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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3097619, member: 1899"] Just an opinion. While we're on the subject, I don't think anything malicious happened behind the scenes. It's clear that Seibold doesn't exactly have the roster he wants, but he's got plenty of talent he's happy to work with. It's just that old adage that Rome wasn't built in a day. There's only so many changes a coach can make before they have to settle on a 17. I would contend like Henjak, Seibold made too many but some of those changes were made with a long term view. It meant that the Broncos roster was filled with a lot of rookies and a few hangers-on from the Bennett era who clearly weren't in Seibold's plans moving forward (ie Dargan, Fai, Tagataese, Mago). Factor in injuries and other dramas and there just wasn't that production line of talent available like there is at Melbourne. Back to Darius, when it became apparent that he wasn't going to cut it as a fullback, the Broncos were in the middle of the Origin period and couldn't afford to make anymore changes. The one change that would have made life easy would have been pushing Isaako to fullback and Farnworth on the wing but that couldn't happen for two reasons. Namely that Isaako was in even worse form than Boyd after being the break out player of the 2018 season. Second, Seibold backed the wrong horse in terms of his backs. Instead of promoting Farnworth initially, he went with Kennar who was out of shape and struggling to make an impact in an otherwise strong Seagulls line-up. The other option was Niu who wasn't even playing fullback at the time for Souths Logan and wasn't eligible for selection until the last couple of rounds for the season. It was a mess of a situation, but I don't think Seibold had the free reign a lot of other coaches get to enjoy. [/QUOTE]

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