Seems to be working well at the Dogs. How many players are they trying to get rid of to accommodate 2?
This year has been a huge improvement on the field to last few so if it is because of this move to take recruitment away from Mary then why complain? Seriously. I am sure they all work together and not in silo's and communicate where the strengths and weaknesses are and the recruiter would obviously run things past the coach not just throw players at him and expect results.
This Dugan rubbish about centre/fullback is all journalist talk. Seriously. At the end of the day the Sharks bought Duges as a centre as Holmes is there long term fullback so why is this any different to Millward's way of thinking? I know Holmes is a proven fullback, but once Field/Dufty make it to the NRL, Dugan will be centre. Only diff is Sharks are paying more to do the same thing with Dugan. Lets see how Duges' body is in the 4th year when he is 31 with all those injuries. Probably won't be worth the 1 mil then and they will end up offloading him and paying a portion of his salary to some Superleague side. Good waste of salary cap money that will be.
A couple of points need to be clarified;
It seems Millward put an offer in front of Dugan in November and this offer did not change right up till when he signed with the sharks.
Dugan quite recently even stated that there were just a couple of details to sort out with the Dragons (it appears it was not money but whether it was three or four years).
Dugan signed with the Sharks after Millward did not negotiate and withdrew the offer. He signed to play on the same money and probably as a centre.
I don't believe the coach and recruiter will always be on the same page and when this happens this is where the silo problem arises. Who has the ultimate authority, and don't say they will talk it out, one person has to be able to make and influence the final decision.