Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Fri Nov 03, 2023 5:05 pm  

I just don't get all this talk of a DOR. Has anybody been a successful DOR before? I mean i hear this role crop up a lot but whats wrong with a good old fashioned coach by himself. Have all of the most successful coaches in SL & the NRL had a DOR? i don't recall any..
Sinfield was DOR at Leeds under Ager? and it was all pretty much a disaster IIRC.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Fri Nov 03, 2023 5:24 pm  

wirecation wrote:

I just don't get all this talk of a DOR. Has anybody been a successful DOR before? I mean i hear this role crop up a lot but whats wrong with a good old fashioned coach by himself. Have all of the most successful coaches in SL & the NRL had a DOR? i don't recall any..
Sinfield was DOR at Leeds under Ager? and it was all pretty much a disaster IIRC.

It’s not right that Powell had the call on what he wanted to do with players.
I don’t think Powell fully had the interest of the players at heart, and that it he just didn’t have the honeymoon period of time to give a fringe player that consideration.
It’s best someone else not connected with the pressures of the first team, deals with the welfare of the affected player.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Fri Nov 03, 2023 6:18 pm  

Director of Rugby is a great position to have. Step back and look at every aspect of the ins and outs and help with the day to day running of the club. Leaves Burgess to concentrate on the players and performance, and KF to run instagram.
I think Chambers is a smart guy and a good choice for the role.

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Fri Nov 03, 2023 7:12 pm  

Called it

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Fri Nov 03, 2023 7:35 pm  

I hope he does turn out to be an inspired appointment. Just amazing fortune that the best person in the whole world for the job was already at the club... To me it smacks of when/how KF was appointed.

He picked broadly the same team as Powell did and we were still crap.

Anyway ... we will see.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Fri Nov 03, 2023 7:37 pm  

Fantastic Mr Catpiss wrote:

Called it

Visionary. Warrington in w@nk appointment shocker!

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Fri Nov 03, 2023 7:42 pm  

Or thane wrote:

Director of Rugby is a great position to have. Step back and look at every aspect of the ins and outs and help with the day to day running of the club. Leaves Burgess to concentrate on the players and performance, and KF to run instagram.
I think Chambers is a smart guy and a good choice for the role.

Tell me what experience you think that Chambers has that will enable him to develop an elite, succesful, sporting environment from the low base of what we have now? How does he know what it takes to win?

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Fri Nov 03, 2023 7:45 pm  

wirecation wrote:

I just don't get all this talk of a DOR. Has anybody been a successful DOR before? I mean i hear this role crop up a lot but whats wrong with a good old fashioned coach by himself. Have all of the most successful coaches in SL & the NRL had a DOR? i don't recall any..
Sinfield was DOR at Leeds under Ager? and it was all pretty much a disaster IIRC.

This is a fair challenge. I think the rationale was to have a pure sporting/rugby voice on the board as opposed to the clown.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:22 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

Tell me what experience you think that Chambers has that will enable him to develop an elite, succesful, sporting environment from the low base of what we have now? How does he know what it takes to win?

That's up to Burgess to turn us in to winners, Chambers said he'll be looking at the day to day running of the club. He didn't say he's sitting behind Burgess calling the shots, he's there to ensure smooth running of the club. He'll have input and Question decisions being made, which is a good thing rather than making rash decisions. I think he's got a good calm temperament which could be good all round.

Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:39 pm  

Or thane wrote:

That's up to Burgess to turn us in to winners, Chambers said he'll be looking at the day to day running of the club. He didn't say he's sitting behind Burgess calling the shots, he's there to ensure smooth running of the club. He'll have input and Question decisions being made, which is a good thing rather than making rash decisions. I think he's got a good calm temperament which could be good all round.

Doesn't a DoR responsibilities include : culture, playing style/ethos, values, recruitment and retention of performance team, succession planning, salary cap planning, contracts, line management of performance staff, sporting facilities, youth, womens and pdrl rugby operations?

Do you think he was consulted on the Burgess appointment?