July 13, 2020 1:42pm
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Can’t recruit, can’t retain, can’t win: Gus unloads on Bulldogs debacle
Bulldogs players wait for the result of a video
Prominent commentator Phil Gould says the mess at Canterbury won’t be fixed until club powerbrokers make a call on the coaching situation beyond 2020.
The sorry Bulldogs are sitting bottom of the NRL ladder and speculation continues over the coach Dean Pay.
He’s off contract this year and is long odds to be re-signed, but the silence from the board and executives on the matter has been deafening.
On Sunday Pay essentially urged the board to speak publicly on his future or make a decision on who they want as coach for next year.
Gould says the results on the field will not improve until club powerbrokers come out from behind the curtain.
“I’ve got no idea the way the Bulldogs are thinking at the moment, I just know that they probably need - for everybody’s sake there - to make a decision on what it looks like for next year,” Gould said told Wide World Of Sports.
“There’s players coming off contract, there are players considering offers from other clubs, there are young fellas in the club wondering where their future lies, there’ll be staff and coaches wondering what they’re doing.
“And it’s not a good environment. I’ve seen this plenty of times over the years. You can’t have your side functioning in that sort of environment.
“They’re already looking towards next year, they’re not going to make the eight this season. They’ve got to use the rest of this year as a run-up into next year’s preparation and getting ready for next year.
“They’ve got to consider their salary cap and their options for recruitment. Right at the moment, they can’t go out and recruit anyone, they can’t re-sign anyone, they can’t develop anyone because it’s all just in a state of flux.
“They’ve just got to turn around and make some decisions and put everyone’s mind (at ease). I don’t care what those decisions are, I’ve got no idea what they might be... but they’ve got to make some decisions so that everyone knows where they’re going and they can draw a line in the sand and say, ‘all right, well, from tomorrow we’re working towards next year, this is who we’re going with and what we’ve got to do’.”
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FOX SPORTS
Can’t recruit, can’t retain, can’t win: Gus unloads on Bulldogs debacle
Prominent commentator Phil Gould says the mess at Canterbury won’t be fixed until club powerbrokers make a call on the coaching situation beyond 2020.
The sorry Bulldogs are sitting bottom of the NRL ladder and speculation continues over the coach Dean Pay.
He’s off contract this year and is long odds to be re-signed, but the silence from the board and executives on the matter has been deafening.
On Sunday Pay essentially urged the board to speak publicly on his future or make a decision on who they want as coach for next year.
Gould says the results on the field will not improve until club powerbrokers come out from behind the curtain.
“I’ve got no idea the way the Bulldogs are thinking at the moment, I just know that they probably need - for everybody’s sake there - to make a decision on what it looks like for next year,” Gould said told Wide World Of Sports.
“There’s players coming off contract, there are players considering offers from other clubs, there are young fellas in the club wondering where their future lies, there’ll be staff and coaches wondering what they’re doing.
“And it’s not a good environment. I’ve seen this plenty of times over the years. You can’t have your side functioning in that sort of environment.
“They’re already looking towards next year, they’re not going to make the eight this season. They’ve got to use the rest of this year as a run-up into next year’s preparation and getting ready for next year.
“They’ve got to consider their salary cap and their options for recruitment. Right at the moment, they can’t go out and recruit anyone, they can’t re-sign anyone, they can’t develop anyone because it’s all just in a state of flux.
“They’ve just got to turn around and make some decisions and put everyone’s mind (at ease). I don’t care what those decisions are, I’ve got no idea what they might be... but they’ve got to make some decisions so that everyone knows where they’re going and they can draw a line in the sand and say, ‘all right, well, from tomorrow we’re working towards next year, this is who we’re going with and what we’ve got to do’.”
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