Cobbo: “I think he’s a nice guy but not a good coach”

[Sproj]

It is indeed broken and if we do it, our prima donnas will run to their managers asking for a release.

 

[Allo]

That sounds very counterintuitive. I would have thought a good on field performance would generate more money for them. Surely if a club is performing poorly on field their membership and merchandise revenue would suffer to say nothing of corporate box and sponsorship income.

If you are correct that means News Corp would rather trash the club than see it successful. Would have to be the only company in their organisation they want to fail rather than succeed.

This is the same company that runs its flagship paper at a loss to control the media narrative in this country.

They also know how powerful schadenfreude is and are probably doing cartwheels every time Brisbane get embarrassed either on or off the field.

We are nothing more than a very effective means to an end for them.

And we won’t be successful again until they’re gone

 

[McHunt]

This is the same company that runs its flagship paper at a loss to control the media narrative in this country.

They also know how powerful schadenfreude is and are probably doing cartwheels every time Brisbane get embarrassed either on or off the field.

We are nothing more than a very effective means to an end for them.

And we won’t be successful again until they’re gone

No it doesn't. The newspaper industry is on death row, but the Australian has been in profit since 2017. Besides which, it barely reports on rugby league.

We don't need to rely on some loopy lizard people conspiracy, we need to play better and behave better.

If we win games and our players don't make complete ***** of themselves in public, we get gushing press and local businesses flock to put them on billboards. Simple as that.

 

[McHunt]

Can we have a seperate thread for people to discuss the intricacies of reporting and journalism?

In fairness, one half of the Cobbo flare up is about the media: a player going it alone to open up on independent media, the mainstream media's reaction (strangely gentler than us), and the club trying to put out the fire via the media.

The other half is about what was said when the club can't control the media narrative, and that's asking the question whether Selywn only speaks for himself or he's reflecting the mood of the dressing room. Because the club carefully manages who its players are allowed to speak to and what they can say, it becomes a comment on how much the media is muzzled and why it relies on speculation.

 

[Mr Fourex]

...... it becomes a comment on how much the media is muzzled and why it relies on speculation.

Well.....if they weren't proven shit ***** and stuck to reporting on the facts and the game itself, instead of ensuring clicks through sensationalising news topics
just maybe
clubs would be more willing to speak with them.

 

[McHunt]

Well.....if they weren't proven shit ***** and stuck to reporting on the facts and the game itself, instead of ensuring clicks through sensationalising news topics
just maybe
clubs would be more willing to speak with them.

If it were only about dry curated "facts," fact checked by a "fact" curator this forum would not exist, fantasy leagues would not exist. This is the entertainment industry. We're here to be entertained and play out fantasies based on our hunches.

Some of the most popular threads on here revolve around speculation and rumour. We're starving for it.

 

[Mr Fourex]

If it were only about dry curated "facts," fact checked by a "fact" curator this forum would not exist, fantasy leagues would not exist. This is the entertainment industry. We're here to be entertained and play out fantasies based on our hunches.

Some of the most popular threads on here revolve around speculation and rumour. We're starving for it.

So which headline gets more clicks/views?

a) Selwyn Cobbo to be punished by the Broncos for breaching club policy and his contract?

or

b) Selwyn Cobbo to be punished by the Broncos for criticising the coach (Kevin Walters)?

 

[john1420]

When the podcast was first brang to light here on the forum it had 200 views now it's got 7.5k. You could probably count with your fingers how many videos have over 500 views.
Not sure how Selwyn even got hooked up with this podcast but towards the end he even questions how long he's had it for and how many players have been on, so he knew nothing about this guy before it.

I'm sorry but I just can't let that one go.....

It's "When the podcast was first brought to light", @Johnny92

 

[Mustafur]

That sounds very counterintuitive. I would have thought a good on field performance would generate more money for them. Surely if a club is performing poorly on field their membership and merchandise revenue would suffer to say nothing of corporate box and sponsorship income.

