Hugely disappointed in how things have unfolded.
I don't know how bringing Matterson into the discussion while choosing to ignore the fact we are undergoing yet another retention blunder helps. I couldn't care less about player reputations once they leave our club but rather more how we can change ours re: our retention/recruitment.
I'm also pretty certain Twal is actually his best mate, so does that mean we'll lose him? Who cares if players wish to follow suit of other former players. The concern should be more focused on our most problematic issues. Prospects won't care about the reasons either however will more likely question our treatment of players.
No retention blunder from listening to Lee H on radio we made offers back and forth and then Josh A has said i am leaving as he has a bigger offer from club x
This is just like Matterson and listening to Lee H we will not be releasing players anymore
Josh you are out of luck
Look I get all that but it's not how it's gonna play out in the media. We all have a loyalty to the club and personal bias but this doesn't help the perception of the club's retention and recruitment one bit. Which is my whole point.
So you would what, have the club pay well more than they were prepared to just for the sake of keeping him for the optics of how it would play out in the media? That would just replace a perceived poor recruitment and retention strategy with an actual poor recruitment and retention policy...
No.
I think I've been pretty clear in stating I only care about our retention and recruitment reputation and image, and building the team to a stronger position. IDC about media perception but more what prospective targets think.
**I'm sick of seeing the club get shafted. Stand firm on Aloiai and the jelly-spine tossers will give us a wide berth in future. Win-win.**
Melbourne hung onto JAC because it didn't work for them for whatever reason to let him go. They had a contract and they enforced it. Granted they have the on field success to make it more palatable for JAC but there's no reason why on-field success should factor into a legally binding contract being enforced, it goes back to my previous comment that if you don't want to find yourself in this situation, then chance the risk and play year on year. They won't do that though because you're only ever one tackle away from a career ending injury. They expect security and flexibility. In Rugby League they are mutually exclusive if you're signing long term (3+ year,) contracts.
Thankyou as this was what I was kinda getting at.
Also hate that player managers and players take advantage of the club's position but at the same time was more suggesting that the club look at it's retention/recruitment policy.
This is not specifically a dig at our adminstration which I feel some forumer's have been misinterpreting, but that we examine this department more closely - as it's at the centre of our biggest issues.
I wasn't trying to provoke anyone either but rather looking at it from different perspective/angle. I believe the club has faced worse than this and the Matterson saga.
I just don't wait to see the club be brought to its hands and knees again or feeling any long-term residual effects. So the basis of my original comment was, how can we work toward getting better results in our biggest problem area(retention and recruitment).
Apologies Lauren, I must have misinterpreted what you originally said. I don't disagree with much of what you have said there.
