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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3132308, member: 1899"] Because he's starting from scratch. He was the assistant coach for a year at Souths, so he understood what the players could bring and what changes could be made to make the squad better. It actually took Souths some time to really buy into his system, the turning point was a game against the in-form Dragons where Souths nearly got them at the death. At the Broncos, he didn't have that familiarity with the squad. His first team he named seemed like something out of an NRL.com article when really they needed to make a couple of alterations. He's been learning on the fly and he's just been pushing through the next generation of talent, whether they're ready or not, because he's trying to change the culture. That's right, I read a post earlier, may have been Cult3 who made out the plan was just to give GI the ball when it was almost anything but. Boyd was still playing good footy at the time and was the incumbent. Slater had been out for nearly two years and was still finding his feet in first grade when the side was selected. Queensland got belted and Slater then put together some great performances which made his selection undeniable. Boyd played centre and did a pretty good job setting up Holmes for the first try. Then he broke his hand, played some very indifferent football (some weeks good, some weeks bad) before he destroyed his hamstring against the Cowboys. He's never been the same since. [/QUOTE]

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