I agree with many of your points on the topic
@The Chad
The frequent turnover of coaches and neglect of junior talent were significant issues that highlight a lack of strategic foresight. These decisions reflect poor oversight from the Wests Tigers and the Holman Barnes Group Board of Directors. While the CEO and senior management played crucial roles in executing strategic plans, the board's responsibility in establishing effective governance mechanisms should not be understated.. These were fundamental governance flaws that, combined with a lack of follow through, have severely impacted our club's stability and long-term success.
The mishandling of Robbie Farah was a low point for our club and had lasting repercussions on our ability to attract and retain key players. Our long-term team succession plan, which included Tedesco and Moses, essentially fell apart. No disrespect to any former players, but no one decent (in their prime) wanted to come here.
I also agree that our current crop of youngsters shows promise and our inability to match other teams in the competition is more reflective of the shortcomings of our current roster. But despite lacking crucial skills or attributes like speed, size and athleticism, we remain competitive in most games. This indicates progress to me - as the level of competition has risen and keeps rising too.
It's been a bugger of a year but when we can measure up to other teams and evaluate of roster improvements in comparison to them, rather than our previous teams, then we can truly gauge our progress and competitiveness in the NRL. Similarly, each of our coaches faced their own limitations (I'm pretty sure Taylor had no cap to work with either), which adds another layer.
