Welcome back Woodgers.Woodgers wrote: ↑July 20, 2022, 12:39 pmFair enough but if the coaching monopoly was the only issue I think I could look past it but it's just one link in the chain of an organisation that proudly makes decisions based on self interests and family ties than any kind of professionalism, accountability or strategy. The sheer arrogance of this announcement now at this point in the year demonstrates to me again that they have no consideration or respect for the fan base, a quick read of the room and temperature check would have told them that but the simple case is they just don't care. You just know this was locked down ages ago and they were just looking for the right win and opportunity in the media cycle (Origin 3 post mortem) to just casually slip this in and almost bury it while they laugh all the way to pub.Canberra Milk wrote: ↑July 20, 2022, 10:46 am I'm in the acceptance phase. We were always going to extend him. It's his job as long as he wants it. He's got his blind spots and weaknesses but meh, I do agree with the posos that that's worse out there, and probably not much better
Our squad is sitting about where it should be on the ladder, given our roster. The young backs and forwards are coming along well. The spine is not top shelf and that's costing us. It's a pass mark for me. I can live with it
I have mentioned over the years that I debated with some officials employed by the club when I had contacts up there that it is rich calling it a membership. Love or hate the sport but AFL clubs have a membership as you have a vote if you don't like the way things are run. It is not a membership to charge people hundreds of dollars to rent them a seat for 11 matches and chuck them a plastic card and scarf and then tell them to buzz off, and anyone that dares to speak out against the establishment cops the 'we're the experts so keep in your lane and we'll tell you how it is' spiel. That's not really how a membership works IMO.
I do take the point though on the coaching, it seems like a merry go round with a handful of established coaches and some who seem to get a job, get sacked and then sit in assistant positions waiting for the next landmine of a club to jump on to take on the top job and just try grind out wins any way possible to keep their employment. In that sense the game lacks a lot of ambition to try new blood that will roll the dice on different styles of play and try to innovate but in the results driven business it is not embraced at all. I looked at the recent Warriors job, that club is stuck in a pattern of bottom of the ladder mediocrity and nothing to excite their fans whatsoever. In that situation I thought the club would have nothing to lose to throw the keys to blokes like the Walker Brothers who have demonstrated a desire to play positive football that is outside the structure heavy coaching manual you see across the game. That club had an opportunity to at least give the fans some sort of reason to finally be excited and look forward to their game every week but like most the league they went for an assistant to a 'strong' coach to try replicate a successful team's style with players not at a level to mimic it so get thrashed and then dump that fresh blood for the next bloke on the merry go round.
Just on this warriors point as i had a few mates and warriors diehards suggesting they should go down the Walker Brothers route so i looked in to them a bit further and while i would have been fine with them taking a punt i just reckon they are quite over hyped, if they weren't a coaching "team" and a bit different i dont think they'd have had much of a mention
In 9 seasons They only once finished the regular season higher than 5th (when they finished 3rd in 2015 and then won the comp), outside of that year they missed the finals completely 3 out of there final 4 seasons in charge and apart from 2015 only won 3 finals games in there other 8 seasons.
I reckon in all likelihood they would have been an absolute disaster. I'm not really sure What Webster is like but i can see the thought process behind signing him, there best ever coaches have been rookies with a point to prove, Daniel Anderson, Ivan Cleary and Todd Payten have been streets ahead of any other coaches they've had, he's been at Penrith and i reckon if the warriors are ever going to be a consistent force they'll need to emulate the junior pathways and development systems there and try and re create that in Auckland/NZ, He's also been at the Warriors before when he was an assistant to McFadden so at least knows a little bit about the place and the systems and structures in place, He should also understand that signing on to coach them will mean he actually has to live in Auckland, something the likes of Nathan Brown, Matt Lodge, Reece Walsh and Euan Aitken didnt seem to realise.