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Brisbane Broncos Talk
Ben Ikin opens up on Broncos exit
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[QUOTE="BroncsFan, post: 3513880, member: 9052"] Which would be similar to the football / soccer style. Head coach outlines what he wants to do on the field, players he needs, etc. and the GM goes out and finds them to present to the coach... coach identifies who he wants out of the lot and GM works towards recruiting them. Allows the head coach to focus solely on the team itself and leaves everything around it to the GM. I believe at the start of Ikin's tenure there was much said about Ikin, DD and Kevvie all working collaboratively ie. Ikin and Kevvie at an equal level from a hierarchy perspective. Ikin also recounts a conversation with Kevvie about what does a Kevin Walters team look like and play like... that to me sounds like a discussion a GM would have with the coach to know what kind of players to look for. Also I think when Ikin did start Nolan was still in place... basically only so Ikin could come in and sack him... Scanlon then starting moving up the ladder from junior scouting / pathways to heading up the recruitment and retention (or something like that). My understanding is that Scanlon is effectively in Nolan's old role, which concerns me a little because he's somewhat of a legacy from the 2020 debacle whereby the focus was bringing a whole bunch of kids through and having zero experienced old heads around them. Since 2020 the focus has been on depth and experienced players (Reynolds, Capewell, Jenson, James, TMM, Kelly, Brenko, Pereira, etc.)... obviously they're not all superstars, but they mostly had some NRL experience to sprinkle around the kids and show them the way. We have somewhat moved away from that again losing a lot of depth and promoting the kids again... I just hope the former kids are now good enough to be the leaders the next lot need [/QUOTE]
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