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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3292185, member: 1899"] Listening to it now... - Starts off with an overview on his time at South Sydney and how he helped them improve from a team that finished outside the finals to a team that made it into a Prelim Final against the Sydney Roosters. - He was effectively offered a 6 year deal at the Broncos compared to a 3 year deal at South Sydney and says the money was just too good to refuse even though everyone thought he made the wrong decision. - Says there was angst at the club because they didn't hire an ex-legend (ie Kevin Walters) and not only did things fail to improve they went backwards - In the end he had to resign because as coach he had to take responsibility and also just to get away from the environment - Upon reflection he felt like he tried too hard. At South Sydney he'd give everyone one day off a week where he could work from home and it was just an opportunity to be around the family and when he'd return to training everyone would be motivated - At Brisbane he lived in a single bedroom apartment and would come into work everyday at 5am in the morning and worked himself into exhaustion. Everything he did was picked apart and he admits he didn't handle the criticism well. - When he signed the long term contract it was his understanding that they wanted to rebuild and bring this young group of players through. However when teething problems started to present themselves the board began to panic which made things difficult. - Going back to his earlier point about over-working, in hindsight he believes he didn't have the work-life balance and players lost faith in him because they could sense the amount of stress he was under and how agitated he would get from the outside noise - Goes on a spiel about what he learned at Melbourne and talks about this Pat Riley quote he learned from Bellyache and Ponissi 'keep the main thing the main thing'. In context what he's saying is that his job should have been to coach the team. However at the Broncos he lost trust in those around him and felt like he had to do their jobs. Reading between the lines he made a point to praise the General Manager of Football at South Sydney Shane Richardson and the support he gave him. He doesn't name names but says he wasn't offered the same support at the Broncos so he didn't delegate - Talks about how important it is to form connections with the players and building relationships. He admits at South Sydney he made it a point to get to know players and would find time to get to know his players better and they weren't afraid to get emotional talking about their hardships and what it took to get to that level. Whereas in Brisbane because he came in with six weeks before trials he had to implement all these changes and had to be professional from the get - Spoke about the social media incident and how the Australian government the other week passed new legislation that requires social media platforms to remove harmful material and provide the identity and contact information of those responsible. - Seibs TV recommendation is Yellowstone. His podcast recommendation is Victory The Podcast aka the Entorouge podcast. It probably sounds like he's deflecting but a lot of what he says was prefaced with him taking responsibility. [/QUOTE]

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