Quote ="G1"Gotcha, it looks to me from what you have written that the club have been actively seeking the next Burrow/McGuire. Clearly they signed and worked with Moore (and a few others).'"
I'm saying, had they had the same will that they had 10 years ago, we would already have had that replacement IMO. I feel strongly that what we got 10 years ago was not luck, and not one in a lifetime, it was planned.
Quote ="G1"I think the only way your argument would hold any water is if there was a young scrum half or stand off playing for our rivals that was on our books and release or that we refused the opportunity to sign, who is better than Burrow and or McGuire. I can't think of any, can you? What is Moore doing since Leeds released him?'"
I don't see what the relevance is to playing for another super league club? I'm saying there is youngsters there, just like identified 10 years ago, who 10 years ago were given a carrott that the position was theres subject to achieving their planned development. The club has not done the same since, hence why players have left and found it better to get full time jobs and play rugby part time, rather than have part time rugby contracts.
I am confident that had we repeated what we were doing on a cotinuous basis that we would have continued to produce many more players in that time. Whether we would have needed them is still irrelevant, because we would not know what opportunities we could have had without doing it.
Quote ="G1"Bridge is a bad example. he was released by the Bulls for reasons of his own making and since being offered a lifeline by Warrington it has not been as a half back.'"
Bridge was only an example of that he was actually a more sought after player than McGuire a young age. But Leeds developed McGuire and look what they got. You don't necessarily have to be the best youngster around at that stage, it was the clubs development that took him to the next level.
Quote ="G1"But do you, or David, or anyone, know what he doing in his role, what he is doing so badly, and what he should be doing?'"
Like I said I can't speak for David. But In my honest opinion, McDermott appears to prioritise his media duties over and above his Leeds role, and comes across as though that is what he want's to do. I strongly believe there is quite a few better qualified and who would put more energy into the role out there.
