Gold Coast CEO Mark Evans has been emphatic in his immediate support of coach Stuart Dew, following concerns over his future at the helm.
Veteran journalist Caroline Wilson suggested that Dew could be out of a job as soon as this month as the struggling Suns look like missing the eight once again.
“I've got a coach, this club's got a coach,” Evans told reporters.
“There would be no reason why we would buy into comments about who's available. It serves no purpose.”
Naturally, Evans was asked if things could change at the end of the season if results don’t turn around.
His response to that question was coyer.
“Come back and ask me then,” he said.
“Right now, let’s do everything we can to make sure the results do come.”
Evans strongly denied that he has made any approach to former Richmond coach Damien Hardwick.
“Absolutely not. My approach is, bunker down as a club, get to the next performance and show how good you are,” he said.
“We understand in this game that when you have a poor performance that it adds pressure to the organisation.
“We've said repeatedly across the journey that when you face this sort of pressure and comments, the best thing you can do is provide stability and support and allow the athletes and coaches to go about their business.
“You should judge performance over medium to long term. If you get stuck in the weekly cycle you'll be champions one week and chumps the next.
"I've said time and time again, Stuey's our coach, contracted for this year and next year.
"(If he) does a good job, he'll be contracted well into the future.
“All I can say is that he's got my support to get on with the job, manage our players and staff as well as we can.”
It doesn’t get any easier for the Suns, travelling to South Australia to take on Port Adelaide this weekend.