I think you've got it spot on there. I've said it for years, but In my opinion as a club we have always lived in the past. ''Let's get Beattie back'' ''Is Oakley still available '' ''What about WGS as manager?". There's no reason to forget the history, absolutely not, but there also comes a time when you live in your history. Cortse wants to make his own history here, which is fair enough.
As you said, you can't argue with his success. He's achieved everything he's set out to do so far, without the time frame he set out.
I also personally don't believe the ex-players were ever banned, they just had their cushy little freebies removed - and this got their goats up, that's probably what kicked this all off at the start. But that goes back to what I was saying before, we can't live in our history.