And said 'I don't want to be nasty' whist saying it. What a pussy.
Sorry Panthers fans, you have a guy in charge who cares more about picking fights and having his ugly mug in the media than he does about level headedly running your club. He's mentally unstable in the extreme. Don't worry about defending him, just worry about the possibility he might employ Paul Langmack as coach next then sack him in the first set of six of the season as the Panthers fail to score as Gus' orders demand.
Imagine Gus telling Griffin he's embarrassed himself and should think longer before talking...so rich. Shows how little self awareness Gus has of his own failings.
Everyone hates Gus and thats the main reason people have sided with Griffin here. The club and Gus have done nothing wrong in relation to sacking him... outside of extending his contract a year ago and trying to make it work. He waznt sacked too early. He was kept 18 months too long.
Hook refused to work with his coaching staff. His players were unhappy with his 'game plans' and on 5 occasions this year showed that we can win games after throwing them out the window due to being down by 14 or more points.
This same coach who was supposedly so unfairly dismissed did that to players at our club every year since his arrival. Last year alone from our top 25 we released 6 players early. Our turnover for contracted players since he arrived is outrageous. Fans were sick of watching him ruin and/or push stars out the door.
That shit was unsustainable and was destroying our premiership window.
The club is rightfully copping heat for the Ivan Cleary situation. 1Whatever the situation is we shouldnt be working with him before his Tigers contract expires. 100% deserve it for that.
But Anthony Griffin should have been gone long ago. Gus did everything he could go make it work because Hooks failure was 100% on him.
How can a club keep on a head coach who doesn't give a f**k about the direction his employers want to go in? Who refuses to use the resources available to him? Or work with his coaching staff? Who pushes player after player out of the club and then brags about how many guys have made their debut under him.
Broncos fans knew what he was like years ago. Panthers fans have known what he's like for 2 years now. It seemed like Gus disagreed but he was doing everything in his power to make it work rather than admit he f**ked up in the first place.
I have issue with a lot of what Gus has done. Almost all of it in the Hook era and most of it relates to backing Hook in situations. 12 months ago we let our biggest star go and backed the coach. Extended him even.
