Rubbish. The club and the admin made it happen, a coach they didn't trust without training wheels next to him in the box wasn't making big policy decisions
Neil Craig had 7 years at the club as senior coach and never made any inroads into getting a reserves team. Sando was very public about it from day one. He might not have been the brains behind it but he certainly pushed for it regardless.
I agree that Sando was a dud coach but this was one of the few things he actually got right.