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I know many in the QRU system and beyond in QLD rugby who genuinely hold Knuckles in high esteem. And having commenced litigation vs or via the actions or statements of J O'N would I feel sure endear Knuckles to many.

^^ Has to go onto the GAGR 'That's Gold' Register.

RR, get that. But I am arguing as you know for a broader definition of 'total cost of RG retention' that takes a/c of the other harder-to-measure-but-nonetheless-real costs that are accruing every day the Reds go on as they are. Disagree by all means, but IMO a seasoned stalwart like John...

I am of the view that keeping this deeply flawed coach until end-June is not the simple planning act of a tolerable, low-damage exit path some think or argue for. Why? - good Reds' players confidence in their skills and capacity for success is clearly, very clearly, being slowly eroded as...

Not at all. If you encountered any of my posts here in 2010-12 you'd know how highly and consistently I applauded Link's role in the revival of the Reds, QLD rugby and the QRU's fortunes. Having believed and said all that, I have always had a rugby and broader interest in how individual...

^^^ 'Whinge fest' is of course in part a derogatory term, but I offer this: A broad debate re 'QLD coaching options' in my view legitimately can and should embrace an analysis - bolstered by different perspectives - as to the real reasons QLD Super coaching is in the mess it is in, why it...

Needless to say I did not above endorse White's manner of departing the Brumbies, but that doesn't mean the man did not possess impressive coaching and franchise-building qualities of a type which have endured post his departure, which he clearly did/does. He always said he was at the Brums...

I'll vote for you gel! Seriously, why is it like this, when an obviously inadequate head coach doing continued damage to the fabric of his team is allowed to go on and on despite all that you so rightly observe above? The answer must lie with institutional failure. In the RG matter, and...

Surely TWAS, that is the point re how institutions show their quality (or otherwise) in managing key-to-future-success succession matters! IIRC White brought Larkham back to the Brumbies in 2012, along with reviving L Fisher's role there. In the first instance, these two men took over...

Yes. Re Jake White. Another indirect compliment to his considerable skills is that despite his emotive, rushed departure from the Brumbies, he clearly left an institutional legacy of quality in terms of both his continuing coaching group and the new total rugby program and group culture he...

As I posted elsewhere, the same Reds home match last year had a crowd of 30,000.

Btw, it has to be said: The Brumbies were quite outstanding tonight in all rugby departments, bar their place kicking. Showing all the hallmarks of an exceptionally well-coached, highly motivated, balanced (as to selection and player skills) team.

What % of paying Reds' fans do we think are mugs enough to believe this rubbish that 'the 600 caps of injured players experience we're missing' is truly the heart of these endless Reds' debacles and structure-less and attack-less matches followed by a retinue of cliched, hollow and incredible...

Charger: I sincerely admire your rugby foresight: you've been telling us what fate would befall us once we'd hired him since pretty much the day Graham darkened the QRU's door.

They are already declining since 2012, a declining Reds w-l % ratio in home games is decidedly bad for business. Excuses are a poor replacement for lost ticket revenues. (And Reds home crowd levels are now starting to again fall below home Broncos levels.) Reds (home) v Tahs crowd 2012: 42,000...

Just to mention: as at 2014, when these JOC (James O'Connor) and KH deals were made with the Reds, where was the objective and compelling evidence that JOC (James O'Connor) and KH were 'better (rugby) fullbacks' than say Harris or even Lucas? I am not trying to pick an argument with you, rather I conclude that the dispensing...

Good piece, especially the bit about the loss of the Reds' 'brand' of rugby: http://www.theroar.com.au/2015/03/12/harmless-richard-graham-beige-reds/

L Fisher forwards coach Wallabies 9/10 choice on proven results and history. N Stiles forward coach Wallabies 5+/10 choice on proven results and history. The Wallabies need the absolute best qualified total coaching team possible to stand a realistic chance of getting out of our RWC pool this...

That may be true QH for you and others, but it's not for me, sorry. If in fact Link objected to RG being recruited and just via sheer political tact and face-management for the QRU gave the whole RG appointment his (insincere) endorsement, the quality of Link's judgement would inestimably rise...

'Everybody' (in yr second sentence) ?? You mean one or two Internet posters here don't you? My point is that both the full contextual evidence and the many statements-to-media evidence of the relevant time period point markedly to the conclusion that Link was fully and heavily involved with...