Any critique of David Gallop's seven-year tenure as Football Federation Australia (FFA) chief executive should contain the type of fault-deflecting caveat that might be included in an assessment of the Chernobyl first responders.
The cracks in the structure had been exposed, the emergency protocols were ignored, the roof of the core reactor had blown off and Australian football had gone into full meltdown many times before Gallop put on the hazmat suit.