OMG …did I just agree with happy ...
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@ said:@ said:@ said:@ said:I expected our Board to demonstrate more vision towards the future by signing O'Brien or the Broncs assistant if Bennett didn't want to come. To me, Maguire is yesterday's man and the strong sense is the Board grabbed a name, any name even if it isn't a particularly good one in an overreaction to the potential loss of Cleary.
Maguire now not only has a huge task ahead of him to prove he isn't yesterday's man but also to recruit high calibre players to the club.
Have we actually got Maguire yet? Or are we all just assuming because Bennett has signed elsewhere we have Maguire? Has there been an official announcement yet? Serious question, I'm not trying to be a smart arse, I honestly may have missed it.
Nothing official as yet as far as I'm aware spud
yeah, i don't think either Cleary nor Madge have put pen to paper yet. So when they do this whole thing will be over?? will it?
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There are some really depressing souls on here.
We have a new coach and he has my full support until he is not.
Which is exactly what I said as well before you start taking pot shots
I've backed Lamb and Taylor as well to the hilt and felt I should have been renamed Hanoi ….... bombed repeatedly from all angles
My point which everyone seems to be totally overlooking is our leadership team who everyone seems to think are the second and third comings of the Messiah respectively managed to get the worst ranked coach of all that were available
And yet they are still on everyone's Xmas card list
I think the word I am looking for hypocritical .......though as usual some enjoy playing the quoter and not the quote itself
And then you return serve and then they the play the victim card ............
Its a bit like those blokes in the bar who act like heroes and will take on the world and then when you call them out and they join the "touch me an I sue " crowd :bawling
@ said:I see no one countering Happy's point about Nathan Cleary…just having a go at him...
It is extremely valid ...it derailed Ivan ..set us back on what was built...early on this season it became obvious with their various interviews on Fox...for management to say it wasn't an issue shows they dropped the ball and not without blame...
@ said:OMG …did I just agree with happy ...
@ said:@ said:OMG …did I just agree with happy ...
How do I make this my signature :laughing:
Lucky I was sitting down for starters I guess
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There are some really depressing souls on here.
We have a new coach and he has my full support until he is not.
Which is exactly what I said as well before you start taking pot shots
I've backed Lamb and Taylor as well to the hilt and felt I should have been renamed Hanoi ….... bombed repeatedly from all angles
My point which everyone seems to be totally overlooking is our leadership team who everyone seems to think are the second and third comings of the Messiah respectively managed to get the worst ranked coach of all that were available
And yet they are still on everyone's Xmas card list
I think the word I am looking for hypocritical .......though as usual some enjoy playing the quoter and not the quote itself
And then you return serve and then they the play the victim card ............
Its a bit like those blokes in the bar who act like heroes and will take on the world and then when you call them out and they join the "touch me an I sue " crowd :bawling
Go lay down son
@ said:I see no one countering Happy's point about Nathan Cleary…just having a go at him...
It is extremely valid ...it derailed Ivan ..set us back on what was built...early on this season it became obvious with their various interviews on Fox...for management to say it wasn't an issue shows they dropped the ball and not without blame...
@ said:@ said:@ said:OMG …did I just agree with happy ...
How do I make this my signature :laughing:
Lucky I was sitting down for starters I guess
copy and past the quote into the signature box when you edit your profile
@ said:@ said:I see no one countering Happy's point about Nathan Cleary…just having a go at him...
It is extremely valid ...it derailed Ivan ..set us back on what was built...early on this season it became obvious with their various interviews on Fox...for management to say it wasn't an issue shows they dropped the ball and not without blame...
How do you counter drivel?
@ said:Memo for the Wayne Bennet cheer squad.
Where did the Broncos finish last year 6th.
Now lets get fair-dinkum to my memory were gifted or were extremely lucky in at least three games.
Round 2 against the Cowboys when the ball hit the goal post padding.
Round 3 against us with one of the worst refereeing decisions all year.
Round 9 against the bulldogs an extremely dubious decision in the 78th minutes that enabled them to win.
His real Legacy should be defined by
1-A draw that year after year affords them more 7 day turnarounds then any other club.
2-Facilities amongst the absolute best in the NRL.
3-Access and money to ensure best support staff.
4-Club membership about the highest in the NRL, access to more TPA's because they are the club that represents the whole of the Brisbane metropolitan area.
5-Access to more juniors that any other club.
6-And amongst the best roster with at least 6 Origin or International players to work with each and every year he has been there.
This is what Bennet had to work with, and how many premierships has he won with all this 6, in what 26 years, should have won at least 12.
So don't carry on about what he would have done for the Tigers, it was never on, all too hard for, "Old Wayne", if we had signed him for 3 years he wouldn't have seen out the contract.
Truth is Wayne has been on the wane for sometime, go and ask Paul White.
@ said:@ said:@ said:I see no one countering Happy's point about Nathan Cleary…just having a go at him...
It is extremely valid ...it derailed Ivan ..set us back on what was built...early on this season it became obvious with their various interviews on Fox...for management to say it wasn't an issue shows they dropped the ball and not without blame...
How do you counter drivel?
I don't think that counts as a counter argument more just having a go at Happy's point without any substance…
Ivan's nepotism was obvious very early at the start of the season.in interviews on Fox around Origin on 9..
Then when this whole mess really started Ivan meeting with his mate believing he was there to discuss Nathan..
If our management was pro active questions should have been asked early rather than reactive..
I believe they have done a good reactive job to sort through the mess and probably got the best outcome they can ...but to be on the front foot as a Club would be nice for a.change..
