Leeds Rhinos • Sam Walters
Zoo Zoo Boom wrote:
Interesting comments - everyone on here wants to see the youth come through but they have to be of the appropriate ability and mindset. The success of the golden generation was a blend of superb home grown players - Sinfield, Burrow, McGuire very good SL recruits like Senior, Ellis and top quality overseas such as Webb/Buderus/Ali
I don't see any of this happening under Smith at the moment. It seems to me his recruiting is players he has coached previously e.g. Hooley/Lisone/McDonald.
To his defense he has moved on some poor players and he is hamstrung to a degree with the mishandling of the cap - no doubt numerous players will be moving on this autumn.
Hopefully Smith can be encouraged to move away from experimenting with his coaching style to developing a squad that can challenge the top sides on a regular basis. The better your players the better your team - this is not rocket science.
Smith is currently hamstrung by what he inherited.
Either way, the days of players of the calibre of Webb/Buderus and Ali coming to play in SL are long gone
Statistics: Posted by christopher — Thu May 04, 2023 8:30 am — Replies 71 — Views 11297