Recent content by GarryOwen

Our head of recruitment was in real estate a year ago. Amateur hour is correct.

Was a good interview I thought, but I got the impression that JP still has input into the football side of things, which is ridiculous. As per usual, all this stuff is irrelevant really - the actions over the next month or two will be what sets us up for the next few years.

They sacked the coach and the head of recruitment - that's a decent start

I was referring to the Dolphins being in strife. The Storm will be fine.

Never felt we were a realistic chance, but genuinely surprised that he stayed with Melbourne over going to the Dolphins. They're in a bit of strife with their squad tbh.

He clearly did - I'm a bit confused as to what you think he said.

Don't like his attitude.

His post match interview was a disgrace as well. Something along the lines of: "So Mitch, a lot of talk of you seeking to join the team that you've just played. Do you know which dressing room you're going to walk into?" "I've got no idea!" (with a great big cheshire cat grin) His last few...

Nah He'll make some comments in pre-season about being excited about the challenge and loving Benji (and whatever other guff we put him up to), and it'll be forgotten. He'll score a try in the trials and people will be throwing themselves at the ground he walks on. RL fans are nothing if not a...

We have had neither over the last decade or so. They go hand in hand really - a good junior base will make recruitment easier.

My 'angle' is that it's better late than never, but this sudden shift to development shouldn't be held up as a positive for the front office. It's the absolute minimum expectation for a club with our footprint, and it's an indictment on the powers that be that it's taken them so long to catch up...

That's the problem - it hasn't been happening for a long time, at least not at WT. We completely dropped the ball and moved away from internal development about a decade ago - who knows why. That we're now throwing resources towards our pathways and development is definitely a good thing, but...

Would be keen to read that if anyone can copy/paste. Feels like a huge amount of revisionism.

It's big money when there are a slew of other halves we can pursue at the same time. And his ability/durability is only going to decrease from here on in. He'll be 34 a few rounds into his 2024 contract. I'd no issue paying him $900k for two years if we had someone being groomed underneath to...