Ennis is a fantastic signing.
The price we got him at is very good, considering we fended of Sticky money to get him.
He is a better player than Lichaa now, and will be in 2 years time.
I myself, and many others at the club, haven't seen anything from Michael to justify his price tag.
We also have 2 junior Australian hookers on our books for the next 3 years. Smart business.
I'm fairly happy with the signing, he may be nearing the end of his career but he still plays smart, hard and is a competitor through and through. I could see us using him for 80 mins a game next year and in his final year going back to having a sub on the bench for hooker, whomever we have mentoring under him during his time here Brown/Deitz for first grade experience and planning for post Ennis.
Happy with Ennis, solid player, extremely good at what he does and will be sweet to have a another leader in the ranks.
Personally I was very disappointed we did not get Koroisau, tho no idea how hard we tried for him? Very different hookers but Ennis probably fits with us for the next couple of years... will be interesting to see who end up as the Sharks 14 next year...
If I had to take a wild and uneducated guess, I would say Koroisau was probably our second choice, if we couldn't get Ennis who is still a decent player and would help develop our young hookers coming through then we pick up Koro. Despite Ennis being older and only being good for a couple more years I see it as the more beneficial long term for the club.
And as Surely said, he is a good mentor. Reynolds gives him a lot of credit in helping him get to where he is today. He seems like someone who would help focus and ease the nerves for rookies before the game in contrast to Gal whom would have everyone fired up and slightly edgy.
