OFFICIAL Xavier Coates Leaves Broncos

[Stix]

He’s obviously leaving because he thinks the Storm are a better club, and he’ll win more games and have a better career... it’s not about money or what Bellamys doing, or any other bullshit excuse. He’s walking away from THIS. And if that’s what he thinks then he’s no good to us anyway. See ya

 

[Bull Shark]

Worried about life at Storm post Bellamy

Hard to begrudge the kid from going in this direction - the clock is ticking on Bellamy’s time as a head coach, who wouldn’t jump at the chance at a couple of years baking in that Storm system

 

[BroncsFan]

I wonder if Kev will drop Coates like he did Dearden

Doubt it... Coates still serves a purpose in the team as an attacking threat.

Dearden was there purely for development... he was barely providing anything to the team so there was no need to play along with the game and keep picking him.

 

[nopatience101]

Glenn is like the Ned Flanders of club captains, you just want to slap him.

 

[broncos4life]

Just pull whatever offer we had to this little prick and drop him.

Honestly it really ***** me off that the team were joking about him leaving to the Storm while they are training. Says a lot about where these guys heads are at.

 

[Sproj]

Just pull whatever offer we had to this little prick and drop him.

Honestly it really ***** me off that the team were joking about him leaving to the Storm while they are training. Says a lot about where these guys heads are at.

I wonder if this is what Kevvie blew up about.

 

[Foordy]

Just pull whatever offer we had to this little prick and drop him.

Honestly it really ***** me off that the team were joking about him leaving to the Storm while they are training. Says a lot about where these guys heads are at.

what if it was to **** with the media they knew were listening in... they know he is staying, but tricked the media into looking like idiots

 

[broncos4life]

what if it was to **** with the media they knew were listening in... they know he is staying, but tricked the media into looking like idiots

I don’t think our collective bunch of halfwits understand sarcasm enough to pull that off.

 

[nopatience101]

Surely Melbourne struggle to re-sign Hynes if they have signed Coates.

 

[I bleed Maroon]

Surely Melbourne struggle to re-sign Hynes if they have signed Coates.

HA. Remember who you're referring to.

 

[McHunt]

what if it was to **** with the media they knew were listening in... they know he is staying, but tricked the media into looking like idiots

Here's the thing about the media: treat them like *****, they'll treat you like a ****. Not a clever move. But you might be right, our position on the ladder doesn't suggest we're good at clever moves.

If you've been paying attention, you might notice the press is much nicer to Wayne Bennett these days since he's been more candid. The shut up shop routine only works while you're winning.

Donuts is a master of this art.

 

[Sproj]

Here's the thing about the media: treat them like *****, they'll treat you like a ****. Not a clever move. But you might be right, our position on the ladder doesn't suggest we're good at clever moves.

If you've been paying attention, you might notice the press is much nicer to Wayne Bennett these days since he's been more candid. The shut up shop routine only works while you're winning.

Donuts is a master of this art.

It also helps Wayne is coaching at a media darling club.

 

[broncos4life]

Here's the thing about the media: treat them like *****, they'll treat you like a ****. Not a clever move. But you might be right, our position on the ladder doesn't suggest we're good at clever moves.

If you've been paying attention, you might notice the press is much nicer to Wayne Bennett these days since he's been more candid. The shut up shop routine only works while you're winning.

Donuts is a master of this art.

They are nice to Wayne because he isn't here anymore.

 

[Kooly87]

Here's the thing about the media: treat them like *****, they'll treat you like a ****. Not a clever move. But you might be right, our position on the ladder doesn't suggest we're good at clever moves.

If you've been paying attention, you might notice the press is much nicer to Wayne Bennett these days since he's been more candid. The shut up shop routine only works while you're winning.

Donuts is a master of this art.

They were plenty nice to Bennett when he was at the Dragons and he didn't give them a lot back then either. He was fine at the Knights too until the Tinkler fallout stench and his bailing back to Brisbane turned them around on him once again. He's now gone to Souths and what do you know, Wayne's back in the good books again.

