by Honeysett Wed Aug 16, 2017 12:20 am
Oz Sport Mad wrote:
Sounds more like a coaching issue then....
For what it's worth I think Browny is doing a great job and would be competent enough to manage his players
I respectfully disagree that Blair is that type of player. He's never been known to roll his sleeves up unless everyone else is. He's not the one the young guys could turn to and inspire them. He's too much of a loose cannon for mine. He'd unsettle what we're building I'd feel.
When he's in a winning pack and doesn't need to do more than required is when he looks a great player but we're not going to win more than we lose and he's going to have to be the one to drag us up. I don't think he can do that.
As for it being a coaching issue, perhaps. There's been two coaches that have got Blair playing well. Bellamy and Bennett. Two of the best. Brown isn't there obviously and while I think he's a great coach and obviously well respected in Newcastle I would prefer he didn't have to devout too much time into getting Blair to be what we need. I'd rather that player want to step up for us.
Graham is the pinnacle of what we could get. In an ideal world he comes to us, they out the hard word on him on NRL360. He wants to stay at the Dogs but when he was asked if someone came to him with a 3 or 4 year deal while the Dogs might not offer him one what would we do and he kinda hesitated a bit. He then said he'd like to say no, but what could you do.
I'd wait and see what happens with Graham before going after someone else. If we miss out then so be it, wait until we get the right player. Which is what Brown has been doing so far.