First off, let me start by saying I couldn't really care less about Zac leaving. There's enough red flags about decsions he's made off field and on it to show he might not be the full package. Being 1 year into a 4 year deal and letting this crap totally derail his form the back end of his first year should tell you all you need to know about how committed Zac is to fully maximising his own value and potential to a team. Some fully buy in , some don't - its their career end of the day who are we to argue. The job for us as a club is to recruit the right type of character and person to represent our club and respect the organisation, people in the organisation, fans / members etc.. which is what I feel Ryles has been making a priority since he came here. I don't think Zac ever arrives at our club in the first place if Ryles made that decsion. Shane Flannagan didn't rate him and it appears Ryles doesn't either. That being said, his skill set is going to need to be replaced.
That aside, let's get to Clinton Schifcofske. One must wonder how he could be still welcome in this sport by 9am Monday.
He was welcomed back after his drug ban as a player, and he's code hopped during his career to now earn a living as a player manager and rugby league commentator post career . Rugby League has been great to him. But there's no coincidence the players he managers are the ones being linked to this R360 rubbish. He's fully bought into it early and he's taken his players to discuss their futures with it. Rugby Union has tried to totally distance itself from R360 and nations have banded together. Rugby League is trying to do the same. Then this dingbat is taking every one he can in to try and fill his own pockets.
The argument is that its hard to say no to that sort of money and its life changing. Sure, it is. But Zac should never have been shopped to them less than a year into a 4 year deal in the first place. I find it hard to believe they head hunted all Clintons players and Zac was highest on their priority list of all players in the comp. Stephen Crichton is a better, higher IQ version of Zac and he re-signed with Canterbury and hasn't been linked at all. There's a reason why he's had ultimate success as a player, is maximising his potential and having a club built around him. And there's also a reason why Zac underachived in his league career , never fulfilled his potential and aside from an Origin series never had much success.
Clinton Schifcofske can be argued to be doing his job as a manager but shopping guys on contract to rival codes is treating all in Rugby League with contempt. It's just like he did the Crushers when he decided to get on the gear. Hopefully, he's out of the game ASAP, and I would love if he loses his commentary gigs on top of it. Ordinary stuff, Clinton.
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Didn't Clinton Schifcofske actually play for Parra once upon a time?
Yes, he did. 1998-2000. We poicked him up from the defunct SQ Crushers and after he served a ban for testing positive to a performance enhancing substance. We signed Brett Hodgson in 2000 who replaced him.
Yes , Shifcofske left after a crazed woman was stalking him relentlessly. She went around claiming he tried to pick her up in a bar and became dangerously infatuated with him.
This nutjob is actually one of our regular 1EE posters.
Omg wiz that's gold !!!!
but I did give him the flick he was more heartbroken I think 🤔🤣🤣
Rumour is he refuses to travel to Newcastle to watch his clients play after being tipped off about your location. Scared of being sucked back into that dark part of his life again , no doubt.
I'm not sure anyone wants to come to newy regardless of my prescence lol
Heaven forbid, a player manager actually doing his job and presenting oppurtunites. Is it really Clinton's fault or does that lie elsewhere. I don't know.
On another note our recruitment team must be feeling good and giving themselves a pat on the back. In a couple of seasons they have presided over.
i. Dylan Brown signed to 2030 gone and about to be crowned golden boot winner
ii. Zac Lomax signed to 2028 gone, just after selection for Australia for ash's series.
iii. Ryan Matterson resigned for 4 years, spent the last 2 years trying to get him to move on.
iv. Signed RCG to great coin and extended his contract, gone before completing contract
v. Gutherson signed long term, club captain, leaves contract early.
vi. Inside running to sign hot youngster Lachlan Galvin, spruking to all in the members area on the friday night how he was signed, Sunday morning signs for the Bulldogs.
vii. Want to keep local junior Blaize long term, go hard to keep him, gone to Panthers with his pathway seemingly blocked
viii. Want to keep junior NSW captain and halfback representaive Ethan Sanders, gone to Canberra.
ix. See u/19 NSW rep Hooker Matt Arthur as long term Dummy Half. Gone to Newcastle
x. All but announce Marty Topau is comming after completing his physical, backflips and lands in Brisbane overnight
xi. Negotiate the weirdest contract nearly ever, as some put it cuckolding in the corner with Jonah Pezet for 1 year, while signing to play with Brisbane next season (side note, i actually like that signing though and surprise surprise Reynolds and Hunt have indicated they want to play on in 2027. Could we see Jonah stay, just a thought)
I guess they have managed to sign Josh Ado Carr and resign Mitch Moses to long term contract.
That's a list and all that and we as fans are expected to believe in a front office team to try and overcome the best in the comp all while someone like Paps leaves Melbourne and they roll out the replacement no dramas no song and dance no waiting 2 years for a long term replacement.
Lose NaS but already have Stefano on deck looking to potentially add Tino I mean the difference between the best and us is stark and are we even in the same league.
I mean the talent Riff lose and they don't blink and continue to compete and win premierships I mean it isn't even close.Kick us in the nuts and take one of our better juniors even after our new coach says we want him he leaves regardless they go to market add Papali'i and have a budding superstar in Maclean looking like the 2nd rendition of GI here our fans are thinking losing DB and Lomax we are a better team 😂 GTFO.
Jokers our club is run by jokers if there thinking we are better we maybe better than the 12th best team I agree but we aren't in the conversation with the top clubs we are miles away from that.
Well that ain't fun reading.
When you change coaches you need to expect some players to chase the money elsewhere because there is no relationship with the new coach. Ryles is now building the squad with the players that fit his style. It's nobody's fault, it's just how it goes.
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