Chris71 wrote:
Reading that it sounds as though he’d already made his mind up he wouldn’t be signing a new deal and get the impression Cartwright has some reservations about Staveleys application/attitude with his efforts on his recovery.
It’s pleasing to see that despite us being a little short in that area the principles of what is expected, what the Coach demands from every player in attitude & effort be it in a game, training or injury recovery are none negotiable.
It’s been a long time coming that we have a Coach instills discipline across all aspects of being a Pro RL players amd having the financial clout to back his decisions
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It goes without saying that, by and large, we, as fans, don't get to see what goes on exactly behind the scenes on a daily basis, save the usual 'I've heard this, that, the other' rumours that always seem to surround our club!!
Staveley seemed to be a decent prospect before his ACL last season, but none of us on here are fully aware of the background story leading to his release. I'm disappointed to see a potentially promising youngster depart, and hope it doesn't backfire on us further down the track, but that is the nature of elite sport, it's a cut throat business at the sharp end.
We are, hopefully, at the start of a new beginning for the club and Cartwright/Myler have been entrusted with turning the (listing) ship away from the looming iceberg. The clubs that get these kind of decisions right (Walker, Abdull, Staveley) are the ones who ultimately succeed. The ability to know who to release, and more importantly when exactly, is one of the key tenets for any successful outfit. Wigan & Saints have been masters of this aspect down the years (accompanied by equally intelligent recruitment for replacements) hence their position as the dominant forces within the sport.
As you say Chris, it has been a long time since we had a coach prepared to make these unsentimental clinical decisions. It's on his head, acts like this, but that is why he has been appointed as our head coach. I'm sure this has been made with all the facts to hand and Cartwright has reached this conclusion to the best of his experienced ability. As supporters we must back them to take these decisions and hope/trust that they will show to be the correct decisions in the years to come. Last year we were little more than a (very) badly run amateur outfit, if decisions of this nature are the price we have to pay in order to once again be a serious professional organization, then so be it.
