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So Josh Dugan is being told by the club (Retention Team) that they are only considering him as a centre and accordingly will only offer him a top Centres salary.....Can any one else see a fundamental flaw in the clubs offer and thinking?
Lets take the first potential problem - What if Dugan does accept the reduced offer based on the fact he's been considered as a centre and come 4th week of the 2018 season and the 1st grade Fb at the time lets say Jai Field is not doing well or gets injured and Dugan is asked to fill in at Fullback and for whatever reason he performs to his optimum and retains his position for the rest of the season at FB - what conundrum does that throw up from a players perspective?
Second potential problem - Presuming theres a new coach coming in - has there ever in the history of the game a been situation where a retention committee has told or instructed a coach where to play a specific player?
The new incoming coach may not agree w the retention committee to playing Dugan at Centre as the respective coach may see fit that for whatever purposes at the time he's best suited to playing FB for the team and thats it because in his mind his job is to get the team winning and he will do whatever he has to do to ensure thats the case.
And lastly based on the potential that Dugan will be chosen to play FB by his new coach does he in fact refuse to play FB on the basis that he was told by the club that he will only be ever considered as a centre....because the analogy for us normal folk is what if our current employer has come to us and said as of next year we are only considering using your services as a junior supervisor and will no longer be needed to be the General Manager - you accept the position but after only 4 weeks you are thrust back in the General Managers position and taking on all the responsibilities of that role - what would you do? You would ask to be remunerated accordingly to market value is what you would do...
Well the same thinking may apply here w Dugan and his mgt if for some reason after accepting the reduced offer he is thrust back into the Fullback Role....
I think overall this thinking of putting players in little compartments 12mnths out and announcing next year our 2 hookers will be Robson and Mciness you are cutting your nose to spite your face because in my train of thought I thought that the incoming coach has the say how he wants to use the players and where he wants to play them...theres not a chance in the world any coach of any credible standing will be told where to play a player by a retention committee...no chance!! and there lies another problem...
Does anyone agree here ...
Lets take the first potential problem - What if Dugan does accept the reduced offer based on the fact he's been considered as a centre and come 4th week of the 2018 season and the 1st grade Fb at the time lets say Jai Field is not doing well or gets injured and Dugan is asked to fill in at Fullback and for whatever reason he performs to his optimum and retains his position for the rest of the season at FB - what conundrum does that throw up from a players perspective?
Second potential problem - Presuming theres a new coach coming in - has there ever in the history of the game a been situation where a retention committee has told or instructed a coach where to play a specific player?
The new incoming coach may not agree w the retention committee to playing Dugan at Centre as the respective coach may see fit that for whatever purposes at the time he's best suited to playing FB for the team and thats it because in his mind his job is to get the team winning and he will do whatever he has to do to ensure thats the case.
And lastly based on the potential that Dugan will be chosen to play FB by his new coach does he in fact refuse to play FB on the basis that he was told by the club that he will only be ever considered as a centre....because the analogy for us normal folk is what if our current employer has come to us and said as of next year we are only considering using your services as a junior supervisor and will no longer be needed to be the General Manager - you accept the position but after only 4 weeks you are thrust back in the General Managers position and taking on all the responsibilities of that role - what would you do? You would ask to be remunerated accordingly to market value is what you would do...
Well the same thinking may apply here w Dugan and his mgt if for some reason after accepting the reduced offer he is thrust back into the Fullback Role....
I think overall this thinking of putting players in little compartments 12mnths out and announcing next year our 2 hookers will be Robson and Mciness you are cutting your nose to spite your face because in my train of thought I thought that the incoming coach has the say how he wants to use the players and where he wants to play them...theres not a chance in the world any coach of any credible standing will be told where to play a player by a retention committee...no chance!! and there lies another problem...
Does anyone agree here ...
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