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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3238130, member: 1899"] V'landys strikes me as a high roller and I'd be surprised if he stays with the NRL in the long term. He doesn't strike me as somebody who has his finger on the pulse or really knows what the best interests are for the code. If anything he reminds me of one of those corporate suits who goes along to those corporate golf days, rubs shoulders with all these NRL and media CEOs about the game. I could picture him over a couple of Tooheys telling a Nick Politis that if he was involved he'd "get things done" which seems to be what we're seeing. The jury was out last season. We didn't even know if professional sport would exist in the short term so just honouring their agreement and getting a product on the field was paramount. However the dust is settled and they're still playing this brand of football that felt like a desperate measure. We now have five new coaches trying to pick up the pieces with very limited resources. In years gone by they could have picked up 2-3 handy players in the lower grades who could be the missing pieces. However with no reserve grade we saw far less movement causing some of these coaches to stick with the players they had and whatever journeyman they could get their hands on. A lot of these teams have been demoralised and just lack the self-belief to get the job done. I have to wonder what television executives are thinking as they watch these games. It's still Rugby League but with less stoppages there's no ebb and flow. One team just dominates the other, bends the rules constantly until the other team just wilts. 1 try quickly becomes 2. Now they have a license to throw the ball around so they try some plays and suddenly it's 18-0 or even 24-0. It's game over unless the official has a shocker or the other team picks up injuries. At that point the game just fizzles out. 34-16 or something along those lines. Imagine being a casual fan and trying to stay invested? I just wonder where the game is going. In 2023 we'll likely see another Queensland team, so that's 30 odd first graders that have to magically appear and they have to somehow find an adequate supply of junior talent to call on. How many coaches do we have coming through? The competition has burned through so many, do we have any quality coaches coming through? What about grass roots? How are we going to create more fans for the NRL? Maybe things will improve over time as the competition adjusts and we see the return of reserve grade. That has to be the hope because if the NRL continues like this things are only going to get worse especially as Bennett and Bellamy approach retirement. [/QUOTE]

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