Eels Appoint Brad Arthur as Head Coach (Part Deux)

[Noise]

no

they would have stepped in and released players

that's what they said

You got a source for that? And then who pays the players contract when the nrl 'release' them from it?

 

[Happy MEel]

it was posted here ages ago

That's pretty conclusive evidence. I stand corrected. Did you learn your research and investigative skills at law.com?

 

[strider]

I dont recall em ever saying they would remove players from our club ... dipshit always said it was up to us, we just cant play for points

 

[Noise]

They never said that at all. Eldiablo is just far too into his Greenberg / grant conspiracies that he's making things up now.

 

[El Diablo]

You got a source for that? And then who pays the players contract when the nrl 'release' them from it?

f**ked if i know

but there was a deadline and there was a lot of talk here about it being unfair because Melbourne didn't have to do it

the search here doesn't work fully atm and can't go past the upgrade

 

[El Diablo]

They never said that at all. Eldiablo is just far too into his Greenberg / grant conspiracies that he's making things up now.

they did

we had no choice

 

[Happy MEel]

f**ked if i know

but there was a deadline and there was a lot of talk here about it being unfair because Melbourne didn't have to do it

the search here doesn't work fully atm and can't go past the upgrade

So basically you have no idea. The Melbourne discussion came about because they were able to renegotiate contracts and we weren't. But thanks for entering into the discussion with your pearls of wisdom. Perhaps stick to chasing Jake around the forum and wishing chronic disease on your fellow human.

 

[El Diablo]

So basically you have no idea. The Melbourne discussion came about because they were able to renegotiate contracts and we weren't. But thanks for entering into the discussion with your pearls of wisdom. Perhaps stick to chasing Jake around the forum and wishing chronic disease on your fellow human.

no

we had to shed $570,000 worth of players this season by a certain date

we had no choice

 

[Happy MEel]

they did

we had no choice

"Peat, who could return to Parramatta on June 11 when the Eels host the Titans, made the selfless decision to leave so teammates could once again play for competition points."

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...l/news-story/4e3d5f6d668a4756b7c51afb2b900a3f

 

[Happy MEel]

no

we had to shed $570,000 worth of players this season by a certain date

...OR WE WOULD NOT BE PLAYING FOR COMPETITION POINTS.

That was most definitely a Choice

 

[El Diablo]

...OR WE WOULD NOT BE PLAYING FOR COMPETITION POINTS.

That was most definitely a Choice

there was not

 

[Happy MEel]

there was not

Once again I have no response to such a rigorous argument.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Coaches are fallible and sometimes (however rarely), the common fan knows best. There were plenty of people suggesting we keep the team together and forego the points, as this would benefit the team more in the long term. Turns out BA now agrees.

He didn't say that at all.

 

[Happy MEel]

He didn't say that at all.

So do you honestly think he would have released Peats if he was confident we'd lose the following two games and be out of finals contention, irrespective of other player movements? His response tonight indicates he would have preferred Peats in the team.

You have to admire BA's optimism and positivity that we were going to go an 09 run and make the finals, but it was his downfall on this occasion.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

He specifically referred to the fact other merkins have departed .... and said we did what we had to at the time .... i dont think he regretssplitting the team up so much as we have lost a few since kinda making it unnecessary to lose a strong player

It also makes next year's cap position quite different, so he might have re-signed Peats if he'd known Foran wouldn't be here.

 

[El Diablo]

http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl...e/news-story/3869d71546c4dc325182452a8e6db3ad

“Looking back how things have panned out now and some other players have moved on, it’s a really big mistake I suppose, him not being at our club but at the end of the day it was what was needed at the time.

“No one could foresee the future. He looks like he’s happy and playing some good football. That’s the more important thing than my needs, it’s what he needs.”

 

[Poupou Escobar]

So do you honestly think he would have released Peats if he was confident we'd lose the following two games and be out of finals contention, irrespective of other player movements? His response tonight indicates he would have preferred Peats in the team.

You have to admire BA's optimism and positivity that we were going to go an 09 run and make the finals, but it was his downfall on this occasion.

I don't think he would have antagonised the NRL by wilfully remaining over the cap. That's an attitude more suited to petulant fans (including myself) than to the leader of an NRL club.

 

[phantom eel]

http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl...e/news-story/3869d71546c4dc325182452a8e6db3ad

That quote seems to imply Peats wasn't a happy camper...

Which matches Peats' reported comments to Hayne, that he's been freer at Titans to play his attacking game, as they don't have dominant halves.

And didn't we give Peats a car and have to take it back off him, about a year before the salary cap shenanigans story broke? That couldn't have been good for his morale...

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Sterlo: "Have you faced a tougher task than the ensuing conversation with Nathan Peats?"

Arthur: "You grow really close to the players, and especially a player like Nathan who busted his backside for us week in, week out, played games when he shouldn’t have, when I needed him to play, played on when he probably should’ve come off the field. And looking back how things have panned out now and some other players have moved on, it’s a really big mistake I suppose, him not being at our club, and at the end of the day it was what was needed at the time, and no-one could foresee the future."

 

[Incorrect]

And didn't we give Peats a car and have to take it back off him, about a year before the salary cap shenanigans story broke? That couldn't have been good for his morale...

Depends.... if it was a Holden Cruze, he was probably stoked to hand it back....