Whoever asked about the De LA relationship, there is lots to it. The infighting that has happened to the Sharks over the years, in particular to player recruitment & junior development has caused many rifts & has ensured our club stays broke.
From a DE La Salle perspective, the Sharks are their ticket, at the expense of all other Shire clubs.
What appears to be happening now is what happened in the 70's or 80's last time they made a push for control. It cost the club dearly.
Gow did not use De La connections when he was in control & it surpirses me now that he has. I may be wrong on that account.
What we need here is a comment from the presidents of the other shire leagues clubs on what they think about the control push of the Cronulla Sharks, by DE LA Salle.
I think most would be unprintable.
Barry Pierce's sons all went to DLS , he was on the board in Gow's time.
He's also good mates with Principal John Maguire.
The DLS connection - & I'm not making a judgement here either way - goes way back to the '70s , right through the '80s (ET , Docko , Massey , Gibson) to the point in the late '90s where it seemed every local junior in the team went to DLS (ET , Dykes , Pierce , Graham , Treister , Raper , Sammut , Lang) - there were other locals like Healey , Best , & Howland but De La seemed to get a good run.
It all seemed to die out once ET & Lang left & possibly Endeavour Sports taking over as the major League school in the shire but there was still a presence in S.Raper as coach & players like Dave Simmons.
