AGAR OUT!

Quote: Mild mannered Janitor "I don't see th appointment of any coach as a failing. Not acting accordingley when things are not going right is the error.

As a matter of interest, why were the appointments of Kear and Sharp mistakes? Kear won us our only trophy of note in the last 20 years whilst Sharp got us to the GF. Ultimately they fell on their sword for differnent reasons as at the time the board were not affraid to make big decisions when it was needed.

Failure to get Cooke to sign was down to Plummer, who effectively fell on his sword for that and is no longer part of our club. Plummer was CEO and had ultimate say, hardly the fault of the other directors at the time or the current ones who were not party to it all back then.

What exactly has playing an ineligable player in the CC really cost the club?

Failure to turn off field success to on field success. Isn't that down to the playing staff and coach to do that? And this is where we come full circle. The board used to make snap decisions which were probably the right ones (getting rid of Kear and Sharp - although I have a degree of sympathy for Sharp as the loss of Cooke (beyond his control ) and the worst season for injuries in many a year (beyond his control) were contributory factors). The failure of the board has been to blindly back Richard Agar when its firstly, inconsistant with treatment of other coaches and secondly, possibly more evidently, Agar simply is not good enough which has been evident from round 7 of SL in 2009. The awarding of a 2 year extention was neither justified or good business sense.

The main change in the board since Sharp departed is the promotion to CEO of James Rule, who is clearly not up to making big decisions.
Finally, you say "This club desperately needs some real rugby people in key positions". Who do you mean by this? ATEOTD We do not have a sugar daddy who is prepared to let business sense go out of the window and will under write any losses.

Unfortunately there are too many (and thias is not directed at you ) who seem to think getting Kath Hetherington out will be like someone waving a magic want and everything will be rosey. Kath is not the problem, its the CEO (who cannot make the big call) who is.

Where have I said kath should go? We have no one on the board who has any real knowledge of or contacts in the game. it's why we've consistently failed to live up to our potential. it's why we've appointed successively worse coaches since mcrae left (kear did well to win the cup but was, as was his successor, just not up to the job of managing a big club). it's why we have underperformed in bringing young talent through. It's why we sign big name aussies on big contracts who have, on the whole, failed to live up to expectations (of course there are some exceptions). It's why we feed off the cast offs of the more successful clubs. If we had a real rugby person on board recruitment, retention and player development would be much improved.

The examples I quoted were examples of mistakes made by the board you claimed had only made one.

I'm amazed you don't see the appointment of any coach as a failing. To me, the appointment of a coach who had never worked within a top class coaching environment into the head coach position at a club with supposed top 4 aspirations, was a massive mistake and so it's proven to be. It was too much of a risk after the previous 2 failed coaches (neither of whom fell on their swords BTW).

I'm not suggesting the board should go, merely that we need someone in there making decisions who actually has the knowledge of the game required for us to be a success. None of the current ones have that.

I agree with you on rule though but he's going nowhere and even if he did his replacement wouldn't be able to make the decisions that count anyway