Serious questions need to be asked after 2014 to why we could not keep our core group of players?and why we could not keep rebuilding our team after 2014?
Why does the broncos,storm and the cowboys seem to keep a stable top 8 team each year, and buy top line players when needed year in and year out?
Why or should i say how could our management after 2014 have us in such a mess today?
What has rusty been doing after 2014 to now have us in this ghastly predicament after our great grand final win in 2014?
As a fan/member of (7 decades) i am gutted by rusty and also by the souths poor management skills after 2014 you all need to take a hard look in the mirror of shame.....!
Shadow.....SSTID....
Why do you ask a serious question and then before any responses
you BLAME Rusty.
Consider you name Broncos , Storm , Cowboys.
What have they in common?
1) ONE TOWN teams - one reason for starters , and you can figure out this advantage yourself , which include
a) Cows and Broncos have a large base of young players/teams to filter from
b) Storm - have a Excellent ability to identify young talent and get them into their system -- this we could learn from
c) all three have a cheaper cost of living then Sydney , so provide additional financial incentive which does not impact salary cap.
We are one of the bunch in Sydney , high costs and no location advantage. Even Panthers have lower cost of living at the foot of the blue mountains.
2) Smart Players
Cows have had JT consistently over the period you are thinking
Storm have had the big 3 , throughout the period you are thinking
They have gone for the best young talent , landed them and kept them. ALL SMART players who lead the team.
Broncos , have Boyd and Thaiday and went after a young Milford
WE never really had smart players , our smartest most likely Teo and KEary and Peats. all gone
3) Injuries
Cows have been lucky with JT
Storm have been lucky with their big three ,, with at least 2 always available and Smith , cannot remember him getting injured.
WE have been impacted by either Reynolds being injured , GI , George and Sam at various parts of the last two seasons.
Be thankful we won 2014. Now the question is how long before they can rebuild the team and importantly get a couple of smart young players to either come through our system or we land some future stars. e.g. like Knights going hard for rookie Ponga, Titans landing rookie Ash Taylor, Sharks going hard for Rookie Bird.
As for Rusty ,
Blame Rusty for not moving the team to lower cost location.......like Gosford or Perth.
Not sure you can blame Rusty for injuries to key players or the iq of players that won us one premiership