Great Hibernian Chairmen

[Phil D. Rolls]

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So the accusation is that that he he did not leave us on a sound business footing.
Is it possible to be more specific about what he did wrong or did not do?

I am not party to what went on at the club. I can only observe happenings from a distance. Doddie gave a very good account of the whole of Hart's reign. Too many people look at two or three sparkling years between 72 and 75. For me the best that can be said about the Hart years is that the club was in no worse a position when he left than when he arrived.

Some specific points:

- Infrastructure, the stadium was allowed to rot into a decaying mess.

- Financial governance - kept paying things out of his own pocket instead of putting proper business practices in place.

- Supporters - seemed to constantly find himself at odds with his own fans.

- Management - allowed results to drift for too long when it was clear things weren't working out with Ned.

I am not saying Hart was the worst chairman we ever had, but he was not one of the greatest. He didn't take Hibs up a level, and didn't prepare us properly for the changes that were happening in the game. I'd give him 7/10