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[QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2739215, member: 1899"] Neither would I. What I said was that he was unable to develop star talent. If you looked at the young up and comers Newcastle had - Gagai, K. Sims, Clydesdale, Roberts, the Mata'utia clan etc. most of them didn't kick on. The only one who did was Sione and as we know, that was manufactured somewhat as he wasn't ready for that type of footy over let's say a Will Chambers. And I can see the argument that it was too early in their careers to become stars. However, that shouldn't have prevented Wayne and his scouts from identifying a couple of blue chip players and bringing them into the fold. He was also a little late with his NYC recruitment. It's often neglected, but the Knights NYC squad went through a massive upheaval that year which saw the likes of Jaelen Feeney, Harry Pondekas, Pride Petterson-Robati, James Taylor, Tuialasi Togiatasi, Jacob Gagai, Josh Birch etc. brought to the club from other feeder systems. And even though only one of them has played first grade, it at least showed Wayne's intention to bring players through. To me, Wayne betrayed one of his maxims when he was at the Knights. And that was his belief that it's better to go with a younger player with a higher ceiling than a player who has been taught everything and yet fails to deliver. There were just too many players like Cuthbertson, Fa'alogo, Hilder, Houston, Mason, Newton, Snowden, Tahu and Uate etc. who had ample opportunity to show their worth and simply weren't good enough to get the job done. Throw in the rookies coming through at that time like Redman, Vaivai, Tetevano, Likiliki and it makes you wonder where Wayne's mind was at. [/QUOTE]
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