Actually it came out quite recently that AOB doesn’t have much input into the recruitment decisions here, which I find really strange tbh. On one hand building a squad that’s not dependent on a particular coach is smart if the coach doesn’t work out, but the type of players we keep bringing in aren’t exactly compatible with AOB’s style either. No sign of it ending either as Brown’s definitely more of a talented attacking playing rather than someone that’s going to help with a controlling/grind down the opposition game plan that AOB loves.
What do you mean came out recently? Sounds like a load of nonsense to me. According to whom?
Aren't you sick of us having to dig ourselves out of ridiculous holes every year? Shouldn't some knowledge persist year to year and we build as a club? Our player turnover has not been remarkably high during his tenure.
Have you seen that video that Cronk compared recently on one of the footy shows? Our shape versus Melbournes? The absolute terrible job we do of falling into shape, and then the even worse job we do at even the basic stuff like our decoy runners actually running a purposeful line? That stuff is coaching!! It's our system! It sucks! Adam O'Brien and Blake Green are responsible for it! This isn't conjecture or making shit up, just go watch us. Compare some video. We are f**king terrible at even the basic shit that should be expected of even a bottom 4 NRL team - and it shows in the stats too.
Go watch any of the well-drilled, well coached teams in the NRL. Even with players out - they fall into shape. They run decoys properly. They do the basics. Even the shittier teams can manage it. We don't - and the fact that we only seem to have 15-17 players at the club that understand the system is an indictment on the coaches before anyone else. It doesn't even matter who is in the jersey - at 5+ years of being here - the players should know wtf they're doing. They should know our shapes. It should be habitual, they shouldn't even need to think about it.
Right now, at this moment 8 rounds in, we have had an historically bad start to the season. In the modern NRL era, no-one has been worse than us with the ball in hand, and for reasons I just can't fathom people still want to go in to bat for this guy. We might have an ordinary roster, but it's not the worst roster of the past 25 years. But they absolute are playing like it - statistically and by the eye test as well. We have legitimate attacking weapons that should produce points - but we are beyond bad. We are literally the worst.
I wish we'd demand more of our club, but it seems to me there's a percentage of people who will just back whatever the f**k nonsense we dish up and make excuses rather than actually making changes to fix things. It's really depressing honestly. We need to have some self respect and demand better - with our voice and with our wallets.
