Harry Sack
International Rep
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- Jun 12, 2013
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I strongly agree with it. I was deeply unimpressed at the time - and haven't been impressed since - by Kevvie's grooming of halves. We looked a rabble until Reyno arrived, already the finished product. And Mam has looked natural talent since his first trial, and doesn't seem to have progressed into anything more than impulsive.
Seibold chucked Dearden to the wolves young, but he was up to it for the most part. Kevvie broke him somehow. I don't know how. It took him quite a while at the Cowboys to regain his confidence.
You might remember Macca and his wife billetted best mates Dearden and Coates, treated them like family. Macca got shipped out, Dearden was pissed around, not extended, and ended up siging with the Cowboys. Coates got the shits, did a massive flip after declaring he wanted to be a "Bronco for life" and left to the Storm.
Oh, I definitely think he was mishandled and if that's what they're referring to by it being "butchered" then I agree. However if they're simply talking about letting him sign with the Cows, I'm not too sure. Regardless of how we were going at the time, I don't know that we could have hung on to him when the Cows came knocking.