Aman
I remember listening to the Simon Mannering with Fonzie and the boys and remember him saying how much off field stuff affects your on field performance. That if something isn't right in the administration whether it be the coaches, the HR, the managers or the owners that any incident will find its way onto the field at some stage. Can you imagine playing under this current administration? I'm surprised we've been competitive at all tbh after what's come out in the last few days.
Claims of racism by owner
widespread sackings including an entire HR department
cover ups and NDAs with payouts that cripple our cap
Reports of player mutiny against coach and vote of no confidence in playing style
Players leaving mid season and not committing to the future but also being explicitly vocal about it
3 different playing locations, training camps and player hubs
No home games
limited access to wider family
Recruitment of some fairly nefarious characters in the playing group
A coach with no real credentials or pedigree
Assistant coaches and staff with no real credentials or pedigree
And this is only the stuff we know of. There's so much that's going to come out in the next couple of weeks.
My point is that I'm kind of proud of the team in a weird way. Look at the way Lodge played his guts out even with all this shit going on, would have been so easy to call it in. Tevanga looks like he's lost all the joy but non of the competitiveness. Egan seems to have matured as player and leader along with Curran and Montoya. As a group we've been competitive in every game except a couple. We look like a group who wants to win but doesn't know how to or is so badly impacted by poor management its showing up in performance at crucial times.
Is there any way to back the boys but not the Hierarchy? Any way we can show love for the team but ask questions of the administration? How can we show the group that we support them but not the management?
Claims of racism by owner
widespread sackings including an entire HR department
cover ups and NDAs with payouts that cripple our cap
Reports of player mutiny against coach and vote of no confidence in playing style
Players leaving mid season and not committing to the future but also being explicitly vocal about it
3 different playing locations, training camps and player hubs
No home games
limited access to wider family
Recruitment of some fairly nefarious characters in the playing group
A coach with no real credentials or pedigree
Assistant coaches and staff with no real credentials or pedigree
And this is only the stuff we know of. There's so much that's going to come out in the next couple of weeks.
My point is that I'm kind of proud of the team in a weird way. Look at the way Lodge played his guts out even with all this shit going on, would have been so easy to call it in. Tevanga looks like he's lost all the joy but non of the competitiveness. Egan seems to have matured as player and leader along with Curran and Montoya. As a group we've been competitive in every game except a couple. We look like a group who wants to win but doesn't know how to or is so badly impacted by poor management its showing up in performance at crucial times.
Is there any way to back the boys but not the Hierarchy? Any way we can show love for the team but ask questions of the administration? How can we show the group that we support them but not the management?
