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Yes; but there is more than a little bit of a "Ground Hog Day" feeling about that situation. Without any inside knowledge of what is really going on I can't see much sense in anyone carrying on like Chicken Little. Hopefully we might have a clearer picture by the time Super Rugby resumes. How Hodgo is treated will be critical for me. The one constant I have had through the whole journey so far, is huge respect for he and Ben Mac.
"The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday - Tom David
Hodgo is 35 been a good contributer to the force but is no5 7 in the country time to move on.has made himself a foley fan so if things are to change,and they need to so change the culture and style of attack you need to start fresh ,clean out is needed.hopefully the new coach has an eye on developing club rugby in wa as well as making the force competitive as foley has alienated force players from club footy.this weekend roughly the top 40 players were either on a piss trip in Mauritius or wrapped in cotton wool for a very important game in 2 weeks.The whole of wa rugby is a joke and coached by muppets.All you Sindenbury haters at least he put himself into community rugby by coaching junior rugby the past couple of years what has foley done?
I made a comment about one player and mentioned another, my opinion. Have never commented on anything else you carried on about. So address your gripes to posters who do.
"The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday - Tom David
I think Bally was just expressing his frustation at Foley's apparant lack of interest in grassroots rugby,not at you,Shasta
"The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday - Tom David
Sorry shasta wasnt directored at you just making a point if we are to start fresh a 35 yo probably needs to be moved on.Loyalty is a word not used to offen in proffesional sport as most would recognize that it is a business and for the players its a job.As for gigs ,top 40 players is including contractored players and players at the 10s tournament so as only 1 contractored player was available due to the force playing in 2 weeks and needing a rest b4 there last 3 games
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Totes agree, what's not to love. Now he will look on while everything that was out of his control gets fixed up, and someone else gets a "free ride". Horrible feeling for a while, and then he'll get on with it, albeit a little wiser. Corporate sh*t gets nasty (and that's no excuse), sometimes you'll just have to rely on karma. I concur with the feelings though.
So after reading through all these posts I feel maybe something is amiss? I am not going to suggest Foley didn't need to go(track record dictates that), but the way and timing are not coming across in a good light. Calls were for "the head of the rotting fish to axed". Checked my org chart and yep CEO sits above Head coach every time!
So I see this going one of two way:
1) Foley was a complete control freak of a tyrant and our CEO didn't have the ability to control what is essentially a staff member under him? If that is the case the CEO is ineffective and must go!
2) The CEO has been in control of the situation the whole time and has merely found a scape goat to paper over the cracks and take some heat off his own position? It that is the case the CEO must go!
As for player retention I can't see one situation where the captain of the team (Hodgo), a leader with in the completion not only in his position, but as a general player, someone who leads by example and has show loyalty to the degree he has would not have his contract (a one year extension) signed sealed and delivered with out question? This has sent despair through the entire team and off field staff and should make us the general public at an absolute minimum question what's going on? I feel that before this all gets sorted we may well be saying good bye to more players. I hope this doesn't send us that far up shit creek that the Force is no longer seen as a viable SR option. Time will tell!
I know many accuse me of being the queen of tin foil hats, but I would not put it past the ARU to engineer the demise of the Force as a viable SR option (in WA at least). I don't trust the ARU board, or its henchmen, as far as I could throw them.
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