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Parko1310

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Whatever was going on between Hook and Sullivan seemed pretty personal to me. Pretty poor, disgraceful and unprofessional from a coach. I wouldn't necessarily agree we should've kept Sullivan, by reports his family like to get involved in matters that don't concern them, his attitude isn't fantastic (thought he should walk up and be the 7 at a very young age, also turned up to a new club overweight), and his constant hamstring issues became a concern. You can't compare Thurston and Benji's early injuries to Bud's in my opinion. Bud's injuries are recurring soft tissue injuries, very different and very likely to continue hampering him. No doubt he does have some talent though.

But, two incidents stood out that I found very poor. The game against the Broncos this year, when Bud kicks for Lomax in open space and it just goes into touch before Zac gets there. A bit of off the cuff play that I thought was a good play, it didn't come off because Zac was a bit too slow to get there, but the ball waited for him for ages. It wasn't a bad kick. If it comes off, we probably win that game. In my view, you should encourage that confidence that is needed to attempt that play. Instead, Griffin personally calls him out in the press conference. Disgraceful.

The other incident was when Sullivan was so obviously wrongfully sin-binned in the Cowboys game, the one game when he was allowed to start in the halves with Hunt at hooker, and Griffin didn't let him get back on the field. Essentially blaming Bud for getting binned (which was unavoidable - he was stuck under an attacker and the ref made a horrendous call). That was personal and rightfully Griffin's last game in charge. Two absolutely inexplicable incidents.
 

kit66

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The other incident was when Sullivan was so obviously wrongfully sin-binned in the Cowboys game, the one game when he was allowed to start in the halves with Hunt at hooker, and Griffin didn't let him get back on the field. Essentially blaming Bud for getting binned (which was unavoidable - he was stuck under an attacker and the ref made a horrendous call). That was personal and rightfully Griffin's last game in charge. Two absolutely inexplicable incidents.

That was unforgivable from Hook and I can't even fathom why he did it. Sullivan was playing well up to that point and had a great game the week before against Wests at hooker for 56 minutes and doing enough to win us the game in which he scored two really clever tries and converted them but got little support to go on with it from his halves or backline 1-5 who couldn't hold the ball or tackle and gave away a bunch of stupid penalties.
On top of that, he really earned his shot in 1sts against Wests and the Cows by putting in some brilliant performance in reserves - 4 games for 9 try assists, a couple of tries himself, goalkicking and handling most of the kicking responsibilities himself, not to mention leading the team around.
So it's disappointing to open LU Forums just now to read we've signed some kid no-one's ever heard of and people are already trying to claim he's better than Bud Sullivan somehow. Good grief.
 

TheRev

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This isnt a kid noones heard of.. hes a gun that journos have been calling out as needing to be in 1st grade for ages.. problem is if were just loaning him then rly this is all wins for the warriors.. they keep SJ and their next kid.. and get some free experience and cap relief in the process..
 
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getsmarty

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Market Watch: Dragons land Warriors youngster, Dolphins poach Tiger​

The Dragons have received a much needed boost to their halves depth, with a Warriors star joining the Red V immediately, while the Dolphins have landed a Tigers speedster for 2025.

 

Adolf_Spritzer

Juniors
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The other incident was when Sullivan was so obviously wrongfully sin-binned in the Cowboys game, the one game when he was allowed to start in the halves with Hunt at hooker, and Griffin didn't let him get back on the field. Essentially blaming Bud for getting binned (which was unavoidable - he was stuck under an attacker and the ref made a horrendous call). That was personal and rightfully Griffin's last game in charge. Two absolutely inexplicable incidents.
Sloan should have been binned, it was the right call but the wrong guy.

It really did feel as if Hook had a personal vendetta against him though, there's an image I'll never forget of a pretty dejected Bud on the bench. Was absolutely disgraceful.
 

kit66

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Sloan should have been binned, it was the right call but the wrong guy.

It really did feel as if Hook had a personal vendetta against him though, there's an image I'll never forget of a pretty dejected Bud on the bench. Was absolutely disgraceful.

Feldt should have been penalized, he was sitting on Bud and holding Sloans leg to milk the penalty - he always tries to milk a penalty.

Yeah, that shot of Bud on the sideline, terrible, he must have felt really embarrassed as well as let down.
 

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