This epitomises Sharks of late

[Great White]

Does anyone else see this a problem.

Craig Preistley has been in our jersey flegg side since being selected from Gymea 18's last year. He has had a mixed year, in starting as the no9 for Flegg earlier on in the year, then being outsted to Gymea A grade to bench positions and then after missing a few games being told he can't play by Aaron Raoer and that his defense is woeful, to then the next week coming off the bench against St George (who were second at the time) led the team from the bench from 18 behind to which he kicked something like 4 from 4 and scored one maybe 2 tries (can't quite remember) and got man of the match.

Last week he was again on the outer, this week he is starting halfback for Premier league under a different coach????

The issue here I am addressing is not the player (I know for him personally it would be different) but this is an example of the mentality of our club. How does a player in such a short amount of time be in and out and up and down and pissed off and brought back continue to want to be part of this sporting organisation? I mean most clubs would have players that have personal problems with some coaching staff, but at what stage does management allow their staff (players included) to be treated this way???

I mean if this were a building site and the foreman continously watched a very capable and competent apprentice be berated by a trademan because they didn't like each other surely if the foreman was smart enough and wanted to retain his staff he would address the situation. (obviously this is a metaphor but you get my point, I hope)

So what I am saying is, at what point do the Sharks look at themselves on a huge basis and re-evaluate their directions, attitudes and organisation???

Any thoughts?

 

[Hammerhead]

It does happen too much - almost as if the club expects instant results. There's another young bloke, Michael Pickerd who is about 17 - a real talent - and the club have done exactly that with him. His parents are so ticked off with the Sharks that he looks like trialling wit the Dragons. They dont seem to be able to manage talent and guide them naturally through the grades. Maybe that all comes back to the inexperience of our coaches. I dont know how much actual coaching Aaron Raper and Craig Wilson do with the young blokes but it's not working.

 

[fancyman]

the new manament has striped the pride out of our club. when gow was incharge we were going places like a bussiness should. we now have a club were the mentality is "you have to been out their" to run a club.

 

[Capmar]

Its wonderful that such a topic has been aroused and more importantly examples of how we are "bastardising" our younger generation of players. The problem also highlights that the coaching staff are really running an "amateur hour" show.

 

[nulla nulla]

trust me this is one of many, many cases of young blokes being treated like rubbish, they have no idea how to manage young talent at the moment and haven't for a while now. In all honesty how many young local blokes have come through the grades and gone onto big things in the last 6 odd years, sure there have been a few 1st grade players, but nothing like the 90s where we would have 11 or so local boys capable of being in 1st grade week in, week out. You would be shocked with some of the stories i know

 

[Trav 182]

its fuct the sharkies management needs a shake up, again how much can i buy the club for..

 

[the_prawn]

thats why certain rumours about barry pierce have come up.

keep the old football heads as assisstants and coaches and out of the boardroom, thats what i say.

 

[Hammerhead]

Bazza should spend less time playing pokies at Caringbah RSL and more time planning for the future...