Leigh Russell, who was recently the Swimming Australia CEO and has worked with many AFL clubs, responded to Cornes highlighting the Blues’ poor record in red time while discussing the club’s external football department review on Monday night’s episode of Footy Classified.“Wow @kanecornes have you had amnesia on who helped you win a premiership and everything that flows from that?” Russell tweeted.Cornes, who worked with Russell when Port won the flag in 2004, responded on Monday with a link to an article he’d written praising Andrew Russell: “Hi Leigh. No, on multiple occasions on national TV, I’ve called him ‘the best fitness man in the AFL’ I also wrote the attached column. Last night I posed a question in response to @sam_mcclure’s story and unflattering fitness stats at CFC whether all positions are under review.”Their respectful exchange ended with Russell defending her husband and others’ positions: “@kanecornes Written and spoken words different in my view. High performance takes a village, as you know. I understand people want simple answers but human performance and potential far from simple. Hunting for heads is far too easy.”Andrew Russell also previously worked at Hawthorn during their golden premiership run, and joined Carlton in 2018.Cornes said on Footy Classified: “It extends right through the footy department. I’d be interested to hear … whether anyone is safe. Does it extend to the high profile fitness man in Andrew Russell with the record they’ve got in red time and in last quarters?“They’re the worst team in the competition in red time. They’ve only won five last quarters for the year. Is anyone’s job safe? I don’t think it should be.”
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