I think that the Board of the QRU are involved in more than the Reds - they (I assume) are overseeing Qld rugby as a whole, so juniors, clubs, development etc. Now we all know that there are issues at all levels, and some of these are complicated and a separate discussion, so I think it is not necessarily fair to bag the board over the Reds situation. From a coaching appointment point of view I don't know how much say they have (or should have) in the matter - that's why you have the employees of the QRU to make those decisions.
My issue is that one of the powerhouses of Australian rugby has been allowed to have a revolving door of underdone coaches and now to allow an inexperienced coach who seems to have got the job based on his playing history, who is excluding players based on some personal dislike of their lifestyle or tackling ability, to the detriment of the team and that leads to the ripple effect of making Qld rugby as a whole less attractive given that the Reds are our window display for our sport.
Now if a particular player was a negative influence within a squad and therefore disrupting the team, sure, deal with them, lay out what you require, and if they continue to be disruptive do something about it, but I am not sure that is the case here. There are quite a number of contracted players who seem to have been discarded, and will likely look elsewhere so be lost to us. We have brought in stop gap players as short term fixes, not because of injury, but because we have discarded players who could fill those roles, and we have at times persisted with players who clearly were below par. Coaches are meant to develop those players to be able to execute the skills but aside from our scrum, which has been good for a long time, what has improved?
Right now, if you or your son were a player who was good enough to generate interest from Super Rugby teams in Australia, would you choose the Reds if you had other options?
