Quote: Sharpy_4a "The amount you can pay a player, has no impact on his skill level!
Would paying Sam 80k a week make him a better player?
Its not how much we can pay players that has reduced the skill set, rather what they are being coached.
Look at what was said about Ellis when he went to the NRL, and how much Huds have come on this year, with the same salary cap they had last year.
Whilst im against a wage cap in any industry, it cannot be blamed for the lack of skill in most teams. That is the coach's fault.'"
It can be blamed however, for very skilled players leaving the game if they get better offers elsewhere.
You may say that hasn't happened much yet. But it's cost us one or two, and several more than that in Australia. (Eastmund is the next one being touted to leave; and we only kept Sam because we were able to up his wages significantly - will we be able to do that next time?).
You're right that we have generally very poor coaching in Britain. But to take action that may prevent you, in effect, recruiting or keeping hold of the game's very best players is short-sighted IMO.
Does anyone genuinely believe that if we'd had an SC in the late 80s / early 90s, the wonderful stars of that era - the Offiahs, Hanleys, Lydons, Goodways, Bells, Mylers, Davieses, etc - would have been in RL for long? I doubt we'd have seen them for the dust.
