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You need both. Teams need to 'win now' as well as plan for the future. You don't throw away the now for the future. This isn't the NBA, we don't get draft picks. The signing of Pezet is exhibit A of Ryles also thinking short term.
You get development. Whether developing that player or not becomes worth it for lesser wins, is the trade off Ryles has to decide. And the Papalii for Brown was far less of a gamble than the Iongi for Gutho or <insert rotation of props> for RCG.
I'm excited about what Moses, Ryley Smith and Iongi will do next year and I trust that Ryles has a better plan for the five eighth position than you do.
Me too. Didn't realise that he still played 16 games for the season. Talk about complaining about a nothing burger.
The coach’s job is to win games, which is why Ryles wanted Pezet for a year. The long term vision is the responsibility of higher ups at the club, including the list management team, which Ryles isn’t part of.
Source...?
I was just pulling your leg. In fact there is no list management team. Instead the NRL team’s head coach, a man who has spent his entire adult life hanging around dopey footballers, is suddenly given a $12M+ budget to spend on dopey footballers. He can do whatever the f**k he likes. I believe Ryles is close to sacking the CEO and the club board as well. But first he needs to deliver the GM’s annual performance review. I believe a few LU posters will be helping him.
www.parraeels.com.au
There are a f**kload of other people involved. They are listed here:
- Mark O’Neill is the General Manager of Football - he oversees recruitment, the junior representative program, high performance, player contracting, and football operations which would include salary cap compliance.
- James Shepherd is the Head of Pathways, responsible for overseeing the club’s pathways initiatives.
- Isaac DeGois is the Pathways Recruitment Manager, helping identify and attract young talent.
Parramatta Eels Pathways Program: Investing in the future of Rugby League talent
The Eels offer unique insight to their Pathways program, designed to develop future NRL and NRLW players.
Since you’re new here, you probably haven’t seen this great post of mine. I’ve reposted it here, with my permission:
