Broncos01243
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It sounds like a good idea. He would bring a lot. The danger would be that a bit like Teo he may have achieved at a level previously that makes it hard for him to defer and play the role of assistant.
OFFICIAL Ben Te'o Resigns
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So is your job to shaft people?
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mrslong
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A tigers mate of mine reminded me that he left there back in the day because the other players asked the staff to get rid of him. Apparently the only tigers player in history to be asked by his team mates to be moved on?
I don’t know the truth of that, but I do remember he came to us in disgrace and under a personality/work ethic cloud. Redeemed his career with us and jumped at the first opportunity to go to Souths.
I don’t know the truth of that, but I do remember he came to us in disgrace and under a personality/work ethic cloud. Redeemed his career with us and jumped at the first opportunity to go to Souths.
the_next
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Isn’t Thorn a good mate of Kev/CONEHEAD.
Would struggle to see how we could get him here given the opinions those two have on the club.
DD said this morning that there has already been a fair bit of interest. It’ll be interesting to see who lands here.
Maybe C.Smith is the man and gets more involved.
Would struggle to see how we could get him here given the opinions those two have on the club.
DD said this morning that there has already been a fair bit of interest. It’ll be interesting to see who lands here.
Maybe C.Smith is the man and gets more involved.
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Dave Donaghy has responded to why Te'o was not permitted to join QLD as an assistant
“It was a decision made by us as a club, not ‘Madge’ (Maguire),”
“We are very supportive of both rep and international football.
“We think it’s a really important part of our game and there’s opportunities across the course of the year where players have a wonderful experience and some staff are able to have a similar experience as well.
“I’ve seen many people go into State of Origin camps and grow from that.
“The challenge when you are an NRL club, as the primary employer, is you still have staff required to perform their roles at the club.
“You need to strike a balance.
“We have been really supportive of our people when they have approached us about rep opportunities. But we also need to be conscious that we overcommit our program to other people’s teams.”
“There’s always different opportunities that arise for different staff, but we weren’t able to approve that for Ben in this instance,”
“In terms of Queensland, we have Matt Ballin, Matt Barradine (trainer) and Pat Kenny (high performance, who helped the Maroons last year), so the Broncos are already making a significant contribution to their team.
“Having one assistant coach from our club helping Queensland is plentiful given there are 17 NRL teams to support two state teams.
“We want to be a development club. We want our players to go from our academy program to our NRL program.
“With our premiership team, 14 of the 17 players were graduates from the Broncos Academy and we are the same with our staff.
“We are super supportive. But our members and fans wouldn’t want to see us risking our NRL performance because there are still two points on offer in NRL games through the Origin period.”
“It was a decision made by us as a club, not ‘Madge’ (Maguire),”
“We are very supportive of both rep and international football.
“We think it’s a really important part of our game and there’s opportunities across the course of the year where players have a wonderful experience and some staff are able to have a similar experience as well.
“I’ve seen many people go into State of Origin camps and grow from that.
“The challenge when you are an NRL club, as the primary employer, is you still have staff required to perform their roles at the club.
“You need to strike a balance.
“We have been really supportive of our people when they have approached us about rep opportunities. But we also need to be conscious that we overcommit our program to other people’s teams.”
“There’s always different opportunities that arise for different staff, but we weren’t able to approve that for Ben in this instance,”
“In terms of Queensland, we have Matt Ballin, Matt Barradine (trainer) and Pat Kenny (high performance, who helped the Maroons last year), so the Broncos are already making a significant contribution to their team.
“Having one assistant coach from our club helping Queensland is plentiful given there are 17 NRL teams to support two state teams.
“We want to be a development club. We want our players to go from our academy program to our NRL program.
“With our premiership team, 14 of the 17 players were graduates from the Broncos Academy and we are the same with our staff.
“We are super supportive. But our members and fans wouldn’t want to see us risking our NRL performance because there are still two points on offer in NRL games through the Origin period.”
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We saw what happened in 2024 when you over commit and let your staff head off to origin.
It was Cartwright (for the blues), Ballin, trainers, high performance and probably more.
We basically went 6 weeks with a skeleton staff and what happened... we went 0-5 through origin that year.
BroncosFever
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Bring in Gordy
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We also had key injuries during that time as well. Wasn't just the lack of key staff.
See ya Teo 
Our defence has been inconsistent during his stint. It was good towards the end of last year but that revolved around fitness and belief. Not all of that can be attributed to Teo.
Also, coaches should not be one of the "boys" within professional sporting organisations. If things don't work out than there is potential for discontent within the group. Kind of like dating someone at your place of work.
Players should be friendly with coaches. But, ideally they should respect them for what they can bring to the team and their personal development. Rather than how good a bloke they are.
Our defence has been inconsistent during his stint. It was good towards the end of last year but that revolved around fitness and belief. Not all of that can be attributed to Teo.
Also, coaches should not be one of the "boys" within professional sporting organisations. If things don't work out than there is potential for discontent within the group. Kind of like dating someone at your place of work.
Players should be friendly with coaches. But, ideally they should respect them for what they can bring to the team and their personal development. Rather than how good a bloke they are.
He's 100% correct, the only thing I said different yesterday was its harsh and I forgot Kenny I just listed Barradeen and Ballin.
The Broncos are going to be in the exact same position during Origin as they would have been had they let Te'o go; Ballin will go to camp and that will leave Barrett and Madge.
Brideson will step up from here.
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Such a coincidence that all the agitators and loud mouths in the last few weeks are all employed at Triple M.
Big Del
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I know he`s a Broncos legend and a Dual international . But ????
What would qualify Brad Thorn to be an NRL defence coach in 2026 ?
broncos4life
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NRL Daily is worth a listen today, Danny Weidler the voice of reason, I never thought I'd see it. Brings up a lot of facts that others are ignoring. I guess his issues with Teo probably help him avoid the propular agendas but it's a good listen. I mean besides Charlie White, he ruins everything but for some reason he is everywhere.
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Which idiot wrote that?
