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Message: [QUOTE="lynx000, post: 3292660, member: 2065"] As is not unusual in life, the failure of clubs after WB leaves is multi-factorial. In my view WB can only bear the blame to the following extent: 1. If he takes players with him - as happened at St George (or in the case of Brisbane 2008, recommending that players look elsewhere); and 2. Not having developed a replacement that could step into his shoes. The history of his replacements aren't great - Henjak, Rick Price, Rick Stone. But even here the blame primarily falls on the clubs. Good clubs have succession plans in place to replace champion players with either a purchased player or someone coming through the system ready to step up. They should also have something similar in place for the coaching staff. At least one member of the assistant coaches should be viewed as being capable (if not intended) of stepping up to the top job. So in my view the primary responsible party for where those clubs have wound up is the club management. On the last occasion he was here, WB actually went to the Board with a properly thought out succession plan involving ultimately handing over to JD. Souths have effectively bought that by appointing WB. It will be interesting to see if it works out for them. Hindsight tells us that we probably should have run with his plan. [/QUOTE]

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