I was there last night and they also said the following:-
- They are still finalising their roster for next season in terms of players and I am sure he said coaching as well as they all get reviewed at the end of the season so I don't think Price is as safe as people think especially if he continues.
- Halves is a position they are looking to strengthen.
- Hasting's father is in town and they are looking to sign him up and have offered him a fairly good contract for a 17 yo. He is playing in some tournament at the moment and will continue talks when he finishes that.
- Cummins is there till 2014
- Weyman tyhey are waiting to see how he goes with injuries cause he has had a few which is a fair call.
- Kyle Stanley they mentioned something about cutting him and seeking compensation from the Salary cap auditor on his salary being excluded from this years cap because of the injury but got knocked back. They decided to stick with him instead.
- Doust does not pick the team or has any involvement it is up to the coaching staff
- Young does not have an issue with player managers and spends a heap of time in his day talking to them
- Dugan contract talks continue and will determine alot of how they will use up the cap so it looks like he is being offerd a fair chunk of the cap
- Mentioned Quinlan but can't remeber what they said about him, I think he is there till 2014.
- Rangi is a no go they wanted him before June 30.
- Sam Williams was mentioned but pretty sure they tried but could not get a release from the Raiders. From memory did not mention aanything about next season.
- Soward cam up and they more or less said it was not because of teh perfomance against the DOgs but previous performances that made Price drop him to the Cutters. They mentioned training issues as well. He asked for a release and they oit of respect gave him that. The way I saw it he and Price just did not get on and he approached DOust for release and it was granted. I would not blame DOusty for that.
People were asking questions at the end of the sessin and most related to coaching e.g selecting juniors, etc. I felt sorry for Doust because as he stated earlier he has no input into player selection so could not answer those questions, hence why Price should have fronted and I think Doust may have realised that he should have demanded he turn up.As said above the club is not happy with how it is going and hopefully that will act on it appropriately.
They blamed the roster a bit (even Gaz said the roster was not as good) which I did not like rather than the coach. 10 of those blokes in the roster were good enough to get us to a grand final and now they are no good. WTF? Then they tell us to support the team when they are supporting the coach more than the players. I would rather them say we had 1 bad coach than 17 bad players. Doust has done a top job retaining so many of our players that won a Grand Final and given him a great roster but rather than give themself a wrap say that they have given Price a weak side and it's not all his fault. They say he inhertited a aging roster? Well he replaced them with young guys and only has Cooper and Fein who are over 30. And if the squad is that bad then why release a player who played for NSW at 5/8 (TO get that spot he must have been the best 5/8 in the comp and that was only in 2011 , 2 years ago). Obviously the coach did not know how to use him hence why his form suffered.
The retirement of Young. Hornby and Gaz hurt them but replacing Young with Frizzell/Debellin, Hornby with Fein (even swap) and Gaz with Chase would not cause that much of an issue. seriously. And now they have Dugan instead of Boyd so if anything I feel it is an improvement.
160 people attended (one of their biggest attendances) and appart from a couple of old ladies throwing their support behind Pricey they board surely got the hint that everyone wanted him gone. Lets hope it happens.
What the club has to realise is if we thought that we had a bad squad then we would not be as disgruntled as we are. We would be like Parra and accepting the losses and saying oh well, we are rebuilding. But we all know that we have a good squad and should be challenging for the 8. We definaltely do not have the 2nd worst roster in the comp we are just playing like the 2nd worst roster in the comp and that is only thanks to the man in charge of selecting the roster and how to prepare them for the game.