THE COACH Poll: Should Kevin Walters be sacked?

[1910]

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.

 

[Ghost of Vlansys]

Kevvie has done nothing but back the players up but they have just craped on him. It is the players that are the problem but Kevvie will be the one that cops the hammering. They should be ashamed of themselves TBH.

As Tommy radonikus said after sacking 6 players when he coached the magpies- it’s either them or me

 

[Big Del]

Reynolds first kick last night was a low skidding banana kick that almost got a 40/20... there's no other player in the league that is doing that... he is fucking elite in that area and can teach these kids everything he knows.

When your running game is no threat , you had better have some more strings to your bow .
I have seen 12 year olds with the same kicking skills as Reynolds at the local AFL club ! LOL .

And shaping players going forward ?
Have Ezra / Jock / Rogers / Billy improved under Reyno`s tutelege ? What about game plans or adjustments during games . He is sposed to be Kevvie`s right hand man and on field general . I think he has been poor in that role .

 

[mitch222]

Reyno also played a large part in losing us the GF last year. He’s trending down unfortunately but I also do wonder how much of that is down to his arm injury.

I suspect he’ll come out firing for one last season. What we need to do is say no to a further extension if he asks for one. We also need to go after Sexton.

I know Walker is the dream and understandable too, we’d all love to get him but he’s more flash and expensive flash. We already have that in Mam and hopefully Walsh if he re-signs. Mozer and Sexton would provide the steady hand we need and would not cost anywhere near as much. It’s the kind of astute signing our club has not been making since Ikin left.

Sexton isn't leaving the bulldogs. You think Gus is that fucking dumb to let him walk when the halves combo with Burton is starting to really click. Plus why would he want to leave anyways. He is finally playing good footy in a team that is trending the right way.

 

[Sproj]

Sexton isn't leaving the bulldogs. You think Gus is that fucking dumb to let him walk when the halves combo with Burton is starting to really click. Plus why would he want to leave anyways. He is finally playing good footy in a team that is trending the right way.

We’ll see. Coming to the Broncs would be appealing for any player. We’re still one of the most preferred destinations. Unfortunately our R&R team still happens to be one of the most incompetent

 

[Trill Harrigan]

Jeez I will laugh if we come back next season and win a premiership under Walters.
You lot will be missing for weeks.

Kev has the support of the board and the players, just lacks the support of supposed Bronco fans.
Funny how no one was calling for him to be sacked this time last year.

The term fair-weather and fickle comes to mind with some of you.

write my name down on your little list ay, see you next year

 

[Midean]

write my name down on your little list ay, see you next year

Front and center on a rather big list bud!
See ya next year.

Admittedly if we get the spoon, i will be missing for weeks as well haha.

 

[McHunt]

Concern I'm having with Reynolds is that we should be lining him up as our long term halves coach... Everything he says suggests he doesn't want to leave Qld... but now we have dickheads like Tallis taking pot shots at him.

We've had Alfie coaching the halves since forever, Kevvie coaching them for four years, and presumably Reyno as well for three.

Have our halves ever struck you as well coached?

 

[Mr Fourex]

There is zero footy IQ in the entire upper management area.

which matches exactly what we see on the field. Talented athletes ....... with zero footy brains.

 

[BroncsFan]

We've had Alfie coaching the halves since forever, Kevvie coaching them for four years, and presumably Reyno as well for three.

Have our halves ever struck you as well coached?

Not sure if you've realised but the game has changed a fair bit since Alfie was chip and chasing, and Kevvie was retiring at the turn of the millennium.

Reynolds is currently having to spend time preparing himself for the weekend and not entirely on coaching the halves... but he's played his entire career in the current modern league that has formed since the mid-00's (wrestling, split halves, etc.).

I cant recall any former one club Broncos being a successful coach anywhere... I'm probably missing an obvious one, but Lockyer, Wally, Thorn, Kevvie, Alfie, etc. have been unable to pass on their knowledge despite being amazing players.. compare that to a nobody player like Matt Johns that created his media career basically off the back of being a specialist halves coach for hire.

Maybe that suggests that Broncos over the generations have been mostly playing heads up footy, not a lot of structure and Bennett's super basic one out hitups, but relying on bend not break defence and star individuals to get them home.

As a club they've basically refused to adapt to the modern game and continue to live off archaic ideals of "what" the club should be... coach has to be Qld, cant have NSW players, etc. and the game is leaving them in the dust.

Reynolds is like the first footy minded player that the club can actually utilise after he retires and instead they're allowing the public and the media to push him out of the club.

 

[Trill Harrigan]

Front and center on a rather big list bud!
See ya next year.

Admittedly if we get the spoon, i will be missing for weeks as well haha.

i hope im totally wrong too :(

 

[Broncones]

When your running game is no threat , you had better have some more strings to your bow .
I have seen 12 year olds with the same kicking skills as Reynolds at the local AFL club ! LOL .

And shaping players going forward ?
Have Ezra / Jock / Rogers / Billy improved under Reyno`s tutelege ? What about game plans or adjustments during games . He is sposed to be Kevvie`s right hand man and on field general . I think he has been poor in that role .

Fukkk me, why don’t broncos go and sign these local 12 year olds then, delusional... Ezra, jock, Roger’s and Billy have all made massive improvements under Reynolds I really wonder what certain people see when they watch these games. It’s seems extremely unfair to bash and put the blame on the one bloke who clearly shows up each week and is our only player actually creating anything in attack. Are you Tallis in disguise?

 

[Nashy]

 

[Super Freak]

The term fair-weather and fickle comes to mind with some of you.

Fairweather.

Comments like this give me the shits, to be honest.

I've been supporting the club since day one. I fork out the money for memberships every year, I fork out hundreds for merchandise, I go to the games even when they're complete crap, I ride every high and every low and I hope every year that next year is going to be the year, I dedicate a lot of time running the social media for a fan page creating graphics and videos that cost me money, money I don't get back which I'm happy with.

But apparently I'm a fairweather fan because I don't want Kevvie as coach? Absolute fucking rubbish. The people dishing out that line are fucking idiots.

 

[Midean]

Fairweather.

Comments like this give me the shits, to be honest.

I've been supporting the club since day one. I fork out the money for memberships every year, I fork out hundreds for merchandise, I go to the games even when they're complete crap, I ride every high and every low and I hope every year that next year is going to be the year, I dedicate a lot of time running the social media for a fan page creating graphics and videos that cost me money, money I don't get back which I'm happy with.

But apparently I'm a fairweather fan because I don't want Kevvie as coach? Absolute fucking rubbish.

Calm your tits.
It's cool you do all that, but you are perpetually miserable with this club and it shows in every thread in every post.
Short of winning the GF every year you would be pissed and hanging shit on the club in some manner.

 

[Midean]

It could be worse hey.
We could still have Seibold as coach.

 

[Finbar]

but I don't think we should be calling for him to be sacked because we missed the eight.

When Kev came in, he said over and over that missing the 8 is unacceptable for the Broncos. He's now missed it 3 out of 4 times.

 

[Xzei]

Reyno also played a large part in losing us the GF last year. He’s trending down unfortunately but I also do wonder how much of that is down to his arm injury.

I suspect he’ll come out firing for one last season. What we need to do is say no to a further extension if he asks for one. We also need to go after Sexton.

I know Walker is the dream and understandable too, we’d all love to get him but he’s more flash and expensive flash. We already have that in Mam and hopefully Walsh if he re-signs. Mozer and Sexton would provide the steady hand we need and would not cost anywhere near as much. It’s the kind of astute signing our club has not been making since Ikin left.

More likely moses if you believe the scuttlebutt