I Bleed Maroon
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It's time to face reality: It is now June 2022, and the Dolphins are expected to be a fully functional, up and running League team with at least a top 21 players by November. That's 5 months.......Do any of us really see that happening? With where they're at right now? With the distraction of the World Cup waiting around the corner for a lot of players and coaches?
It might be time for the NRL to own up to blowing their load early on this. Right now we're dooming the Dolphins to a dead last finish for maybe their first 2 or 3 seasons until they can actually lure some players of worth. For my part I think they need another 12 months in the oven to make sure they can actually put up some sort of a fight, rather than start off as an embarrassment that nobody wants to support, basically the Titans 2.0. It's going to cause issues with the broadcast deal but what would the networks prefer: A team that can perform that actually draws viewers, or a cellar dweller with no profile and no history that couldn't fill a barn house with spectators?
It might be time for the NRL to own up to blowing their load early on this. Right now we're dooming the Dolphins to a dead last finish for maybe their first 2 or 3 seasons until they can actually lure some players of worth. For my part I think they need another 12 months in the oven to make sure they can actually put up some sort of a fight, rather than start off as an embarrassment that nobody wants to support, basically the Titans 2.0. It's going to cause issues with the broadcast deal but what would the networks prefer: A team that can perform that actually draws viewers, or a cellar dweller with no profile and no history that couldn't fill a barn house with spectators?
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