Stefano Utoikamanu #241

I really don't care if we lose SU. I don't rate him and certainly think our reported offer was way overs for what he's delivered. But, I hate what it says about us as a club. It's says good players want to go elsewhere to achieve their potential. Face it, we lose nearly all of the players we want to keep.
There's another guy in the transit lounge in my opinion and that's Galvin. When Richo got him to pull his head in recently all I heard from him was "OK, I'll stay the two years and then I'm goooooone." If we improve, maybe he stays but, right now I'd back him to be playing elsewhere in 2027.
 
Vicious said:
If he’s a dud, why does Bellamy want him ?
You don’t have to be a genius to see what big Stef is capable of, very hard when playing with half a team of imposters every week.
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He is a pea heart, if he was premium he would produce every week regardless of those around him, like elite players do. He is one of the imposters in the team, he is capable of strong performances but he doesn't have the heart to produce them. Good riddance.
 
bigsiro said:
It's interesting Hal.
I've thought that for a while too.

Is it that we can't develop players? I'm not so sure.
Maybe there is an alternative perspective. A sad run of poor decisions, mismanagement and bad luck. Very bad luck.
  • Maybe we recruited poorly, particularly in players that were past their prime and were never going to develop further.
  • Maybe we invested long term in trying to develop players that never reached their potential.
  • Maybe in the earlier parts of the decade we couldn't retain star players like Teddy and Moses, due to our losing culture, lack of foresight and poor salary cap management ( ie vs our ability to develop).
  • Maybe we simply haven't had good enough juniors come through.
Remember, during this decade of disaster, we have had some accomplished coaches. Say what we want about Cleary, Maguire and Sheens - they are renowned for development and are no slouches.

In the last 10 years, I'd argue that we simply haven't had the quality of cattle to develop, or mount an effective challenge. Note that with the exception of Teddy and Moses, not a single one of the many players who have left WT were developed into world beaters by their other clubs (JAC was only with us for one season).

Given this context, saying our coaching team can't develop players might be an all too often and easily stated tag, one which is perhaps brandished unfairly.
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A well written and thoughtful post bigsiro 🙂.
 
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