Juan Cornetto wrote:
I fully agree with you on this. However would a top Aussie coach wish to work under a DOR. Anyone worth their salt will want full control, including recruitment, in which case Sinfield is an expensive supernumerary and possibly GH too.
Not sure this has been thought through well enough and smacks of a panic decision in order to get out of paying BMD anything.
The days where coaches select the players is history - most coaches will have an input but the club will make the decision. Lets face it most players last longer than the coaches.
We need an Aussie coach and conditioner - new ideas new messages new techniques. The NRL is light years ahead of SL in terms of skills, tactics and conditioning.
McDermott will have had a contract that would have needed to be honoured regardless of the circumstances of his departure