By what measure isn't he?
Where do I start?
The club has been a success on and off the field, the list of what they have achieved in four years is astonishing and the impact on the New Zealand sporting landscape huge.
Sure the last 6 weeks haven't been superb but his legacy is four years not 6 weeks.
1. He ran the club at a loss for the past 4 years [and so did most other owners but that doesn't make what he did a success because others are in the same boat.]
2. He had the A League license taken off him [I don't buy that he wasn't pushed].
3. He owes his head coach a substantial amount of money in wages.
4. He did not pay his tax or Kiwisaver contributions for his staff.
5. He apparently owes substantial debts relating to the running of the club.
6. He is now bankrupt.
I appreciate that some [you included] might find it hard to be objectivebecause of your emotional attachment, but if you put that list against some other kind of business then it would also spell unsuccessful.
I concede that there have been some successes but at the end of the day, the final outcome speaks for itself doesn't it?