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but he’s a pretty special person and a very respected player.
Who are the next wave of leaders at the club?
We see them all like that. Geary and Robert Eddy are really good, Andrew McQualter is in the leadership group. We train them all to prepare really well and be great role models. There is no-one at the minute who is really jumping out among the rest. I think we’ve got such a good depth of leadership with Clint Jones, Zac Dawson, Sean Dempster and Sam Gilbert. They are the obvious ones.
Are you worried the Gold Coast will take any of your players at the end of the year?
You always worry but we’ve announced some positive signings recently. We’ve really got our core senior 16-20 signed up. I don’t think we’ve got too many threats there. You’re always vigilant and we pride ourselves on our environment and our pay scale is in order. We try to keep good harmony and grow our players and keep everyone happy. But ultimately, as we experienced last year, sometimes objectives of an individual and organisation don’t meet so it’s not a bad will thing but sometimes the opportunities are perceived to be better for the individual and if that happens again, well that happens.
saintbrat wrote:a couple of interesting comments
Baker return : but he’s a pretty special person and a very respected player.
Who are the next wave of leaders at the club?
We see them all like that. Geary and Robert Eddy are really good, Andrew McQualter is in the leadership group. We train them all to prepare really well and be great role models. There is no-one at the minute who is really jumping out among the rest. I think we’ve got such a good depth of leadership with Clint Jones, Zac Dawson, Sean Dempster and Sam Gilbert. They are the obvious ones.
Are you worried the Gold Coast will take any of your players at the end of the year? You always worry but we’ve announced some positive signings recently. We’ve really got our core senior 16-20 signed up. I don’t think we’ve got too many threats there. You’re always vigilant and we pride ourselves on our environment and our pay scale is in order. We try to keep good harmony and grow our players and keep everyone happy. But ultimately, as we experienced last year, sometimes objectives of an individual and organisation don’t meet so it’s not a bad will thing but sometimes the opportunities are perceived to be better for the individual and if that happens again, well that happens.
Interesting Dempster mentioned considering he barely speaks and many would view him as a fringe player.
Certainly loved by RL.
I'd consider Monty as next Captain actually.
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Is David Armitage one of those players who is a worry, just because he is a Queensland boy who hasn’t quite nailed down a regular senior spot?
"We just build the environment. I don’t really talk about individuals. We grow everyone and on the surface everyone seems happy so certainly it’s not an issue at this point."
saintbrat wrote:a couple of interesting comments
Baker return : but he’s a pretty special person and a very respected player.
Who are the next wave of leaders at the club?
We see them all like that. Geary and Robert Eddy are really good, Andrew McQualter is in the leadership group. We train them all to prepare really well and be great role models. There is no-one at the minute who is really jumping out among the rest. I think we’ve got such a good depth of leadership with Clint Jones, Zac Dawson, Sean Dempster and Sam Gilbert. They are the obvious ones.
Are you worried the Gold Coast will take any of your players at the end of the year? You always worry but we’ve announced some positive signings recently. We’ve really got our core senior 16-20 signed up. I don’t think we’ve got too many threats there. You’re always vigilant and we pride ourselves on our environment and our pay scale is in order. We try to keep good harmony and grow our players and keep everyone happy. But ultimately, as we experienced last year, sometimes objectives of an individual and organisation don’t meet so it’s not a bad will thing but sometimes the opportunities are perceived to be better for the individual and if that happens again, well that happens.
So it's only Blake, Kosi, Baker, Armitage, Farren, Jones....that remain unsigned?
Ross did say in an interview earlier this week to expect further announcements on signings shortly. I would think almost all of them will be signed up before too long!
CeilidhSaint wrote:Interesting Dempster mentioned considering he barely speaks and many would view him as a fringe player.
Certainly loved by RL.
I'd consider Monty as next Captain actually.
Teflon wrote:I thought this was interesting............
Is David Armitage one of those players who is a worry, just because he is a Queensland boy who hasn’t quite nailed down a regular senior spot?
"We just build the environment. I don’t really talk about individuals. We grow everyone and on the surface everyone seems happy so certainly it’s not an issue at this point."
Yeah considering he doesn't like to talk about individual players. What is the rest of the interview about.
CeilidhSaint wrote:I'd consider Monty as next Captain actually.
i see BJ as a certain skipper in 2013-2015
agreed, except that i think riewoldt will be captain until he's done at about 32, which is the end of 2014. bj would become skipper just before his 30th birthday, then, which is a bit late, but i'm sure he can handle it.
after that it's impossible to tell, though if jack steven develops as we want in the next five years then he'll be right in the mix when bj relinquishes it in about 2018/2019.
