Yeah. There was a falling out, I’m led to believe. Mellon wasn’t willing to play the youngsters as much as he was expected to / told to.
there’s a reason we are told how many Academy graduates are in the squad every 5 minutes. And that we are told the Academy is a massive success with little real proof of this.
Looks like Courts has been earmarked for a while. Which begs the question, if he was viewed to take over at some point, why wasn’t he in the dugout all season learning from Mellon & Frail?