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Message: [QUOTE="Bull Shark, post: 2695538, member: 7690"] Gould really is an enigma.. His moods and opinions seem to change direction like the wind.. makes it hard to take him seriously when he decides to zero in on something and pen a column about it or climb aboard his soapbox when he's in the commentary box. My first memory of his erratic nature was way back in 1992 when the broncos were way out in front on the ladder and en route to their first premiership. He was coaching Penrith that year and late in the season after the broncos had beaten them he mentioned they were in prime position to win their first premiership... By the end of the week he'd changed his mind and was in the media declaring the broncos wouldn't win it. It all seems to depend on how he's feeling on the day. You can even see it sometimes when he's on the sunday footy show or a pre-game panel - some days he's alert and engaged, other days he looks bored and agitated. Last year and this year he wrote gushing stories about the broncos organisation from top to bottom and the football team / wayne bennett ... This week he writes that the club has underachieved and is a fortunate beneficiary of it's one-team-town status. WTF is it Gus? He hates it when NRL games are stalled by video referee decisions, but he pans officials when they get decisions wrong. He hails Queensland and Suncorp Stadium as ground zero for rugby league passion, but he opposes the grand final ever being played there. He tears apart various aspects of the way the NRL is run and the officials who run it, but he refuses to ever put his hand up for a position within that organisation whereby he could actually influence any of the changes he wants. I think the final exhibit would have to be Gould's twitter profile picture with Sonny Bill Williams. A current club administrator and chief antagonist of the 'defectors' during the Super League time, standing arm in arm with rugby league's worst individual defector of all time. It all makes sense to Gus I guess... [/QUOTE]

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