Wayne may well have treated them like mugs for most of his career, but history has shown that the club he Coaches at has a big influence on how they treat him, and it's also shown that literally no Coach of the Broncos has ever been given an easy ride. Not even Walters who was in many ways one of their own is getting an easy go of things now.

 

[McHunt]

They are nice to Wayne because he isn't here anymore.

The Courier Mail is a bumfuck provincial newspaper with a sports section that needs to fill 20,000 words (at least) a week on the local rugby league team. It has a complicated relationship with the club due to its shared ownership. Its reporters dutifully attend all their press conferences where they wheel out some barely coherent kids. Most who struggled with finishing high school. These kids, like politicians, are trained to not speak in anything but hollow platitudes. They're nervous and not masters of this art. The coach is always asked the questions they can turn into a story, because readers want "news" and "colour" not platitudes. It's hard for a coach to answer questions about why his team is losing without badmouthing his players, a cardinal sin.

Everyone gets pissed off when their words are turned into a context that wasn't in their head. That's media 101. Inevitably the more you face the press, the more you try to play the game. Some use charm. Some get bitter. Some give smartarse answers that almost always backfire. Never go down this route.

Bennett tried the Joh Bjelke Peterson model of "feeding the chooks." His success as a coach and his fatherly relationship with his players garnered him respect, but he didn't give the media anything to work with. They could see his charm, but they couldn't reflect it in print.

Walters is no orator, but the press see his heart on his sleeve, and understand he has to watch his words. They know he's out of his comfort zone, and so far they like him.

Covering sport isn't a prestige job in journalism, but if it's your interest it can be a rewarding career path. I've always thought of sport as a job for a cub reporter to learn the ropes. Guys like Badel are bread and butter writers. You ask for 2,000 words to fill space. You get it by the deadline. He's a professional. When you're trying to find copy, the content isn't always the priority.

 

[animal eater]

Likes scoring tries?

Yeah true but how many does he let in on the other side in defence?

 

[Kimlo]

The Courier Mail is a bumfuck provincial newspaper with a sports section that needs to fill 20,000 words (at least) a week on the local rugby league team. It has a complicated relationship with the club due to its shared ownership. Its reporters dutifully attend all their press conferences where they wheel out some barely coherent kids. Most who struggled with finishing high school. These kids, like politicians, are trained to not speak in anything but hollow platitudes. They're nervous and not masters of this art. The coach is always asked the questions they can turn into a story, because readers want "news" and "colour" not platitudes. It's hard for a coach to answer questions about why his team is losing without badmouthing his players, a cardinal sin.

Everyone gets pissed off when their words are turned into a context that wasn't in their head. That's media 101. Inevitably the more you face the press, the more you try to play the game. Some use charm. Some get bitter. Some give smartarse answers that almost always backfire. Never go down this route.

Bennett tried the Joh Bjelke Peterson model of "feeding the chooks." His success as a coach and his fatherly relationship with his players garnered him respect, but he didn't give the media anything to work with. They could see his charm, but they couldn't reflect it in print.

Walters is no orator, but the press see his heart on his sleeve, and understand he has to watch his words. They know he's out of his comfort zone, and so far they like him.

Covering sport isn't a prestige job in journalism, but if it's your interest it can be a rewarding career path. I've always thought of sport as a job for a cub reporter to learn the ropes. Guys like Badel are bread and butter writers. You ask for 2,000 words to fill space. You get it by the deadline. He's a professional. When you're trying to find copy, the content isn't always the priority.

A professional scum with no morals, yeah. Bread and butter stuff for News corp.

 

[McHunt]

They were plenty nice to Bennett when he was at the Dragons and he didn't give them a lot back then either. He was fine at the Knights too until the Tinkler fallout stench and his bailing back to Brisbane turned them around on him once again. He's now gone to Souths and what do you know, Wayne's back in the good books again.

Wayne may well have treated them like mugs for most of his career, but history has shown that the club he Coaches at has a big influence on how they treat him, and it's also shown that literally no Coach of the Broncos has ever been given an easy ride. Not even Walters who was in many ways one of their own is getting an easy go of things now.

The press is always kind to new coaches. Then they both grow tired of the conversation going nowhere.