Who was Naiyarovoro's coaching when he came over?
Richard Graham is a complete moron when it comes to coaching and will not have the ability to turn anyone into anything other than poor.
Any signings the Reds make *must* take into account who the coaching will be.
We could sign the All Blacks in their entirety and Richard Graham would still lose way more than he wins because he is just so grossly incompetent at head coaching.
Anyone that doesn't understand how a complete moron in a senior managerial position can't absolutely destroy even the best organisational teams has either limited experience in the real world or is an idiot.
I am completely over this bullshit with the reds.
QRU, fucking fire the moron now.
gel, as I think you'd agree, one of the major downsides of the QRU not sacking RG mid-season or immediately at season's end is simply that he has been allowed to craft, or go on crafting, the entire Reds squad as he sees fit for 2016.
Even if a new HC of calibre was appointed now, his hands re squad design would be largely tied for the whole 2016 season and with elements of that constraint continuing through to 2017's.
Anyone who knows 'the real RG' from the inside knows his managerial MO was that of a 'superior schoolmaster' type, he could not cope with internal debate, critique, genuine two-way dialogue with players, and so on. He sought deference and compliance and consulted poorly. Those who ventured to offer alternative views to RG's were effectively isolated or slapped down; ultimately, they gave up and were left sullen and disillusioned with the whole Reds management set-up. (As the 2015 season continued we could see this micro-culture amply demonstrated in the listless, lifeless way in which so many Reds played their matches.)
This internal reality is/was in complete contrast to RG's 'real good Aussie bloke' external media image, but it's the truth.
This managerial predisposition absolutely means that RG will unthinkingly preference young, inexperienced, and thus naturally deferential, players over those more self-confident and ready to offer up opinions on how the Reds should play, or give active views and inputs to the coaches.
We see that selection bias in in Reds' 2016 squad, filled as it is with experimental youngsters and newbies, as so many of the older players have, for varying reasons, gone elsewhere.
The vast, multiple negative impacts of the long-running RG fiasco will sadly live on for years within QLD rugby.
