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A good summation of how it will work with Moses + Pezet and our upcoming halves.
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Actually, if you follow the logic, it's baffling. But in the opposite way you'd expect. But it's not baffling the assumptions aren't questioned.
If this 1yr was planned to preserve jnr pathways I could get behind it, but that doesn't seem to square up.
It feels like damage control PR, which is a shame
That’s right, Randy. The Eels’ damage-control masterplan is in full swing. Obviously. They tried everything to block pathways and sign Pezet long-term. Candlelit barbeques, hypnosis, interpretive dance, séances.
Pezet gazed into the swinging pendulum and said, “Nah bro, I’m still a seven...toldyas last year.” He wasn’t about to spend four years brewing coffee behind Moses or Hughes. Or add another get out clause depending on the Eels releasing Moses asap. Even the lavender-scented long-term contract couldn’t lure him in.
In the end, we bowed, surrendered to “the process,” and hoped no one noticed the smoke coming from the PR department. But we saw it from a mile away.
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I'm interested to see how Ilongi handles5/8 for Tonga this weekend. You never know, then I would be going all out for Bula.
This deal is hot garbage and no amount of gas lighting will convince me wasting cap space on a Broncos player is good sense buy another prop or someone long term to help the team instead
Signing a bloke for 2026 isn't going to stop us signing anyone long term. He will be off the books in 2027.
If JR uses Pezet like he used Dylbags in 2025 then I'm kinda ok with it.
Remember the 'future is now' line as Brown was sat on the sideline to give Joash some FG experience? Surely Pezet will be used similarly to give our other young halves access to FG later in the season. That would be a positive use of his limited time here.
But if Pezet has a lock on the 6 jersey for a full season then it's a pointless move. We'll be in the exact same spot this time next year.
I have to trust JR here. Even though I don't love this signing at all.
I suspect Ryles is more pragmatic than some of us punters. Winning matters. Pezet helps that cause in his mind and is a stop gap.
Meanwhile, we're outraged, calling him a liar for betraying some badge of noble ideals, seeing the one-year deal as a breach of rigid ideology. And now his Kaizen is also bullsheet to some. Easy to do sitting on the sidelines. Yet, we're naive enough to want to eat our cake too. And will judge him on winning anyway.
Us wanting our cake and eating it too isn’t groundbreaking. We call the club cheap dopes for getting Pezet cheap, and dumb, desperate dopes when we pay overs.
Somehow we assume Ryles has this “he won’t play Dylan because he isn’t committed” mindset, and we celebrated how Ryles didn’t play Dylan for most of the year. Bollocks. Dylan played 19 from 24 games. That’s most of the year. Ryles probably knew the season was a lost cause, so was more willing to toy with project Papali’i at six and use Dylan wherever he needed.
Dylan was also committed enough to stay when the door was open for a mid-year transfer out. Big deal. Ryles also knows pressure will mount fast if the team doesn’t improve next year.
For me, that’s a good sign. Because upholding rigid ideologies without the ability to bend like grass when the wind blows can bring down a coach whose job is to win on the scoreboard, not just the ideology game.
Ryles seized on this Pezet opportunity like he did on Fox and Walker. Many questioned those too. Oh, Fox is over the hill, bad for culture. Oh, Walker is old and ordinary, won’t bring much. We wondered about Williams. And why he persisted with Kautoga. Then there was the backlash over Gutho and RCG, our best last year. He let them go without much hesitation. But sure, he’ll make mistakes on R&R. Guaranteed.
BA’s weakness was his failure to adapt quickly enough to his limited, rigid strategies. It’s about making short-term decisions that help win, over long-term principles that only serve a framework. I’m glad Ryles isn’t that way. He has strong principles about doing right by the club and staying aligned with the GM and CEO. And not just building his own castles. They’re united now, which wasn’t the case with BA.
Ryles has a balance of principles, practicality and adaptability. He’s also building resilient systems with interchangeable parts for the club’s long-term health. Pezet is just a better short-term fill-in for now, until he finds the missing part. Hopefully that’s in-house and some rookies will be more ready than right now. If not, Ryles will find another way.
For the most part HOE punters are willing to give Ryles the benefit of the doubt.
As a fan there seems to be problems with his messaging with the Pezet situation.
Internaly it mightn't be a problem and the players are on board but the fans can see a little hypocrisy here.
If you want a successful club it pays to have the administration, sponsors, players , former players and fans all pulling in the same direction.
Ive had a fair bit to do with Wayne Bennett from an early age and he always banged on about developing the man , it was more important then the footballer it formed the basis of his footballing philosophy.
He wanted to develop men with the right ethos who's family and community would be proud .
Players bought in then he dumped his family like a school port at the start of kindergarten and left with a side piece.
Plenty of people who believed his message all those years are filthy on him now ,he was full of shit.
Ask Tallis privately what he thinks of Wayne.
Interestingly Bennet hasn't had the same success since.Hmmm
My point is when you talk about culture , believing in the jumper you can't just speak it you have to live it through every decision you make as a coach and a person because that's what you've signed up for.
Once that message starts to be questioned by those stakeholders above your in trouble.
The Eels PR team has to work overtime here because the fan base is a little miffed, a couple of quality signings would quite that noise down but a lot of people will be watching Ryles and co a lot more closely from here out.
Fans would have accepted this better if the club was honest from the outset rather then arse cover over another missed recruit.
Lends into the theory that people are more worried about their own future job prospects then that of the club and that only ends badly.
Hopefully any news about the Eels the rest of the off season is a lot more positive.
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