True…but…he appointed a “premiership” winning coach to replace Cleary, apart from Bennett and Bellamy the next best in the business coach…Madge was given full reins to run the footy side of things….yes, he inherited a cap mess from Cleary, which was Cleary doing, but that was largely sorted out after 2 years….every footy decision since Madge was appointed had Madge’s finger prints over it…he was the top dog for the Footy side of the business….what was clear, and not Pascoes fault was Madge could not attract elite players….they tried and failed….they didn’t fail due to cap issues, the players such as Lattell, TPJ ect rejected wanting to come here. Pascoe has done a great job with the clubs finances and getting the COE up and running…that should be an attraction for players to join us…but obviously it’s not enough. A few years back the board had a reputation for infighting,that was solved when the new board, majority Wests, was formed….but the reputation of the club has not improved…as with anything in life, there is not a single cause or a single answer to the problem. Many are aiming for Pascoe, but he ain’t the major issue here. By and large he has done a fine his job and done it well. The current roster belongs to Madge, its been his since 2021…but it’s not NRL standard….the media leaks and poor reputation in the media and thus the public and other clubs perception of us, sits squarely with the persons who leak this rubbish to the media…and that sits with the board and partly Pascoe….I believe there are Board members who can’t keep things in house, they leak to run their own agendas. Lee H, should go after them!!. We need a new board, probably a new CEO and for Tim Sheens to run the entire football side of the business….if that means he is NRL coach for two years to groom a younger coach so be it….
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