A situation like what?
the audacity to have a cry about the training standards because you can’t cope with the intensity
Who did this?
We're going with the 'Buzz Narrative' as fact, are we? Even though Gus directly denied this ever happened.
Got it. Gould's a liar, Buzz speaks fact.
completely missing the big picture here
Which is what? What part of your "big picture" is everyone missing?
* "Mahoney is Fukn clueless"?
* "Burton is lazy, has no speed, and shit defence"?
* "Kiraz is a park footballer"? [Coaches player of the year, btw]
* "Skelton should be nowhere near first grade"?
Quite the observations there. Arguably sailing straight past the "big picture" we're apparently seeking.
How about...
* Half the roster don't make top 30 from other clubs - other half of roster should not play NRL again"?
- well, that's a large chunk of the 2023 roster you've got circled and written off there. All of it, apparently. Really? Nothing worth salvaging? It's all bad?
That claim's been made in years past too. Plenty of "written-offs" from past rosters doing quite well at other clubs - many of them playing finals football this year. I dare say Averillo will be amongst that group next year as well.
Meanwhile, we'll hang onto Perham, and roll the dice on Blake Taafe, hoping he does not become Ciraldo's version of Corey Allan (I hope he takes the Reece Walsh path instead, but that'd be rolling a "six" *fingers crossed*).
We need a roster augmentation no doubt (two tough-minded props would be awesome - f#ck knows where we get 'em), but throwing it all out (again) - we do it every year - isn't the answer, and absolving the coach (yes, he's a rookie but...) from not getting the best out of what he did have this year isn't the answer either.
As long as Ciraldo's performance is firmly in the crosshairs and he's willing to be honest, make changes to his approach, evolve, and improve then there's a chance to turn it all around. If it's all "lack of player talent", "the players don't want to train hard", "I want to keep selecting my faves", then we're already watching the shittier sequel of Barrett MkII (which will be disastrous because the first one was utter shit).
He showed some promise in the early part of the year, and the roster did too. I hope that wasn't his high water mark.