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Message: [QUOTE="Morkel, post: 2544091, member: 8215"] In my opinion, it's exactly why he didn't choose Hayne at fullback. If there's one thing Ricky does more than anything else, it's that he does some very stupid things purely out of stubbornness and to save face. If he didn't think Hayne was a fullback, why did he recruit Norman to the Eels as a half, and release their next best fullback (Mullaney)? Sure, it's a different story at club level where you don't have a large pool of similar players, but releasing Mullaney speaks volumes. Ah, but you see, I have criticised both Hook about Hunt, and Price about Fien. I didn't criticise Furner though - because I wasn't paying much attention. But I agree that it was poor management. The thing is, we'll never know who could have been the next decent half at the Roosters / Sharks / Eels etc. Looking at their rosters, it's like Stuart avoided promoting or recruiting halves like the plague. I can't name names because there aren't any! In fact, unless you were a back-rower that could offload, a back-rower with a bit of ball-playing skills, or an outside back built like a back-rower, Stuart wasn't interested. Which again shows that Stuart was not and is not interested in developing players - he likes to recruit established players or just blindly hope that a young prospect's natural talents are enough. That's not coaching, that's playing fantasy football. [/QUOTE]

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