jbuzza wrote:
True enough but Hughes is the one who selects the staff and presumably sets the strategy. He has to take accountability for the mess. I suspect he won't though, perhaps he is happy enough for the club to fizzle out on his watch.
I am still scratching my head as to why this move to Wimbledon was even conceived?
Hughes has been around the club at multiple grounds and surely can't have been naive to think "the locals would flick to RL" after they didn't anywhere else?
AFAIK the corporate hospo at trailfinders never sold out and the fact that the club are already discounting it at Wimbledon shows that it's not the venue that was the issue.
Hughes needs to suck it up.....renegotiate with trailfinders, hire a competent GM (we don't need a CEO) and a young enthusiastic back office team. Re-engage with the core support and "listen" to the thoughts of those who sit in the rain, not those who suck up to him in the gold lounge.
I'd write this year off as a bad experience....spend money to stay up and plan for a huge 2023 at trailfinders with 13 EVENTS and a squad that can challenge with a decent coach. Revert to the old badge and old colours and open up the post match to everyone....York sell out their corp hospo because they gave it away for a few years and waited until demand outstripped capacity.....the broncos have tried that in reverse.
I'd set a target for a 2k average in 2023 at trailfinders.....2i think you'd start at a base of 900 if you apologise to those fans you've alienated first and add 1,100 through some hard work....
......but this is Hughes. He will never admit he is wrong. It will be the fans fault for not responding to his pleas....it will be the negativity from 12 internet posters....it'll be the dog ate his homework.....but never his fault
