If tryed not to comment as I’m embarrassed and disappointed like the rest you , I’d suggest.
But this started well before Barrett. It started when Malcolm Noad and crew let our juniors die.
the success followed when we lost out identity. Roosters great fully took our culture.
then we got pay and Des and co. With Anderson’s and Rae Rae.
we need to stabilise. We need a proper junior system. Will take time like Gould said minimum 5 years. We can buy our way out this.
Look at the riff. They include Dubbo in its juniors. And the mix with country kids and city kids make them special.
It’s gone take time. And many hits like today. But hopefully we plan write and grow like the riff did letting go overpriced stars
malcolm noad did an incredible job and left the club in a great position
sbw was on long term contract, front loaded andrew ryan and luke patten contracts, massive cap space for 2009
he made the tough decisions and put the club first as he usually did, thats why the rebuild was quick and painless, we should have won the minor premiership instantly in 2009 and made the grand final a few years later
the reason the club is in the position it is in now is because they tried to do the opposite and hold on to the sinking team during 2016-2017 to protect their own reputations and it was a slow death/10 year rebuild