@Jedi_Tiger said in [MaGuire Interview \.\.BSB\.\.](/post/1197045) said:
look at Parra and newcastle it takes time to turn the titanic around
They've both done it MUCH faster than we have. 9 years on and we're still shuffling around. They get a spoon or two, clear the decks and sign superstars. We're a joke.
Give Madge a further 2 year extension and let him do his thing.
We still let Cleary and Panthers off way too lightly. We should have insisted he take one of the bad contracts with him to the Panthers or no deal. He screwed our cap for years and we settled for 500k outside the cap. Not good enough.
It's a little bit more complicated than saying they've done it much faster. They have had stability in front office and coaching on Parramatta's behalf and an influx of serious wealth on Newcastle's behalf (and even then have Newcastle achieved much with it so far?) .
On our side we have had Humphreys, Grant Mayer and Pascoe in the front office plus Sheens, Potter, Taylor, Cleary and now Maguire as coaches. That's 8 people involved in key recruitment and decision making in 9 years! You will NEVER achieve any success as an organisation with the unclear vision that amount of change brings. Sadly, I would say we wrote off 7.5 years there, which is unfathomable for any business. Really, if Maguire and Pascoe don't succeed here I don't know why the NRL would keep us around. Aside from their financial donations they've never had enough resources or leadership themselves to help us out.
Teams/businesses need strong governance and we've simply never had it until now. Without it you become a novelty, a hobby, like the Newtown Jets. Belatedly though I think we have our ShiP in order.
