My view on Hasler is he needs to go. For the following reasons:
- Playing style. We have played the same now for 5 years. 2012 was off the back of a freak player who had a freak year, 2014 was lucky and a fluke run. We haven't evolved, we don't try anything new. Same old boring forward dominated play.
- Recruitment and retention. We have released Taupau, Ennis, Pritchard, Cook, Finucane, Barba, Hodkinson, Lafai, Inu, Sezer, and many others. You only have to look at Ennis to see how Hasler has restricted players. Our recruitment has been poor. Our big signing has been Trex which was a massive fail. Foran rejected us numerous times. We still don't have a FB and HB which has been a problem for 3 years.
- People say we make the 8 every year he's been here. Happy with that? Then get the fuck out. As Bulldogs fans we demand success, we expect success. Look at each years series after 2012. Smashed week 1 in 2013 after letting the cancer that ruined our season play that game. Fluked 2014, after losing 9 of 11 leading into finals. 2015, struggled to beat a crappy dragons team, then got pumped in week 2. This year was a disaster. In the top 4, lose 4 in a row, the last loss a smashing in week 1.
Our style is outdated, our game plan is rubbish. We need new blood. Goodbye Des!