Are you guys related to the Young family in anyway? I believe our progress has definitely improved under Flanno. Prior to Flanno, Griffin and McGregor DID NOT develop and promote our juniors which Flanno IS. Griffin and McGregor could not attract any top line players to the club and Flanno has , all but at the tail end of their careers but he has. Look at the youngsters coming through in Egan, Stewart, Pasifiki Tonga, the Couchman brothers Halangahu and King-Togia and there are plenty more in the reggies. Not since Nathan Browns development of the Morris brothers, Matt Cooper, Ben Creagh, Amos Roberts, Clint Greenshields and Ben Hornby have we as St George Illawarra seen this many juniors developed presently since Nathan Browns tenure. We have to be a little patient with these youngsters to reap the rewards. All the negative sh#t does become monotonous.
Actually both McGregor and Griffin did bring through/debut some young players, not all of them worked out and that's probably why you think they didn't bring any through.
Who's to say the same won't happen with these kids that Flanagan is bringing through? Most of them have been brought in out of necessity and time will tell whether they're worth persisting with and whether they even end up having a future at the club.
Under McGregor I believe some of the most notable signings were Widdop and Hunt, both were top line players.
Under Griffin some of the most notable signings were Su'a, Molo, Suli and Liddle.
So yes while your memory is clouded, we have signed decent players under previous coaches as well.
This is the most telling as it shows that absolutely nothing has changed under Flanagan. We sign players if similar calibre to the last couple of coaches, we bring through some rookies and hope for the best and we get the same piss poor results that were produced under the last coaches.
All we are doing is the same rinse and repeat cycle and it's getting us nowhere, Flanagan and his son are not the answer and the sooner they're moved on, the better.
