Don't call him a fraud, you might upset some people who staunchly believe he isn't...I vehemently disagree with them
Yeah well i couldnt give a stuff BA for all his work and reputation has undid it all with the final few years he has stunk up the joint.
I don't think he was an arrogant prick when he started.
I reckon post 2017 and once he realised he could get his sons through the door the arrogance & stubbornness started to show. He felt bulletproof and entitled that the job was his for life.
Like under-preparing the team in 2018 and signing questionable characters in Tony Williams and Jarryd Hayne. We were close to premiership favourites and finished with a spoon.
I remember wise words someone said to me at my old job back in 2020 about BA when we faded into the semis and went out in straight sets.
He might be good man-manager but he doesn't have the smarts to win a premiership.
He said in Melbourne Cup terms he looks he trains you well at the start but the last 100m he just doesn't have it in him to kick you home.
I reckon every season under BA bar 2016 we had a capitulation - 2014 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023 we conceded 50+ Pts on 1 occasion.
2015 - we lost a game at home leading 30-6 with 20 mins to go.
2017 - We lost to a bottom placed Newcastle who hadn't won an away game in 3 years while were fighting for a top 4 spot.
2020 - Souths put us to the sword 38-0 at home - 3 weeks from the semis when were running equal 2nd at the time.
2022 - Not just beaten but got walloped by the Bulldogs 34-4 who were dead last and sacked there coach 3 weeks earlier. It cost us a Top 2 spot.
2024 - Dolphins, Canberra, Melbourne losses take your pick.
Premiership sides dont lose like that. We had 1 or 2 every year