@ said:@ said:@ said:@ said:Happy to be proven wrong but i'm sure when Go was interviewed on League Life she said when Ivan was interviewed for the job it was NEVER part of the package for him to bring Nathan. She also stated that Ivan had complete control of the salary cap and that if he wanted to sign Nathan up that was entirely his call. Like i said mate, i'm, happy to be proven wrong.
No you are 100% right, I saw the interview on FOX, the main part of that interview was that Ivan had complete control to bring Nathan if he liked.
So Nathan not coming is more Cleary's fault that any one else.
Yep as i thought
http://www.sportingnews.com/au/league/news/ivan-cleary-coaching-future-wests-tigers-chairman-slams-phil-gould-for-approaching-coach/17atf2wjo0q1i1u1ouv81zzy5d
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“We didn’t appoint Ivan and one day his son, or ‘if I want to go and work with my son then you need to know I’ll leave’. That was never on the table at the time and maybe it should’ve been if that was his intention, but it wasn’t apart of the conversation.
“We didn’t say to him ‘we’re going to appoint you, Ivan, and hopefully you’ll bring your son to us, or ‘oh, I’d like to bring my son, okay’. That was never part of the deal.
“This is a professional relationship. Yes, Ivan has expressed to us he’d love to coach with his son and naturally we’ve said to him you’re in control of the list at our club, we’ve got our salary cap under control now which we didn’t have years ago.
“If Nathan were to join our club he’d have to work with our current players because we value Luke Brooks and Josh Reynolds, so he would have to be in that mix.
“Ivan knows all of that and that’s Ivan’s wish to.
“We certainly haven’t said to him ‘no you possibly couldn’t do that’, so we’ve said ‘if that is part of your wish, then you can make it happen because you’re the coach’.
They say it wasn't a question and shouldn't have been
WRONG :brick: :brick: :brick: :brick: :brick: :brick: :brick: :brick: :brick: :brick:
The most bloody obvious question
Don't worry what the hell would I know , probably done more interviews than Pascoe and Go combined :deadhorse:
@ said:@ said:I see no one countering Happy's point about Nathan Cleary…just having a go at him...
It is extremely valid ...it derailed Ivan ..set us back on what was built...early on this season it became obvious with their various interviews on Fox...for management to say it wasn't an issue shows they dropped the ball and not without blame...
How do we know for sure they were not doing something behind the scenes, it is pretty much certain they lied to the public about Ivan asking for a release to protect our image.
So why could they not also be lying about it not being an issue with all the Nathan and Ivan talk, they could have been trying to fix this all along, just not playing it out in the public like previous CEO's and chair's did.
@ said:@ said:@ said:@ said:No you are 100% right, I saw the interview on FOX, the main part of that interview was that Ivan had complete control to bring Nathan if he liked.
So Nathan not coming is more Cleary's fault that any one else.
Yep as i thought
http://www.sportingnews.com/au/league/news/ivan-cleary-coaching-future-wests-tigers-chairman-slams-phil-gould-for-approaching-coach/17atf2wjo0q1i1u1ouv81zzy5d
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“We didn’t appoint Ivan and one day his son, or ‘if I want to go and work with my son then you need to know I’ll leave’. That was never on the table at the time and maybe it should’ve been if that was his intention, but it wasn’t apart of the conversation.
“We didn’t say to him ‘we’re going to appoint you, Ivan, and hopefully you’ll bring your son to us, or ‘oh, I’d like to bring my son, okay’. That was never part of the deal.
“This is a professional relationship. Yes, Ivan has expressed to us he’d love to coach with his son and naturally we’ve said to him you’re in control of the list at our club, we’ve got our salary cap under control now which we didn’t have years ago.
“If Nathan were to join our club he’d have to work with our current players because we value Luke Brooks and Josh Reynolds, so he would have to be in that mix.
“Ivan knows all of that and that’s Ivan’s wish to.
“We certainly haven’t said to him ‘no you possibly couldn’t do that’, so we’ve said ‘if that is part of your wish, then you can make it happen because you’re the coach’.
They say it wasn't a question and shouldn't have been
WRONG :brick: :brick: :brick: :brick: :brick: :brick: :brick: :brick: :brick: :brick:
The most bloody obvious question
Don't worry what the hell would I know , probably done more interviews than Pascoe and Go combined :deadhorse:
Ah ok. Ill just give it a miss. I'm really not sure where your coming from. The funds were provided for Ivan and he chose not to use them for his son. Thats all i understand about the whole thing to be honest.
@ said:@ said:@ said:I see no one countering Happy's point about Nathan Cleary…just having a go at him...
It is extremely valid ...it derailed Ivan ..set us back on what was built...early on this season it became obvious with their various interviews on Fox...for management to say it wasn't an issue shows they dropped the ball and not without blame...
How do we know for sure they were not doing something behind the scenes, it is pretty much certain they lied to the public about Ivan asking for a release to protect our image.
So why could they not also be lying about it not being an issue with all the Nathan and Ivan talk, they could have been trying to fix this all along, just not playing it out in the public like previous CEO's and chair's did.
The fact they only started seeking a replacement in October hints at reactive I believe..
If it was a perceived issue earlier and they believed it was an issue the process for a replacement should have started much much earlier…
@ said:Madge won a premiership with the English equivalent of the broncos, and then took a roster built by John Lang to a premiership before going backwards.
He reminds me of Ricky Stuart in terms of performance.
Hopefully he is invested in the future of the club. I do not see him as a coach that will attract players and would have preferred Demetriou.
I will ask a question. Will his first couple of years produce a better outcome than 9th, and if not how long do we blame it on Cleary while thinking we have a top line coach