I do agree with this, although most Raiders fans won’t.
But still, the fact is we have had two terrible seasons since then. We have lost something like 16 games by less than 6 points in the last 2 years, and the majority of those we were ahead with not long to go.
Our discipline is non-existent- I’m pretty sure we’ve been penalised for dissent more than anyone - and Ricky has completely failed to address it.
I still think he could be the right coach for us, but the fact that he has completely escaped any pressure in what is supposed to be a results-driven business is ridiculous.
The Raiders are being run like an old boys club, where you aren’t measured by your success, but how well you know everyone. Our previous chairman John McIntyre once said that he could never bring himself to sack David Furner because he used to change his nappies, and because everyone sticks together on the “family farm”. Even though he has stepped down, the board still have the same mindset.
Ricky might very well be the coach that gets us to the grand final eventually - certainly we were just one error away from being there in 2016 - but he’s also the most public face of the cronyism that infests our club, and that I think more than anything is why so many Raiders fans want him out, or in my case, at the very least held to the same results-driven standards as every other coach.
