I had always said Dave that when Flanno was our recruiting manager, who of note did we get, anyone ?? So as the HC he even did worse. I tried to convince myself that it was managements fault, but with DA there it obviously wasn't. Not to mention of course the untold damage that f$#kwit Haran did.
Overall in recruitment and coaching, both as an assistant and head, Flanno failed miserably for the Dragons in my opinion. Haran was useless - and the Club had Haran on our books for way too long. The Board failed as well because they were hoodwinked and they couldn't see it. They probably thought of Deano back in 2023 to be the HC but Flanno was selected over Deano for the role in 2024 because the club wanted an experienced, premiership winning head coach to lead what they thought would be a major rebuild with Flanno at the helm.
Deano seems to be popular with the players. The trick is to demand they perform and hold them accountable when they don't and still be popular with the players.
Recruited Francis Manuelelua, Jermaine McEwen, Lachlan Crouch, Trey Mooney and of course Brown
Yes, we appear to now have a better all round squad. It really is up to Deano and his assistants ( I hope that one of them will be Nathan Fien) to bring the players together to form a great side on the field which is what we want to see.
The money and the challenge were too good to refuse. He will be back around the Brisbane area and not too far away from the Redcliffe Dolphins who he was able to sign up several goodies for their inaugural year. The Broncos will be a force to reckon with for years to come. I hope that the Dragons can hold onto Anderson for a year or two longer at least before he looks to more challenges and more money himself.
The highest ever payment for a Recruitment Officer - $500,000 for 5 years = $2,500,000. So money talks and there is no loyalty when it comes to personnel not having salary cap to affect the move and a contract arrangement that the Knights said they would not stop him from leaving even though they wanted to retain him but I guess they are happy to have had his services to get the squad that they now have. Who knows, if O'Sullivan continues on with success at the Broncos, he might be happy to leave and go Recruit for another team if the price is right and break his deal with the Broncos once he gets them back to what they want him to do.
Why do they need to confirm it? its all media speculation
True.
This could also be the Eels. They are actively looking to move on their current recruitment manager in Ben Rogers
Maybe the club was angry with him for contemplating breaking his contract so soon.
Wow, that goes back a fair bit. If it was between him and Holbrook, I wonder how he will go with Grimace Maguire?