If you are correct that means News Corp would rather trash the club than see it successful. Would have to be the only company in their organisation they want to fail rather than succeed.

When you have a triple interest in the game priorities overlap(Broncos, Courier Mail, Fox Sports).

When basically any drama is on the Courier Mail via an inside leak almost instantaneously you don't exactly need to be told more.

 

[Morkel]

No it doesn't. The newspaper industry is on death row, but the Australian has been in profit since 2017. Besides which, it barely reports on rugby league.

We don't need to rely on some loopy lizard people conspiracy, we need to play better and behave better.

If we win games and our players don't make complete ***** of themselves in public, we get gushing press and local businesses flock to put them on billboards. Simple as that.

Which is great for the Broncos as a club, but it's a drop in the ocean compared to the turnover of the media side of things.

The printed newspaper industry is fucked, for sure, but the online presence is where they are making their money. And if you've looked at, say, news.com.au any time recently, you'll see how just how geared it is to clickbait-style articles. I was going to dump a screenshot of the most attention-seeking titles but they are almost ALL that style:

‘WILL KEEP COMING AT YOU’: Sickening X-rated scam hits Aussie teens
Ex-royal butler’s wild William claim
Star in tears after stunning Open upset
Victoria Police respond to viral Kyrgios photo
Moment two TV stars get brutally rejected
Chilling theory behind deadly plane crash
Kendall goes braless in revealing dress
... etc

If that style of "reporting" didn't make them the most money, they wouldn't do it. So what is going to get them the clicks?

"Broncos win more games than they lose"
or
"Broncos in CRISIS as yet another player publicly slams coach".

News Corp owns the club, and have placed a stooge in there who can help position it how they see fit, as far as they are concerned that gives them the right and the means to **** them however they like.

 

[Maranta]

So which headline gets more clicks/views?

a) Selwyn Cobbo to be punished by the Broncos for breaching club policy and his contract?

or

b) Selwyn Cobbo to be punished by the Broncos for criticising the coach (Kevin Walters)?

Regardless of clicks, he’s getting punished for both. And yet I can’t help but feel that if (b) didn’t happen, the club wouldn’t be punishing him for (a).

 

[Mr Fourex]

Regardless of clicks, he’s getting punished for both. And yet I can’t help but feel that if (b) didn’t happen, the club wouldn’t be punishing him for (a).

The breach of club policy also concerns Cobbo admitting that he sneaked away from supporting his team during games last year.......so there were a variety of offences that has given cause for the punishment.

 

[BroncosFever]

Can we have a seperate thread for people to discuss the intricacies of reporting and journalism?

It amazes me how many people take the media seriously, some care more about what is written than they do the footy team

 

[BroncosFever]

Just what we need, another discussion about the media

 

[McHunt]

The printed newspaper industry is fucked, for sure, but the online presence is where they are making their money. And if you've looked at, say, news.com.au any time recently, you'll see how just how geared it is to clickbait-style articles. I was going to dump a screenshot of the most attention-seeking titles but they are almost ALL that style:

And this is some kind of revelation? This is like complaining the burgers aren't best at Hungry Jacks. Don't eat there.

As for the Broncos connection. Don't care. Just win, ffs.

 

[McHunt]

So which headline gets more clicks/views?

a) Selwyn Cobbo to be punished by the Broncos for breaching club policy and his contract?

or

b) Selwyn Cobbo to be punished by the Broncos for criticising the coach (Kevin Walters)?

Honestly, I didn't think I'd need to dumb this down to the level of having to put an "and" in the sentence. He's being punished for going rogue AND shit talking.

As for the headline, **** me drunk, you want them to pick the headline that gets fewer "clicks?" Good grief.

 

[McHunt]

The breach of club policy also concerns Cobbo admitting that he sneaked away from supporting his team during games last year.......so there were a variety of offences that has given cause for the punishment.

He's getting a kick in the arse for being a ****. How's that?

 

[McHunt]

It amazes me how many people take the media seriously, some care more about what is written than they do the footy team

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