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http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...t/news-story/85614f0de231f47ea739af47e29b2e96
THE Canterbury board is planning to implement a major shake-up of the club’s entire football department during a crucial meeting with coach Des Hasler and CEO Raelene Castle on Thursday.
While Hasler will remain at the helm of the Bulldogs beyond next season, with a new two-year extension until 2019 close to being signed off on, the shrewd Canterbury board wants a complete review of the club’s much-publicised strategic plan, recruitment, development programs and football department.
The changes, which will be the most significant since Hasler’s arrival in 2012, have emerged in the wake of the club’s meek 28-12 finals exit last weekend against Penrith.
Des Hasler is set the shake-up Canterbury’s football department.
The Sunday Telegraph has learned the board’s demands for change are already under way, with recruitment guru Noel “Crusher” Cleal unable to agree to terms on a new deal for next season.
The departure of Cleal will not only come as a major shock to those within the game, but it also ends his close 30-year working relationship with Hasler.
“Unfortunately we could not reach mutually acceptable terms and we have agreed to part ways. I wish the Bulldogs all the best,’’ Cleal told The Sunday Telegraph.
Opening up about the Bulldogs’ season both on and off the field, Castle said the Dogs board, with Hasler remaining in charge, was hell-bent on returning Canterbury into a premiership force in 2017 and beyond.
“After the results over the last couple of years, the board is looking for some changes,’’ Castle said.
“We’re not happy with finishing seventh. That’s not where the Bulldogs see ourselves. The board recognises it’s important we look to make some changes and make changes that are going to see us in a better position for next year.”
Canterbury coach Des Hasler is aiming for a full overhaul.
Asked if Hasler was certain to lead Canterbury in 2017, Castle said: “Yes. The board are in the final stages of negotiations over extending Des for two more years until 2019.’’
The strategic plan of the Bulldogs was bold, ambitious and daring.
But the plan also needs to be reassessed two years down the track.
“Is two grand finals by 2019 realistic? Perhaps not. Perhaps it should be one,’’ Castle said.
“But that’s the nature of strategic plans, they’re aspirational.
“The reality is, if you changed the name on top of that strategic plan from the Bulldogs to any of the 15 other clubs, it wouldn’t be that different.
“One-third of it is about football and the rest is about commercial and all of our commercial measures are up.
“We delivered more members than we’ve ever delivered before.”
Fucking have a go at what Castle has said.... Perhaps it should be one... and all the other clubs would be the same... Please fuck off.
THE Canterbury board is planning to implement a major shake-up of the club’s entire football department during a crucial meeting with coach Des Hasler and CEO Raelene Castle on Thursday.
While Hasler will remain at the helm of the Bulldogs beyond next season, with a new two-year extension until 2019 close to being signed off on, the shrewd Canterbury board wants a complete review of the club’s much-publicised strategic plan, recruitment, development programs and football department.
The changes, which will be the most significant since Hasler’s arrival in 2012, have emerged in the wake of the club’s meek 28-12 finals exit last weekend against Penrith.
Des Hasler is set the shake-up Canterbury’s football department.
The Sunday Telegraph has learned the board’s demands for change are already under way, with recruitment guru Noel “Crusher” Cleal unable to agree to terms on a new deal for next season.
The departure of Cleal will not only come as a major shock to those within the game, but it also ends his close 30-year working relationship with Hasler.
“Unfortunately we could not reach mutually acceptable terms and we have agreed to part ways. I wish the Bulldogs all the best,’’ Cleal told The Sunday Telegraph.
Opening up about the Bulldogs’ season both on and off the field, Castle said the Dogs board, with Hasler remaining in charge, was hell-bent on returning Canterbury into a premiership force in 2017 and beyond.
“After the results over the last couple of years, the board is looking for some changes,’’ Castle said.
“We’re not happy with finishing seventh. That’s not where the Bulldogs see ourselves. The board recognises it’s important we look to make some changes and make changes that are going to see us in a better position for next year.”
Canterbury coach Des Hasler is aiming for a full overhaul.
Asked if Hasler was certain to lead Canterbury in 2017, Castle said: “Yes. The board are in the final stages of negotiations over extending Des for two more years until 2019.’’
The strategic plan of the Bulldogs was bold, ambitious and daring.
But the plan also needs to be reassessed two years down the track.
“Is two grand finals by 2019 realistic? Perhaps not. Perhaps it should be one,’’ Castle said.
“But that’s the nature of strategic plans, they’re aspirational.
“The reality is, if you changed the name on top of that strategic plan from the Bulldogs to any of the 15 other clubs, it wouldn’t be that different.
“One-third of it is about football and the rest is about commercial and all of our commercial measures are up.
“We delivered more members than we’ve ever delivered before.”
Fucking have a go at what Castle has said.... Perhaps it should be one... and all the other clubs would be the same... Please fuck off.
