Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[finnzo]

The fact Marshall isn’t gone already shows nothing has changed around here.

Who do you suppose we replace him with? If you sack Marshall we could potentially loose the best crop of kids we have ever had that will set us back 10 years

 

[TSP]

Bullshit. To all of it.

Manners?

 

[TSP]

Kevvie got sacked because he was to soft on the players, that is fact

Not tough like Benji?!

 

[GNR4LIFE]

That's horeshit mate, he had a bottom 4 roster and zero depth. To climb off the bottom of the ladder in such circumstances would have required a miracle. You're only as good as your cattle, we have upgraded our roster and hopefully more signings to come, judge him in 2025.

Mate, it’s only a matter of time

 

[TigerTone]

Who do you suppose we replace him with? If you sack Marshall we could potentially loose the best crop of kids we have ever had that will set us back 10 years

whats another ten years , its not like we havent been there before

 

[hank37w]

Madge will be under the pump in Brisbane the moment he walks in the door …

The old boys are gunning for him already … he better get off to a good atart…he won’t get a honeymoon period to find his feet..

What about the smart arse players that reckon he can't coach.

 

[hank37w]

KPP for bud and Bateman was a pure fantasy and a joke, thought more would catch on lol. Solves our issues and adds to there’s 😃

Could you imagine if we actually pulled something like that off and Kai Pearce-Paul did actually come here, how long would it be before half of this forum reckoned he was Kai Piss-Poor. 🤣

 

[The Chad]

Our squad was not even close to Dolphins. How many origin reps did they have, compared to us?

Question answered.

Actually- I reckon the talent at the Dolphins & the Tigers isn't all that different.

It's the distribution of the squad that is different- Dolphins strengths allow them to compete in different ways to the Tigers.

Other than Hammer, though- there's not a lot of difference in the quality. Most of the name Dolphins players are aged & slowing down. There's a bunch of young guys coming through.

What it proves is that a little bit of a tweak on attitude is the difference between 9th & 17th.

Also- the Dolphins get good metres on early sets- allows their older forwards to catch their breath & contribute more.

 

[Kaito]

Send Bud over there with 200k for first 2 years, he
has 3 left on his contract I beleive. They need a half
release Kei Pearce Paul or Leo Thompson 💼🤝

 

[BAGNF05]

No chance! He would have been sacked very quickly at any other club on his performance. He is not a coach. He is a learner and we need someone who can coach with expeirence.

Like Madge? Or Sheens? Or Potter?or Ivan?

 

[jadtiger]

Gildart was pretty much Bateman before Bateman - junky looking slow shit player - and English too!

Gildart was bad no doubt about it but we didn't give him a 4 year deal and pay a large transfer fee (250k) and a 650k+ contract p.a to get him either but we did with Bateman that was all on Tim and was endorsed by Lee and the board.Idiots all of them

 

[BAGNF05]

Actually- I reckon the talent at the Dolphins & the Tigers isn't all that different.

It's the distribution of the squad that is different- Dolphins strengths allow them to compete in different ways to the Tigers.

Other than Hammer, though- there's not a lot of difference in the quality. Most of the name Dolphins players are aged & slowing down. There's a bunch of young guys coming through.

What it proves is that a little bit of a tweak on attitude is the difference between 9th & 17th.

Also- the Dolphins get good metres on early sets- allows their older forwards to catch their breath & contribute more.

The difference between us & Redcliffe in 2024 was classy outside backs. Farnworth, the hammer & Bostock had great seasons. Our backs were z-grade.

 

[Tom Shines]

Like Madge? Or Sheens? Or Potter?or Ivan?

Did Ivan get sacked ? I thought he just walked out to join Penrith

 

[BAGNF05]

Did Ivan get sacked ? I thought he just walked out to join Penrith

He did walk out, wonder why??

OP was saying we need an experienced coach. We’ve had plenty of those and kept going backwards.

We need a competitive roster.

Ivan left to go to one.

 

[TSP]

He did walk out, wonder why??

OP was saying we need an experienced coach. We’ve had plenty of those and kept going backwards.

We need a competitive roster.

Ivan left to go to one.

I thought Ivan primarily left us in order to coach his kid.

Putting family above all else.

Noble or selfish?

 

[BAGNF05]

I thought Ivan primarily left us in order to coach his kid.

Hindsight tells us maybe he knew a bit more about the potential for success at the Riff??? Just a hunch.

 

[mtd#2]

He knew to, that he inherited a poor lot,
But thinks he can reserec 2005 type of team with different players to the ones we had, And he is on his way to doing that, but for some reason there is a lot of Members that want to sack another coach, and continue the same as we've been going for the last 20yrs. ????

"On his way to doing that"... is still to be determined.

 

[FrodoTBaggin]

Did Ivan get sacked ? I thought he just walked out to join Penrith

If I remember right Ivan signed a deal to coach Penrith 3 years ahead of time. Once we found out we went looking for a coach then mutually parted ways.

 

[TSP]

Hindsight tells us maybe he knew a bit more about the potential for success at the Riff??? Just a hunch.

I maintain that if we’d signed the young chinstrap, his dad would have stayed.

And we’d be drunk with success by now….maybe!

 

[mtd#2]

we almost made the 8th and came 9th i think.

Which is where i said a good coach could get us to.

Around the 8.

like flanno, the dolphins etc.

I never said he would win us a premiership.

I'm simply making the point that good coaches make a difference.

Everyone here arguing that bellamy, bennet, cleary, robinson would win the spoon if they had the same squad as Benji i don't agree with... because coaches DO make a difference.

How big a difference? depends how good the coach is.

Like, if we had Andrew Webster or Justin Holbrook -- maybe we still win the spoon i dont know.

I have a simple argument... that Benji is the worst coach in the league. That no other team would take Benji over their coach in the league right now. They would love his pulling power no doubt - but that only worked before we won the second spoon hence why Steff left and Luai signed early in the season and now Lachlan Galvin won't extend even though we are offering him a contract upgrade. I doubt Luai would sign now if we had won 2 wooden spoons.

Everyone is waiting to see if Benji can coach - because right now -- he has won two wooden spoons and employs his mates around him and has a questionable work ethic.

If Bennet was coming to us next year instead of Souths, I would bet $1million -- that Steff would have stayed, that Galvin would have extended (if the dollars were decent), and that we would make the top 8 next yeara with our squad (maybe better).

Everyone backing Benji is living in hope. The same hope as when Sheens came back. The same hope when we signed Josh Reynolds. The same hope when we sign old injury prone players that "just need a fresh start" ... where has hope gotten us in 12 years? no where.

Madge wasn't the answer because Lee and Justin were complete duds and he couldnt recruit big players on his own... imagine Justin and Lee being in the meeting withhim trying to recruit.

Cleary bailed because he got a better offer to coach his son and with a powerhouse club.

The best signing this club has made is Richo -- but even he would never have apoointed Benji if he was in charge before and now he is hamstrung bc of Luai - to at least give Benji a crack next year -- but also will be sweating that if we start bad we will probably lose Galvin... PLUS all the good coashes that were avaiable have signed up...

We should've signed Bennet when he was free, with Benji to do 3 more years as assistant.

benji could have green lit that with his close relationship to wayne -- but he was too ARROGANT to do that.

now we're all praying we start well otherwise we lose more juniors.

If bennet came and we had to keep stef, I'd pass on that