Rumoured Targets 3

[The Axe of Druss]

Anyone know if he is any good?

He's a Qld u19s rep so I'd say he's got decent potential

 

[aqua_duck]

Ah ok that’s fair enough then. I was under the impression it was mainly the role of the recruitment manager to advise on who to keep, who to move on, sign, and the sort of contract as POS was talking about that being his role. I suspect each club would be a bit different in terms of how much sway they have.

I think it depends on the hierarchy. Obviously the longer tenured and more established the coach is would go along way into determining how much input they have. Look at a coach like Bennett, there’s no way any recruitment manager would be able to override his decision, likewise Bellamy, Ricky Stuart, Robinson, Cleary, etc.
The Ponga and Taumalolo decisions upon reflection might seem like misguided decisions but you have to remember the position the cowboys were in at the time, they had won the comp in 2015, prelim final in 2016 and grand final in 2017 with a very established nucleus of players, also Taumalolo was given a 10 year contract off the back of winning the Dally M and being undisputedly the best forward in the game, the 10 year deal was a long term sacrifice to retain him within what the thought was a premiership window

 

[Woody90]

I think it depends on the hierarchy. Obviously the longer tenured and more established the coach is would go along way into determining how much input they have. Look at a coach like Bennett, there’s no way any recruitment manager would be able to override his decision, likewise Bellamy, Ricky Stuart, Robinson, Cleary, etc.
The Ponga and Taumalolo decisions upon reflection might seem like misguided decisions but you have to remember the position the cowboys were in at the time, they had won the comp in 2015, prelim final in 2016 and grand final in 2017 with a very established nucleus of players, also Taumalolo was given a 10 year contract off the back of winning the Dally M and being undisputedly the best forward in the game, the 10 year deal was a long term sacrifice to retain him within what the thought was a premiership window

On the Ponga stuff, I guess he also said on the Matty and Cooper Johns podcast that he wasn’t very happy at the time he was at the Cowboys and looking to even switch codes so for all we know it was a decision by him and the powers that be might have actually been fighting really hard to keep him.