GoTheDoggies
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How did Barrett a top half in his day, identify Flanagan and recruit the biggest deadwood for big money?
Almost everyone, including analysts and ex-top players thought he was hard done by 1st when he got dropped and secondly once he was moved on. In theory he was a decent risk signing but they all don't pan out. He showed a lot more at the Sharks and Roosters but they were/are much better teams. He's the worst half at our club now tho.How did Barrett a top half in his day, identify Flanagan and recruit the biggest deadwood for big money?
Barrett was a good first grader, nothing else...How did Barrett a top half in his day, identify Flanagan and recruit the biggest deadwood for big money?
You're right in the idea that good coaches should work with a player's strengths. If I were Barrett I'd have Flanagan doing extensive work on garnering sympathy from the media and stubbornly pointing out that he thinks he's personally doing well.Would be interesting if Bennett picks up Flanagan for depth at the Dolphins.
Good coaches work with and on a players strengths, other coaches try to mold players into what they want them to be & it doesn't always work successfully.
The jury is still out with Barrett, but the jury are currently deliberating and I suspect will deliver the verdict in the next few months.
No improvement & have no doubt Baz will go bye byes.
Flanagan is a very passive kind of halfback player. He needs players in motion putting question marks in the defence so Flanagan can then just feed the ball. In many ways, its the players around him that made him look half decent. But when he doesnt have this (such as us) or if his team has been nullified (some key Roosters games), he has nothing.Almost everyone, including analysts and ex-top players thought he was hard done by 1st when he got dropped and secondly once he was moved on. In theory he was a decent risk signing but they all don't pan out. He showed a lot more at the Sharks and Roosters but they were/are much better teams. He's the worst half at our club now tho.
But if was signed when we first had the opportunity would we have the good players we have now?I’d be stealing Justin Holbrook from the titans for next year. He should have been signed a few years ago
Should’ve gone with Hastings and put his bullshit aside. I hope he realises his job and credibility are on the line this year? If he doesn’t sort out what’s what then he will never get another job in the NRL. Teams will look at the stars he has and the fact we do nothing with them and he’ll be fucked for lifeI think it was more of seeing an available halfback he thought he could polish into something decent.
Obviously it hasn’t worked but it’s not like he hand picked Flanagan out of every half in the comp. Sometimes these things work and sometimes they don’t it’s a roll of the dice.
So you back it but you don’t back it…I'd back Flano to improve markedly under a decent coach, in another team.
I wouldn't put money on it though