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Message: [QUOTE="McHunt, post: 3231163, member: 9853"] [COLOR=rgb(255, 255, 255)][I]Okay, now the story's changed again. [/I][/COLOR][B][COLOR=rgb(255, 255, 255)][I] [B]Kevvie[/B], [B]Gordie [/B][/I][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=rgb(255, 255, 255)][I]and [/I][/COLOR][B][COLOR=rgb(255, 255, 255)][I][B]Stevie [/B][/I][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=rgb(255, 255, 255)][I]need to synchronize watches. Note the sponsor event and the races piss-up were two different shindigs. Here's Kevvie's latest version:[/I] “There was no ban or snub of the old boys." “I made the decision early in the week that being at the races less than 24 hours after we played a game wasn’t a good option. Player recovery is important, plus we had the entire squad out on Saturday meeting the fans across Brisbane at Kia dealerships as part of our partnership with our major sponsor. It was great for the players to be able to talk to the fans and sign autographs – there were a lot of really loyal supporters who turned up to see the boys." “We have seen plenty of the Broncos old boys across the past few months. We had basically all of the Broncos captains come in over the preseason to speak to the players like Wally Lewis, Gene Miles, Trevor Gillmeister, Gorden Tallis – and Darren Lockyer is around the club as well as Terry Matterson, Petero Civoniceva, Allan Langer, Matt Gillett, Darius Boyd ... the list goes on. Educating the current players about Broncos history and what it means to be a Bronco has been a real focus for us, and we make sure they have access to the former players every day – and that will continue, you can be certain of that.” [I]Broncos interim CEO [B]Neil Monaghan:[/B][/I] “With the former players, our doors are always open. Kev has made a lot of headway in a short period of time in engaging the former players and we want to continue to help him with that process. We now have a heap of old boys mentoring our current players on a daily basis, and those relationships will continue to grow – one missed race day isn’t going to take away from that.’’ [I]Although [/I][B][I][B]Renouf[/B] [/I][/B][I]reckons the sponsors were also behind the pissup:[/I] “One of the sponsors had helped organise this day at the races and it included the current team. It was just a get together and I was looking forward to seeing the current players. Anyway, the next thing we get an email saying the board made a decision and the current team weren’t going. I don’t know why they kyboshed it, I have no idea what’s happened and we’re like, ‘OK’. I don’t know how the club can make that decision when it was an event in the middle of the day. The players played the night before so it was just a get-together at the races." “Because it got kyboshed, we decided to scrap the get-together at the races and have another function at a pub nearby. The old boys have no issue with the players. It’s a shame. We are trying to build a bond with the players and we thought it was a good way to connect with the group.’’ McHunt[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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