McHunt
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Wayne's mad as hell and he's not taking this anymore:
“It is absolute bullshit that I was planning stuff with Souths while Seibold was there. It’s like many things in life, people only want to muddy the waters when the truth is not told. That is the case of my so-called planning with Souths when Seibold was there. I didn’t agree to go to South Sydney until the Broncos sacked me. I never once agitated to get out. I wanted to fulfil my contract with the Broncos."
Gentlemen agreeing
“I was approached by the Wests Tigers, but I couldn’t take the job. I gave my word to the Broncos staff and players I would not abandon them for 2019. In all conversations I had with the Broncos, their CEO (Paul White) and chairman (Karl Morris) kept assuring me I had a job at the club in 2019. Shane Richardson only got in touch with me (in October 2018) because Anthony Seibold hadn’t committed to a contract with Souths and they had to cover their bases. When Shane eventually signed me, we always and only ever discussed seasons 2020-21.”
On whether he tried to **** with Seibold’s pre-season Souths camp:
“Not true. I said to ‘Richo’ in our conversation do you guys do training camps? He said yes we are going to the AIS (under Seibold) and I said well when I get to Souths in 2020, we will be doing an army camp instead. I never changed a single thing with Souths for 2019 because I wasn’t going there. I was happy to stay at the Broncos until they sacked me.”
Richardson says he didn't know Pies was talking to the Broncos:
“I thought Anthony Seibold would stay and I was left with egg on my face. I don’t hold grudges towards him now. Anthony is a good bloke and a good person, but it could have been handled better. The truth is we went to Anthony with an upgraded offer halfway through the year and he didn’t want to sign it. He just said he wanted to wait because the finals were coming up and he didn’t want to disturb the finals, blah blah blah."
“Because of it dragging on, we lost David Furner to England. He did an outstanding job as Seibold‘s assistant, but he left because he even believed ’Seibs’ was going to stay. We had no idea Brisbane were in the picture. I never saw it (Seibold’s defection) coming."
“I thought Anthony was really happy at Souths and we were really happy with him. I assumed he was going to stay on. I don’t want to go into a bag-athon on Seibs, he is under enough pressure at the moment without me putting the boot into him. I’m not dirty on him today. "
"At the time, it pissed me off a bit, but the decisions were made and I always felt Wayne could be a good fit and he has been. The timing (of Seibold leaving) blindsided us, but as it turned out, it has turned out well for us. Wayne is doing well at Souths."
"It’s absolute garbage that Wayne knifed Anthony Seibold. When Wayne was appointed by us to start in 2020, players like Damien Cook were coming off-contract and he was able to talk to rival clubs from November 1 the previous year. Damien Cook had to know where he stood with Wayne because Anthony Seibold wasn’t going to be there. Wayne spoke to Damien Cook because I asked him to. It had nothing to do with the 2019 season."
“Our first preference was always to retain Anthony and reward him for the great job he did in his first year with us. he fact is Anthony always had our offer on the table. It was his decision to leave Souths. Wayne can’t be blamed for any of that.”
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“It is absolute bullshit that I was planning stuff with Souths while Seibold was there. It’s like many things in life, people only want to muddy the waters when the truth is not told. That is the case of my so-called planning with Souths when Seibold was there. I didn’t agree to go to South Sydney until the Broncos sacked me. I never once agitated to get out. I wanted to fulfil my contract with the Broncos."
Gentlemen agreeing
“I was approached by the Wests Tigers, but I couldn’t take the job. I gave my word to the Broncos staff and players I would not abandon them for 2019. In all conversations I had with the Broncos, their CEO (Paul White) and chairman (Karl Morris) kept assuring me I had a job at the club in 2019. Shane Richardson only got in touch with me (in October 2018) because Anthony Seibold hadn’t committed to a contract with Souths and they had to cover their bases. When Shane eventually signed me, we always and only ever discussed seasons 2020-21.”
On whether he tried to **** with Seibold’s pre-season Souths camp:
“Not true. I said to ‘Richo’ in our conversation do you guys do training camps? He said yes we are going to the AIS (under Seibold) and I said well when I get to Souths in 2020, we will be doing an army camp instead. I never changed a single thing with Souths for 2019 because I wasn’t going there. I was happy to stay at the Broncos until they sacked me.”
Richardson says he didn't know Pies was talking to the Broncos:
“I thought Anthony Seibold would stay and I was left with egg on my face. I don’t hold grudges towards him now. Anthony is a good bloke and a good person, but it could have been handled better. The truth is we went to Anthony with an upgraded offer halfway through the year and he didn’t want to sign it. He just said he wanted to wait because the finals were coming up and he didn’t want to disturb the finals, blah blah blah."
“Because of it dragging on, we lost David Furner to England. He did an outstanding job as Seibold‘s assistant, but he left because he even believed ’Seibs’ was going to stay. We had no idea Brisbane were in the picture. I never saw it (Seibold’s defection) coming."
“I thought Anthony was really happy at Souths and we were really happy with him. I assumed he was going to stay on. I don’t want to go into a bag-athon on Seibs, he is under enough pressure at the moment without me putting the boot into him. I’m not dirty on him today. "
"At the time, it pissed me off a bit, but the decisions were made and I always felt Wayne could be a good fit and he has been. The timing (of Seibold leaving) blindsided us, but as it turned out, it has turned out well for us. Wayne is doing well at Souths."
"It’s absolute garbage that Wayne knifed Anthony Seibold. When Wayne was appointed by us to start in 2020, players like Damien Cook were coming off-contract and he was able to talk to rival clubs from November 1 the previous year. Damien Cook had to know where he stood with Wayne because Anthony Seibold wasn’t going to be there. Wayne spoke to Damien Cook because I asked him to. It had nothing to do with the 2019 season."
“Our first preference was always to retain Anthony and reward him for the great job he did in his first year with us. he fact is Anthony always had our offer on the table. It was his decision to leave Souths. Wayne can’t be blamed for any of that.”
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