Misty Bee said:
Grothe Snr was phenomenal. Sattler's tackle was the noly time someone has approached what Guru could do game after game. Grothe would come across field tocut down wingers that Hunt/Liddiard missed.
Don't think that having Eric Grothe on the win means that we will have the Guru back. .Just give the kid a chance, and enjoy whatever he does that is good.
I agree Misty, I think we should all give the kid a chance to mature. Not all players show maturity before they turn 21.
The inside mail that I got when he left, from one of the coaching staff, was the same reason he pulled out of SOO and the finals. Nothing to do with any knee injury.
His dad was a hard act to follow and the pressure was too much for him.
I read in the Tele, when he was cleared from Parra, that it was a conditional clearence, what ever that is.
I believe that Smith wanted him to play elsewhere for a couple of years, to gain some maturity and discipline under a different coach, and also to escape the expectations of the fans (thats us).
I also believe that he always intended coming back to Parra, as that was a condition of the clearence. Or at least, Parra still had an option on him.
If it works and he handles the pressure and matures into a rep player, it will be a master plan by the Parra heirachy.
We'll just have to wait and see.
