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The R&R definitely has to come under major scrutiny... the issue we have there is that there has been so much churn at that spot over the last few years already ... Nolan was rightly punted, which brought Ikin in... and then he was punted for Scanlon... and now we want to punt Scanlon.
The whole issue was white anting Ikin... these fucking idiot businessmen that run the football side think it's like running a business. They knifed Wayne twice and then knifed Ikin after head hunting him, but for what fucking reason??
Did these morons think that they know football and that Seibold was an upgrade and there would be no issues with knifing a club legend... or that Ikin should be knifed even though he's like the only one with contacts across the league and was able to bring astute signings in... he also at least had ideas on how to get something out of Kevvie by asking him "what do you want your team to actually look like?"... that allowed Ikin to target players that suit what Kevvie wants (Jensen, Capewell, etc.). There is zero footy IQ in the entire upper management area.
The whole place is silo'd and stale... acting like a business setup because the money keeps rolling in. Who's the guy in our club looking at what other clubs have and working towards getting the right people into the organisation.
The other issue is that the R&R team is also the department that's meant to be watching over and bringing through the junior guys from 15yr old onwards, etc. ... you're meant to be building trust with these players and their parents and if you're just chopping and changing all over the place then it looks like an unstable organisation... and that's not where parents want to send their kids.
I would be offering Bunn a blank cheque... he knows Qld and has contacts everywhere, and has been scouting for years... give him the keys to the department and let him utilise his knowledge and experience to reshape the whole setup.
Bunn must be at least 60 ish now, why at that age would you leave a system you made and working with your son on the Sunshine Coast?
I was listening to Ponissi a few weeks ago and he was asked about if the Storm are looking at Stefano- his reply was not sure have to ask Bunny that one.
Surely you never leave that sort of autonomy and football environment.