This is about the most contradictory post I have read. So, having Anderson, a person with a pretty much gilt edged career in football using that influence to support the rebuild of the club is jobs for the boys? He's pretty much been with the club for 40 years! He was instrumental in building the culture at the Storm from scratch. Meanwhile some plonker with a pocket full of cash decides he wants to be the "saviour of Souths" by throwing cash at it along with a couple of other mates, makes all the decisions appointing CEOs, coaches and players, even pushes them out due to his poor management skills (hello Keary) and that is somehow a better option. Not sure Maguire would agree with that either. Easts are run on pretty much the same lines. They cull players to suit themselves without a moments thought for the fans or the players. Seriously, you think Cronk is going so much better than Pearce did?
There is a reason why their fan sites are rubbish. It is because their fans have no voice. They are just along for the ride.
We had years of Dib and Hasler running the show to suit themselves and that is what got us into this trouble. Lynne and Deano may or may not be the right answer for us in the long term but at the very least they are trying to do the sorts of things we have been asking for for a long time. I still remember the fans forum last year where Des treated the most passionate and longstanding members of this club like they were imbeciles. That's what a dictatorship brings and I for one am not interested in seeing it ever again.
For starters Anderson didn't build the Storm,John Ribot,Chris Johns and the NRL did.Ribot set the club up and made a deal with NRL to sign Super League players such as Robbie Ross,Glen Lazarus,Brett Kimmorly,Scott Hill and others from the Perth Reds and Hunter Mariners.Granted Anderson was their foundation coach but this post was about
administration and that was Ribot and Johns responsibility.
As far as the 'plonker',he made it possible for Souths to achieve glory and respect,something they lacked for 42 years.It doesn't matter who gets pushed out,sentiment in business produces failure.If Maguire,Kleary,CEO's and players had to go,good move.Our opinion doesn't matter,their record memberships and fans say,"Souths are a better club for it".
Piggins 'Never Say Die,Fight to save the Rabbitohs',got the ball rolling,but Nick Pappas couldn't keep the fight going.The 'plonker' with a pocket full of cash came along,won a comp by smashing us and built a team that have a decent chance of winning the comp again this year.You cannot argue with success.
Easts are like a steady ship,a well run club that rarely encounters any club issues.Since 2000 they've been in 6 grand finals (won 2),won 4 minor premiership,been in the top 4,10 times (in 18 seasons).They have the best record of any team in the comp.Cronk has a proven big game record,his presence and game management was an area Easts identified as lacking in Pearce.Pearce compromised his club with his stupidity and rightfully so when opportunity arose he was pissed off.That's what a well run successful club does.Cronk might succeed or fail,time will tell.
You cannot argue with East's success.
Dictatorship comes from the top bro not the underlings,it's
absolute authority in EVERY sphere.If Dib and the board let Des run rough shot then they were puppets,the exact opposite to what a dictatorship means!Did Des have
absolute authority in employing a CEO or final approval for signing players? no.So he was not a dictator (more like a pretender).
Which clubs are being run the best Broncos,Easts and Souths,who are now run by a professional administration,or Bulldogs,Parra and Manly who's run by ex players? The salary cap fiascos these later clubs encountered provides the answer.
So before you go slapping around the word contradiction,show me where any of my statements have a position opposite to one I already made.Show me how I broke the law of contradiction,where I made two propositions that cannot both be true in the same sense at the same time. Because all I did was contrast the Broncos,Easts and Souths style of administration with ours which hasn't changed since Moore stepped down.
I respect your opinion bro,it's healthy and welcomed.But to come up with an idiotic Ad hominem statement like "This is about the most contradictory post I have read" in unfounded and easily dismissed. Cheers my Bulldogs brother.