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Stromson — What in the world just happened?
Hello all, and welcome back to what I suspect you’ll find to be a rather unusual update. We’re going to go ahead and get this show on the road with an opening video!
Sounds pretty good right? The squad was a sloppy mess, and they would’ve struggled to succeed in the Blue Square Premier, much less League 2. Regardless, I was optimistic I would be able to reverse the clubs fortunes and generate a spirited relegation battle. Then a few game days after I filmed the above clip, this showed up in my inbox:
Um…what!? The only thing I did between the video and this news post was declaring interest (not even putting in an application!) in that MK Dons job that opened up. I’m not sure if it had anything to do with my only being at the club for two weeks, or what, but I was pretty floored! Here are our fixtures from my brief stint:
They were four straight losses, but we were starting to see some progress in our results (fewer goals allowed, closer fixtures). I was optimistic that we were on the verge of a turn around (or least a draw), but I guess it wasn’t to be. I was frustrated, but decided to forge ahead with the save and look for a new job. After several months of job searching, the only offer I received was from a club (Halifax) that had just been promoted to the Blue Square North.
So…what the heck happened!? Hindsight being 20-20, I should’ve stayed with Seattle for another year or two and built my reputation a bit more. It’s left me in a bit of a bind, and I’m not especially sure how to continue. I could just call this a wash and start a new save, or keep searching for a new job and hope something interesting turns up. I’ll need to stew on it for a bit, and I’ll post an update later today with my answer.
EDIT: I may have embellished a little bit on how long I had been job searching. When I wrote this, I was only up to June of 2011. :)