the Crows is far worse than the club is prepared to admit.
Within the space of a few months its reputation has been trashed, its credibility compromised and on-field success placed in jeopardy.
The primary defence of the Adelaide Football Club seems to be, "we're not as bad as Carlton", which is bordering on embarrassing.
Chapman's determination to head the charge to the brave new world is admirable but ill-judged.
Taking phone calls and answering e-mails from fans shows his passion and commitment to righting the listing ship but filling in for Trigg as chief executive is a step too far. The dual roles are not compatible.
Who knew what and when in the Kurt Tippett affair has not been adequately answered.
The Crows need to address these matters without equivocation.
If not the club motto of Natus Ad Magna Gerenda (Born to Great Things), is in danger of being replaced by, "Oh what a tangled web we weave - when first we practise to deceive."
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