Quote Roy Haggerty="Roy Haggerty"Sorry to butt in on a private argument, but it's not the coach. London's problems didn't start with McDermott, and neither Powell nor Rea are to blame for the current situation. The buck here stops at the top. If you drew a graph of London's prospects, the line would turn downwards as soon as Lenagan left the club. In the ensuing years, too many decisions have been messed up, too many opportunities not taken, and an almost total absence of leadership giving the club direction and purpose.
Fans tend to overstate the importance of coaches. Wayne Bennett would have a similar win record to McDermott/Powell/Rea at London in the last five years. So fans calling for Rea's head are missing the point, in my view. The players are reacting to an off-field lack of direction and purpose. It's not the coach who can't secure a ground or a sponsor. It's not the coach who's responsible for the full squad believing their careers are under threat due to financial problems. It's not the coach who's responsible for the failure to retain or attract fans.
Hughes has plugged a lot of cash in, but he is ultimately responsible for the Broncos' failure off the field, and it's the failure off the field which has informed the failure on it, rather than the other way around, in my opinion.'"
Spot on.
The RFL were to narrow minded to let IL keep his stake in London IIRC. He probably wouldn't have ploughed in as much money as he would have, had he not purchased Wigan, but he would not have accepted failure of the type that has become acceptable at the club.
A business needs to have a clear and documented strategic plan for it to grow, with KPI's that are realistic, with rewards and CONSEQUENCES for achievement and failures. The London Broncos have no plan that anyone can see, have continued to employ failing staff members and as such, will drift along until they fold.
I can't think of any other business where the CEO remains employed after they have presided over a massive drop in customers, revenue and interest of the scale witnessed at the stoop in the last 30 months. Furthermore, 16 wins out of 71 SL games is another example of the Chairman's influence over presiding's at the club.....he refuses to accept he has made monumental blunders in hiring Gus and Making Powell head coach, before compounding that error by getting Rea back. These decisions look like they are going to be the end of the club....Hughes needs to accept that whilst he owns the club, it doesn't mean he knows how to run it.
In his dealings with the RFL, he has alienated clubs that were once allies and has isolated us to the extent that the majority of long term fans are now starting to drift away.
It could of all been oh so different if IL had been allowed to keep his stake in the club.......he doesn't do failure!
