Vern Reid Resignation Petition

[Rex Messup]

I think it might take quite a while to shake off the impacts of this season. He'll have trouble recruiting for next year and well be playing with journeymen. If he gets that crankin' in 6 rounds he's a bloody miracle worker.

You only have journey men if you hire them

Create the future

Hire great players

We are cashed

[AndyS]

no chance, the rot at the tahs comes from the board, he would never, ever, in a million years have a chance of making any impact whatsoever.

The mere fact that the board were pushing cost cutting measures on him in the middle of a season, when the team wasn't experiencing success shows how far out of touch they are.

This brings us nicely back to the topic. Vern Reid must go so we don't become the new tahs!

On that basis, does he? Vern has now really tied himself to the success of Foley and the new structure. He doesn't really have any alternative but to get right in behind and support it. That would not be true of someone brought in now - in fact, he would almost have a vested interest in stepping well back as it wouldn't be his initiative (a la JO'N and the ARC).

[SNOB]

Foley's biggest problem is going to be backing from the board/RWA/Vern etc.
They employed Mitchell because he was a hard nosed bastard who got results and as soon as he got hard with our little precocious princess he got pulled in.
I sincerely hope that the same doesn't happen to Foley.

[normie]

You only have journey men if you hire them

Create the future

Hire great players

We are cashed

Agree but also: Develop great players from local and imported ingredients.

[brokendown gunfighter]

Foley's biggest problem is going to be backing from the board/RWA/Vern etc.
They employed Mitchell because he was a hard nosed bastard who got results and as soon as he got hard with our little precocious princess he got pulled in.
I sincerely hope that the same doesn't happen to Foley.

no,Mitchell was his own worst enemy---a trait which followed him over to Africa with a predictable outcome

[SNOB]

no,Mitchell was his own worst enemy---a trait which followed him over to Africa with a predictable outcome

What ever happened to "old school"
No doubt Mitchell never was and never will be PC

[Rex Messup]

I liked Mitchell

He got results

he trod on a few underperforming toes

[todd4]

no,Mitchell was his own worst enemy---a trait which followed him over to Africa with a predictable outcome

You are right of course, the fact that 2 clubs at this level on 2 different continents have stood him down because of conflict between him and his players means there really must be serious problems with his player management skills.

Let's put to bed once and for all any suggestion that Mitch return to the Force in any capacity, it would only end in more turmoil and drama.

[AndyS]

As head coach perhaps, but if there were some way he could be afforded to run an integrated development program and associated ARC team....

[Sheikh]

yup agree, mind you it will probably be obvious after first round (maybe even preseason games) if its keystone cops or not.

I had my doubt over Graham at the first pre-season match in Darwin. The Brumbies looked switched on, organised, and almost ready for the coming season. We looked like a scratch team who'd only met in the changing room.

And Graham saying he didn't want to run any set plays because we were playing the Brumbies in the first match of the season. Then, in the first match we still didn't run any set plays that I could see!

[SNOB]

RG was one of those people that was promoted beyond his abillatie. IMO
Now he's working under Link he may have results.
I think it used to be called the Peter Principle.

[Cowboy]

What ever happened to "old school"
No doubt Mitchell never was and never will be PC

There is hard nosed old school and the there is Borderline Personality Disorder, Mitchell might have a touch of the second one as well as the first.