Insert Name Here aka The Ownership Thread

[hausmann]

If Tinkler has gone down the performance management track with Zane, Packer and Young then he could theoretically sack them as he has. If their position is REDUNDANT then he could simply give them 4 weeks notice and put them on gardening leave. It all depends on what was contained within the contract they signed.

Hard to make an assistant coach redundant, especially when you are supposedly replacing him with Mark Jones. Tinkler states that Zane was sacked because of a breakdown in relationship, not changing positions. Zane saying their working relationship was fine and it came as a surprise, so I don't think they have gone down either the performance management road or the redundancy road fully. Tinks just sacked them.

Neil Young is easier to claim redundancy, with Van Stratten acting as player/goalkeeping coach. But he probably didn't have as tight a contract as Zane anyway, who states that he used his time at the acting head coach to secure the 2 year contract and guarantee his future.

Tinks said in the interview, "I don't know the legal ins and outs". He just makes a decision and leaves others to deal with the fallout and pull him through it.