Rebuilding Phase

[The EELiminator]

The difference is that we are not old men and therefore do not suffer from the affliction known as stubbornness.

you sure about that? :-k

 

[boxhead]

If you are an old man, I shall have to hunt you down before your pheromones drift back to the Coven.

Nah I'm just kidding.
Our board are just....well.....ingenious.
They have engineered our future success so delicately.....

 

[The EELiminator]

If you are an old man, I shall have to hunt you down before your pheromones drift back to the Coven.

Nah I'm just kidding.
Our board are just....well.....ingenious.
They have engineered our future success so delicately.....

i've seen plenty of names used to describe the board on here (i even had to look up a few) but ingenious has never been one of them

 

[Eels Dude]

That calculation doesn't even factor in reduced sponsorship dollars, decreased merchandise sales and lower walk-up ticket sales, which are all very much part of the picture when you've finished on the bottom rungs of the premiership for two years in a row with a coach that many fans at the games (judging by comments) now consider a dud coach.

While we may expect the club to baulk at making this payout, on the other hand there comes a time when it makes good business sense to move early and spend that money (before membership renewal time), in the hope of off-setting potential future cash losses (from the decrease in STH/membership, sponsorship and merchandising) if Kearney stays....

Let Arthurs stay and have next year as coach (without much of an increase in wage, since Chris Anderson has already been hired and can oversee) and we won't even have the full cost of paying two coaches in 2013, giving us time without Kearney to search and find the right person and hire them for 2014.

Great post. Our crowds have been abysmal this year too. Apart from traditionally high drawing home games against the Tigers and Bulldogs we've only broken 14k on one other occasion, and only just at that. I can only see it getting worse too. Even Hindy's last game will fail to draw a decent crowd I fear. That's what happens if you perform as badly as we have. Pirtek may be behind the coach but how many of our other sponsors are, and surely corporate box sales would be at risk too.

In regards to Arthurs I'm not sure I'd want him at the helm. He comes with too much a bad smell of the Kearney era and there's nothing we've seen from him to suggest he'd make a good head coach at all. I spose he couldn't be any worse but I think Cameron would probably have been a bit better as a caretaker coach, but we let him go. You could tell when he was on Facebook questions that he didn't agree with everything Kearney was doing hence his shifting of questions.

 

[The EELiminator]

Even Hindy's last game will fail to draw a decent crowd I fear. That's what happens if you perform as badly as we have.

i hope it does from memory caylo's last game pulled a pretty good crowd and that was against the warriors people should just forget about the rest of the season (if only it were that easy) and focus on sending out hindy and burt in style

 

[Parra Pride]

i hope it does from memory caylo's last game pulled a pretty good crowd and that was against the warriors people should just forget about the rest of the season (if only it were that easy) and focus on sending out hindy and burt in style

Anime helps me forget about the season, at least until the weekend rolls around. I go into games expecting us to win, but by the 80th minute I've been reminded what a miserable year it's been.

#RinseAndRepeat

 

[The EELiminator]

I go into games expecting us to win

whats that feel like? i forget :-k

 

[Parra Pride]

whats that feel like? i forget :-k

It feels awesome, but then it feels not so awesome when we get spanked.

#ThenI'mInAShittyMood'TilIForgetAgain

 

[Eels Dude]

i hope it does from memory caylo's last game pulled a pretty good crowd and that was against the warriors people should just forget about the rest of the season (if only it were that easy) and focus on sending out hindy and burt in style

Unfortunately your memory doesn't serve you correct on this occasion. We only drew 11 thousand to Cayless's last game and it was our 3rd lowest crowd of 2010. There were actually a lot of Warriors and Kiwis fans in attendence and they gave him a standing ovation as he left the field. It would be great if fans do what you're suggesting but I just have a feeling it will be a low drawing game and if the club do decide to move it to ANZ it could be embarrassing.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

The difference is that we are not old men and therefore do not suffer from the affliction known as stubbornness.

You've obviously never met a two-year old.

 

[Suitman]

Great post. Our crowds have been abysmal this year too.

Wrong.

Considering our really crap form, last years result's and our position on the table, our crowds have been excellent.
Hell, we sold the joint out against the Tiges when they were third last and we were last.
Mate, people are desperate for success.
Behold the tide when we finally have some.

Suity

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Mate, people are desperate for success.

They also tend to carry a lot of hope. The minority get on the internet and bitch about the end of the world all week; everybody else looks forward to next weekend.

 

[strider]

Wrong.

Considering our really crap form, last years result's and our position on the table, our crowds have been excellent.
Hell, we sold the joint out against the Tiges when they were third last and we were last.
Mate, people are desperate for success.
Behold the tide when we finally have some.

Suity

agree - our crowds have been very good considering

 

[spiderdan]

Good post Tommy Coco. You certainly know your stuff.

i like most of your posts but surely this is a case of confirmation bias....

 

[spiderdan]

Smartest posts of the day :thumn.

nothing wrong with a five year plan if you can see forward progress along the way, and your milestones (say each year) give you tangible improvements. hasler did this at manly. in his first year there was an article in one of the weekly league rags with the front page heading "i can coach". thing was des stuck it to everyone with his five year plan which included signing a marquee or key play player each year for five years with improved results.

i don't think any of their fans were disappointed over those five years as they saw improvement each year and got the big pig at the end of it.

wish we could be seeing this sort of improvement at our club but unfortunately it seems pretty crappy at the moment. i don't know if kearney will get us there or not but like everyone i'd like to see something working consistently in the near future.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

i like most of your posts but surely this is a case of confirmation bias....

Absolutely. I was mocking all of the similar posts immediately preceding my own.

Surely that wasn't the first case of confirmation bias you've seen on this forum?

Tell me if this looks familiar:

Kearney is shit! He needs to get the sack!! We will be forced to merge next year if he's still in charge!!!

Well said. That's the smartest post I've read all day!

Will Hindy give 100% for the rest of the year?

 

[spiderdan]

Absolutely. I was mocking all of the similar posts immediately preceding my own.

Surely that wasn't the first case of confirmation bias you've seen on this forum?

Tell me if this looks familiar:

hahaa got me.

touche. play on.

 

[eloquentEEL]

Unfortunately your memory doesn't serve you correct on this occasion. We only drew 11 thousand to Cayless's last game and it was our 3rd lowest crowd of 2010. There were actually a lot of Warriors and Kiwis fans in attendence and they gave him a standing ovation as he left the field. It would be great if fans do what you're suggesting but I just have a feeling it will be a low drawing game and if the club do decide to move it to ANZ it could be embarrassing.

2 Sydney teams. Last game for Hindy, Burt, Hornby and Young. Definitely last Eels game for the year. Quite likely last Dragons game for the year. Should be a decent crowd.

If it's free for STH of other clubs, could be a really big crowd.

 

[boxhead]

You've obviously never met a two-year old.

I've met them, but I haven't noticed them. They are a wee bit small.

 

[Eels Dude]

2 Sydney teams. Last game for Hindy, Burt, Hornby and Young. Definitely last Eels game for the year. Quite likely last Dragons game for the year. Should be a decent crowd.

If it's free for STH of other clubs, could be a really big crowd.

Yeah just saying I fear it won't be. When the Bulldogs got a huge crowd for Hazem's last game they were coming first. We could have the spoon wrapped up by then. It could well come down to whether the Dragons are in finals contentions in round 26 too. Whether STH from other clubs bother attending could come down to the scheduling, and whether they could bother turning up to watch our rabble of a football team. I don't think you could give away tickets to watch us play at the moment. It wouldn't surprise if the game fails to draw even 20k at ANZ, but here's hoping it will draw a lot more.