Is there another coach in the NRL that could get this squad into the Finals, or make them competitive?
We made Koloamatagi an offer, and he signed elsewhere, indicating that Ryles sees the gaps in our roster that are glaring - I don't think the "this is his team" narrative holds much weight, when the recruitment team are useless.
He's under pressure, for sure, but the administrating teams should surely lose their jobs first...
Look I know JR is still a rookie coach and therefore may find it very uncomfortable pressing hard on the HOF for better results, but that is exactly what he needs to be doing to the point of demanding quality signings success or the HOF's head. End of!
If he doesn't do this and do it very quickly, like right now, then JR is also the problem and will be a failure too. No quality coach would tolerate a head of football that can't sign the best on the open market over and over again. He has a poor track record that goes back years. So Ryles has a huge sample size to work with.
Excuses mean nothing in a results driven industry. If we
DON'T hear of rumblings and conflicts brewing between coach and HOF very soon I for one will feel we have a coach that will at best get us to the semis if we are lucky over the next 2-3 years and that is about it.
Heads must roll now, as in the next month or two, for the lack of quality depth both in the forwards and backs when there have been so many quality players that we could and should of signed to fill those positions, not to mention the roster being short AGAIN in reaching the 30 players requirement.
I for one would have cut at least 3 to 5 more of the lesser players in our squad starting 3 years ago and paid what was necessary to sign the elite players we are still lacking now.
For example, it is very damning on behalf of our HOF once again that we didn't at least match the dogs for S. Crichton's signature, since we had a very good roster and the highest calibre in props, halves and fullback at the time. Troll idiots like Pou will say you can't just cut current players and sign stars while our current players are under contract. That is a losers mindset and opinion. Very few star players just decide on the spot that they are looking for greener pastures or paper fold. They usually make noise months if not a year or more that they will be looking to see what other options will be available when their time is up.
This is when Marcus the Mouse negotiator should make his moves and serenade the player and his managements posse. But instead the Mouse hides in his hole while all the big cats eat his cheese right under his twitchy nose.
If Ryles doesn't lay down the law and demand better from the Mouse or else, then he’s just risking his own neck for some mouldy dry tasteless cheese on a trap that's going to snap his coaching career away from him before it ever really gets going.
Moses has got maybe 2 or 3 years max. Once he is gone, under current recruitment personnel, we and Ryles will be cactus and it will be all down hill from there. Don't believe me? Look no further than Manly, oh and the decades we have endured before Moses. Star halves like him don't grow on trees out Parra way anymore. Well not as long as we give endless jobs to characters like Marcus the Mouse that is.
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