I believe the Eels need to change the way they do things. Everywhere from identifying and developing juniors through to the running of the NRL squad. There is nothing I hate more than seeing Eels juniors succeeding at other clubs in positions our NRL side is struggling. I really struggle to understand how the Eels can regularly win junior rep competitions yet continue to struggle at the top grade. Who and when have the Eels had top quality players at either half-back or hooker that came through our juniors?
I think the Eels must find an experienced head coach and head of football who can be given total control of the running of the club. They should be given a time frame with targets to be met each year.
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Nathan Brown come in to do a review of the elite pathways in mid 2022, claims of nepotism were rumoured in the media pretty close to the GF. He subsequently left for the Gold Coast in 2023. Was he pushed, or did he find it too big a job?
Mark O'Neil was supposed to come in and sort a lot of the recruitment out, and take the load off BA. How has that worked out?
Already been tried to date, but anything in future has to start from the top. No point bringing in someone like Bennett etc if they are undermined by the rest of the organisation. We unfortunately don't have a big dominant personality (and $$$) like Russell Crowe to force change.
Starts with the board for mine. While they are there, don't see much changing.