Porthoz
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- Feb 27, 2010
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I'm getting pretty sick of the bullshit line that we were tipped to be Top-4 this season.Ennis doesn't work for the club, so it's not his job to give Seibold the benefit of the doubt. Seibold's been at the club for one year, and the results have been poor. The Broncos were widely tipped to be much better than this. Any time a team tipped for the top 4 pre-season plays this poorly the coach is going to get criticism.
By all means have faith in Seibold, but outside criticism of his coaching is entirely fair as there isn't any hard evidence that he's turning anything around yet. Gorden Tallis is a tool that Ennis no doubt begrudges sharing a conclusion with, but that tooldom doesn't invalidate every overlapping critical opinion.
Anyone tipping us to get there with a spine containing Boyd as FB, Macca as hooker and Knik as halfback would basically be an idiot, regardless of how much talent we have in our forwards.
I was more optimistic originally because I did expect Seibs to be bolder in his decisions and change the spine much earlier than he has.
Admittedly that was silly on my part, because we had little choice and alternatives, not to speak of the impact that dropping the Broncos captain could have on such a young team.
Left with a poisoned chalice, cleaning out ranks of undesirables in terms of effort was rightfully the first step to be taken by Seibs. Moving Knik out of HB second was also the right move, taking into account the politics of moving Boyd out, who is clearly our weakest link.
Turps was a breath of fresh air, Milford back where he belongs at FB is definitely going to pay dividends and hopefully we get a couple of halves healthy long enough to build a partnership.
Macca and Boyd are a complex issue, as the first is a very likeable bloke who always puts 101% percent of effort on the field, but cannot be our future at hooker, and the second is an icon of the club and its captain, who shouldn't be anywhere near a spine position ever again. This probably won't be addressed until next season though...