One wonders when Broncos fans are going to wake up their club is being purposely sabotaged from within and with the assistance of the NRL and media, to smooth the way for a second SE Queensland team. The NRL has said that this club would be worth $50 million to them - and they are pulling all the strings to make sure the Broncos are weakened severely to ensure the team is given every chance of success.
* The hatchet job on Wayne Bennett virtually ensuring he'll never return (the board knew Bennett would never stand for this rubbish)
* Five year deal for an untested coach
* Refusing to sack Darius Boyd last year - despite his complete lack of interest and form - contributing to many losses
* The team's terrible string of losses coinciding with the introduction of the match-fixing device called the "six again rule" which has been used to strategically demoralise the team in numerous games (note that the NRL do not publish statistics on the six-again rule - which makes its application unaccountable and completely open to abuse)
* The ridiculous banning of Haas last year for basically standing up for a mate
* The club being singled out for "COVID fines" last year, and Pangai junior (a potential match winner) being forced to sit out half the season for a breach at other players were given a slap over the wrist
* Letting go of Reece Walsh, Sam Walker, David Fifita, and "the future around who we can build the club" Tom Deardon - all with virtually no fight and in the case of Deardon, not even a contract offer
* No major signings since Jack Bird
* The NRL rewarding Seibold - who took the club to its first spoon - with a plumb role as "tactics commentator" (are you kidding me?)
* The systematic letting go of players last year and before - many of which were foreshadowed in the media before they happened (McCullough, Nikorima) - showing a very unhealthy relationship between the club and the media
* Coates and Staggs look like their considering leaving now
* The Board Chairman and the new CEO - tight connections with News.
* Unsourced calls by the media to "rip Broncos apart" - to tear the roster up.
I'm sorry if you can't identify a stitch up - but this is beyond obvious now, and if you're a true Broncos fan, its time to write to the NRL, pull their pants down and ask for a full explanation of this hit job.