Mighty_Tiger
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I believe employing S.Fulton was a knee jerk reaction from Lee H and Pascoe sick of getting the blame for previous poor recruitment/retention when they previously left it solely up to the Coach and Head of Recruitment and basically just signed off on whatever they wanted.
It’s hard to hold a coach responsible for poor results if you do not allow him to be the major influence in recruitment/retention.
Obviously a Head of Recruitment can spend a lot more time on scouting, getting info on the player’s attitude and availability etc and then put his recommendations forward, but surely the Coach has the final say.
If you can believe any news reports, it states Benji rejected Schuster and wanted young Fainu, so let’s hope it remains with Benji having control and the final say in any recruitment/ retention decisions.
From what I hear Benji and Farah have very good knowledge of all players including those in NSW Cup, Qld Cup and those emerging in the grades below, so they don’t need a lot of help in this area.
I think hiring Fulton was a safety net due to his allegiance with Tartak and the hold on our key juniors.
Alot of people don’t appreciate the effort recruitment actually takes across the ranks. Benji & Farah can’t do it all they need a quality team around them that they trust to do their job and deliver what they need.
Sounds like Benji is taking more control on things.
Sheens said in the podcast Benji asked for kids to get a run and they did, he is coaching more day to day and Lee now says he is stepping more into what he wants and directing Fulton to the expectations.
It will take time for Benji especially in our environment but if we snare some of these talented kids that click and some of our own do click also it will be one heck of an exciting time