A critical analysis of player turnover

No-one has mentioned past players that we let go for some insane reason

Priddis - had no suitable replacement at the time either (Michael Ryan anyone LOL)
Prince - Ikin retired about 2 days after prince signed elsewhere .. i blame ikin for that one
 
Wayne Bennett often said in the past that the one player he never wanted to lose was Luke Priddis which would lead me to think it was a purely financial thing rather than illogical handling of the Hooker position
 
Meat77 said:
Wayne Bennett often said in the past that the one player he never wanted to lose was Luke Priddis which would lead me to think it was a purely financial thing rather than illogical handling of the Hooker position
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Yep. People keep forgetting that Priddis was salary cap exempt when he came to us. But after 2001 we would've had to account for his salary, and since he'd been with us he'd become a premiership winning NSW Origin halfback.

He would've had a nominal value of at least $250K per year, and the Broncos had to retain Lote Tuqiri after 2002 (Which they ultimately failed to do...Harmichael anyone?).

Plus the Broncos had Michael Ryan coming through the ranks, Phil Lee still on the books (who retired soon after with injury), they figured they could eventually replace Priddis.

Real shame the way things transpired, but it wasn't because the Broncos didn't want him.
 
Totally agree Coxy. The old Priddis thing keeps raising it's head from time to time. My question is, after he left the Broncos, how many times did he play for NSW?
 
I don't know, did he? In saying that, that wasn't my question.
 
How many people are taking the salary cap in to account when critisizing the loss of players? The Broncos have a habit of turning nobodies in to somebodies. Sooner or later, this makes it hard to retain them all.

I've seen some of your fantasy league teams. You pick some pretty shit players when you're bound by a salary cap
 
OXY-351 said:
How many people are taking the salary cap in to account when critisizing the loss of players? The Broncos have a habit of turning nobodies in to somebodies. Sooner or later, this makes it hard to retain them all.

I've seen some of your fantasy league teams. You pick some pretty shit players when you're bound by a salary cap
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Bingo. It's why I get frustrated when people lament having someone like Kemp on the team who "is just fast, doesn't really create anything". You can't have 17 playmakers/game breakers in your team in this day and age. So you have to balance between a few superstars, a few workhorses and some solid players who can get a job done.

Priddis was a great club hooker and he would've looked great in Broncos colours for a long time, but unfortunately with the way the cap worked there was no way we could retain him. It frustrates me that certain people use him as a reason to bag Wayne Bennett's recruitment/retention.
 
Coxy said:
OXY-351 said:
How many people are taking the salary cap in to account when critisizing the loss of players? The Broncos have a habit of turning nobodies in to somebodies. Sooner or later, this makes it hard to retain them all.

I've seen some of your fantasy league teams. You pick some pretty shit players when you're bound by a salary cap
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Bingo. It's why I get frustrated when people lament having someone like Kemp on the team who "is just fast, doesn't really create anything". You can't have 17 playmakers/game breakers in your team in this day and age. So you have to balance between a few superstars, a few workhorses and some solid players who can get a job done.

Priddis was a great club hooker and he would've looked great in Broncos colours for a long time, but unfortunately with the way the cap worked there was no way we could retain him. It frustrates me that certain people use him as a reason to bag Wayne Bennett's recruitment/retention.
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People critisize the loss of established players, yet they are happy to cream their pants over new guys like McCullogh, Norman etc. You can't have it both ways. If you keep the older guys, the newer guys are going to look elsewhere for more opportunities or more money.

The nature of the salary cap means that at some stage you're not going to be able to afford those established players, and have to go through a rebuilding phase. Have a look at how some of the other clubs who tasted success in the late 90s/early 00s have dealt with that rebuilding phase.

In my opinion, the fact the Broncos have made the finals since 1991 indicates they are doing something right when it comes to player retention.
 
Well said. The Broncos seem to be good at retaining enough players to ensure they finish in the top half of the competition while preparing for a 5-year (or thereabouts) assault on the premiership.

While I don't think a premiership is in the offing this year, there's no reason the Broncos can't be there or thereabouts next year. I'd expect some fairly big recruitment plays this year (not necessarily big name signings, but targeted to particular areas of improvement required) with a tilt at the comp in mind for 2011.
 
Coxy said:
Well said. The Broncos seem to be good at retaining enough players to ensure they finish in the top half of the competition while preparing for a 5-year (or thereabouts) assault on the premiership.

While I don't think a premiership is in the offing this year, there's no reason the Broncos can't be there or thereabouts next year. I'd expect some fairly big recruitment plays this year (not necessarily big name signings, but targeted to particular areas of improvement required) with a tilt at the comp in mind for 2011.
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EXACTLY.

Which I think was m1c's original line of thinking. The quizzical decisions that have been made --> There was no reason why 09/10 could have been the same (IMO). Lockyer was only going to get older --> No doubt some dubious decisions were made but they failed the whole Hunt deal so clearly a lot of things did not go their way.

Eastwood would have been nice though.
 
Bruno cullen needs to go, he dosent know how to run a football club.

The recruitment of Ashton Sims,Joel Clinton,Lagi Setu etc have any of them performed ? no. simple we are shit at recruiting and are not going to win a premiership with such an inexperienced side.
 
Setu was no worse than the rest out there. And Sims hasn't played.
 
tallis12 said:
Bruno cullen needs to go, he dosent know how to run a football club.

The recruitment of Ashton Sims,Joel Clinton,Lagi Setu etc have any of them performed ? no. simple we are shit at recruiting and are not going to win a premiership with such an inexperienced side.
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I was about to run a list of players who we have recruited that are playing well.. But then Aeetee i think it was did that in another thread.

Seriously every thread is becomming the same thing on here lol.
 
tallis12

We lose & it's Cullen's fault. We win & it's the players were great.

IMO: Want to blame someone for our inexperienced players, blame Bennett.

He got into the ear of players & and contacted other clubs. Or was trying to recruit them to Saint George.
 
Bloody hell, that's come out of nowhere.
 
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