It now seems JT was the better bet. BA should've been hired as the recruitment manager
I disagree completely. Jason Taylor was and possibly still is a complete asshole - that is why we got rid of him a Souths! Yes there are positives to him in that he sets up his teams reasonably well and attempts to foster a winning culture, but his inter-personal skills, from all reports, are below average. Before it happened to Jason Taylor, when was the last time you heard of coach being punched in the face by his own player? In saying that, I hope his time at Souths would have changed him.
In saying that, I think there have to be some question marks raised over Brad Arthur and his tactics. I made a post in this thread previously about Brad Arthur and his lack of a game plan and nothing I saw in the game last night has convinced me to change my view on this. Evidence of this is shown through Parra's poor last tackle options; I lost count of the amount of times I saw Sandow and even Norman at times attempt to do something on the last tackle and the rest of the team not have the faintest idea about what was going on. Another example is the amount of times you see Parra attempt to execute a back line move and the play would either break down or an error would be made. Want more proof? Look at the amount of offloads - a sign that your just throwing the footy around and hoping. Basically, until this aspect of the Parra's game is sorted, they won't be winning too many footy games.
The forwards are a different story. I think you guys get good go forward up front, its just that Brad Arthur needs to manage his interchange better. I'm not sure if this happened against the Broncos but Brad Arthur cannot afford to have both Danny Wicks and Tim Mannah off the field at the same time. I thought there were times when Parra lacked someone to basically cart the ball up and make meters; there were too many ball players on the field at the same time and erradicating that comes to down to managing your interchanges better. I'm also a bit unsure of what Watmough's role in the team is? I always got the impression that he would bought as a back rower who can play up the middle and make a stack of metres - he doesn't seem to be doing much of that.
Lastly, I think the whole team needs to be more alert. Its alarming the amount of times you guys would make an error and the whole team would just stand there and watch. That has got nothing to do with the coach - that comes down to taking responsibility and having a good attitude. It also suggests that there may be a lack of leadership. I think back to the game at easter vs the tigers, when you guys were leading and got a penalty right in front of the sicks. Instead of one player taking responsibility and running up to the ref and pointing to the sticks, there was nothing but confusion; Peats held the ball in his hand, looked around and about three or four players walked by and did/said very little. The referee had to ask the team twice, what they wanted to do! That for me was a clear cut sign of a lack of leadership at the club and it could be one of the things that is hold Parra back.
