Does he actually have a leg to stand on ? I can’t see how he would if he signed a no compete contract prior to his release . Which I’m assuming there must be something like that for the eels to be so rigid on it .
Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
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diedpretty
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yea but then melb get their way - they would be 100% backing him to go to court - hope NRL step in and tell him either play for parra or p off
I don't think he will ever be their puppet as such. He was CEO at the Mariners for 9 years and soccer is far more political than rugby league when it comes to boardroom drama. So if anything, I think he'll actually be well equipped to handle the political side of it.
It's just a shame we couldn't keep both him and Richo at the club, i think there were benefits to having them both there.
hammertime
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Nah man. The mariners had private ownership. The board was basically a chairman (owner) and the executive team (i.e. ceo, cfo).
Much easier to navigate, especially when you probably had the top of the tree and experienced business leader making the right decisions. Would have worked in partnership with them.
Hasn't handled even close to the type of board hes about to encounter.
He's been in charge of recruitment since we sacked Madge mate,
Long time ago mate...
hank37w
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Yeah, he should of worked out by now that the coach is here until the next Holman Barnes Group brain fart. 🤡
hank37w
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You'd need a whole team of painters to paint over the dodgy workmanship that is under the surface.
You would need to apply bucket loads of skim coat but that would eventually fail and come apart due to the unstable underlying structure.
Such a massive let down this off season with the HBG just deflating everything that has been done..
Without this happening I was confident we would have had Bula extended, another external player added but now the club cannot even update the main website. I checked every club's main page just now and we are the only one that has not been touched for like 3 weeks. It might sound petty, but they are supposed to be a professional organization and updating fans / members should be the easiest task.
There is no way we can attract a player here now unless we make the finals and our board do their job and stay silent.
Of course, I will be cheering them on and praying we make finals but it's such a letdown.
Wonder if the players are going away for a boot camp again this off season.
Without this happening I was confident we would have had Bula extended, another external player added but now the club cannot even update the main website. I checked every club's main page just now and we are the only one that has not been touched for like 3 weeks. It might sound petty, but they are supposed to be a professional organization and updating fans / members should be the easiest task.
There is no way we can attract a player here now unless we make the finals and our board do their job and stay silent.
Of course, I will be cheering them on and praying we make finals but it's such a letdown.
Wonder if the players are going away for a boot camp again this off season.
Rock Hopper Steve
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True B but how do you get decent players when all you're producing is spoons and a sub par ownership.
Really last season was the first year players started to come and it was only a slight improvement but it had a feel it was turning.
crazycat
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Yea, well a few things:
Samoan boys may stick together and Tongan boys may stick together. Sometimes they both may stick together but that's kinda like Aussie's hanging with Brits.
plus Charlie Staines was half Samoan and he seemed to be kicked to the curb pretty quickly without fuss.
I reckon Luai was ok with him being kicked because he wasn't putting the effort in.
Look I get it, if the culture turns to a Lazy boys culture... Were in trouble. Mainly because it's two families that make up 4 of our best players.
At the moment, IMHO it's working. We recruited Latu, his brothers have put in more then him. We recruited Terrell, Taylan seems to be an answer in the centers.
Yes, they may all want to stick together. Well we hired sets of families and we brought this in. No other recruit has outshone them IMHO, Hunt? Bird? Duds.. Klem/Paps/Bateman were largely underperforming.
Double down on culture, Pick your Tongan/Samoans but pick players known for high work effort. Create an islander culture where everyone plays for their mates.
I can't see any other way were going to outperform the other sides.
Tucker
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On track LOL….we won some early games. You need to do more than that.
GNR4LIFE
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Just seen a suggestion that the Storm May offer Parra Jack Howarth.
Again, context, was there anything that completely disrupted the harmony of the team that was out of Benji's control?
Fair enough. In his defence I don't think many in Australian sport would be ready for this lot lol
Relatable
Tucker
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LOL how can you do worse than lose players you tried to keep?
Accidentally kill them?
Rock Hopper Steve
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Alright you want a F argument bad don't you, who that we lost did we really miss considering the churn up to this point in time.
wstigers11
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Feel like Storm win in that swap like they usually do. Howarth has struggled to get going there or keep on the field.
No way on earth this should be allowed....as such the NRL will likely cave
Tucker
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What makes this team so strong in your mind? He had the team last year to make the 8 and if they didn’t shit the bed so hard towards the end, they would have gone damned close.
