Fitzy to the Knights?

[TheLoneRooster]

There are no lines to read. If O'Brien thinks he can avoid Nick's phone call and still have a job, then he must not be that smart.

Cool, thanks. From reading the papers over the last few days, it seems as though O'Brien to the knoughts is a foregone conclusion.

[Vasco]

There are no lines to read. If O'Brien thinks he can avoid Nick's phone call and still have a job, then he must not be that smart.

I'm tipping Uncle Nick has already knocked this on the head one way or another.

These are the same clowns that said that Crighton wanted to leave.

[zac]

Obviously the club's in turmoil - why else would we have got a bloke who looks exactly like Adam O'Brien, looking relaxed, to stand in at the Captain's Run?

[RoosterChick]

Robbo is a diplomat. He has watered down all the controversy the same way he did when RTS decided to defect.
He doesn’t want this situation to derail our run to the big show. Very professional. You can bet your life that underneath Robbo is very pissed off by O’Brien doing this 3 weeks out from the finals though.

[roosterproud]

i can see Zane at the knaughts

[Salvatori Grubber]

I don't know about what you all think but i don't want him to leave the Roosters-ever. When Robbo says "once a Rooster always a Rooster" it applies to no one more than Craig Fitzgibbon. He truly bleeds tri colours

And he always will be, which is why I give him my blessing to go and coach The Merge next year, which is what’ll happen I think.

If he helps us to another Prem, it’ll be 4 he’s been a major contributor to.

That O’Brien is a ho’

[mattyh]

o brien can go jump off a cliff...fark him...not a rooster, never will be, i had a spft spot for the knights...no longer hope they fail and back to bottom 4, as for fitzy ...dont leave son, anf if you ...good luck

[Kelvin Johnson]

Robbo is a diplomat. He has watered down all the controversy the same way he did when RTS decided to defect.
He doesn’t want this situation to derail our run to the big show. Very professional. You can bet your life that underneath Robbo is very pissed off by O’Brien doing this 3 weeks out from the finals though.

There is no doubt that Robbo is pissed, but unlike O'Brien Robbo is a total professional.

O'Brien should have told Robbo what was going on a month ago when his manager first started meeting with the Knights.
When the news broke on Wednesday O'Brien decided avoiding phone calls was the best approach to take.

Seibold and O'Brien are from the same Issac Moses school of greed..say anything to get what you want.
Fitzy didn't go to that school neither did Robbo they went to the decent honest bloke school.

[The Lip]

And he always will be, which is why I give him my blessing to go and coach The Merge next year, which is what’ll happen I think.

If he helps us to another Prem, it’ll be 4 he’s been a major contributor to.

That O’Brien is a ho’

Oh no Fitz is gone for sure now - rumour has it that he was just waiting on your blessing Salvo.

[Salvatori Grubber]

Oh no Fitz is gone for sure now - rumour has it that he was just waiting on your blessing Salvo.

Hahah - I deserve that.

But you you know what I mean...

[The Lip]

Hahah - I deserve that.

But you you know what I mean...

I do mate and agree - would hate to see him go but he will probably need to at some point to get a head coaching gig and how could we begrudge him anything after all he has done for the club so far. Legend bloke.

[Salvatori Grubber]

He lives down near Wollongong and is an Illawarra Jr, so it’d be a great gig for him.

[ism22]

He lives down near Wollongong and is an Illawarra Jr, so it’d be a great gig for him.

Lives in Austi... I grew up there. He's at Austi beach all the time.

It's pretty far north though - almost Sydney. If you can find a job and still live there you're pretty set.

Fitzy's staying though. It's Adam who's going. He was approached by the Knights so I presume the interview's a mere formality.

Good luck to him. It's a big step-up and way different from being an assistant coach at the Storm/Roosters. The exact opposite TBH! Rather than being eased in with established systems and an established coach who has already won premierships... there's no systems and you're being pushed right into the deep end. We'll see how he goes I guess.

[Louis N]

Presuming O'Brien is in the picture, which he hasn't yet denied, I felt it was tough that Robbo had to field the questions that O'Brien should have been answering. Although that may have also been the Roosters direction that Adam button up while the media speculation rides.

If O'Brien and Newcastle have been negotiating for some weeks, then it is obviously off putting at this stage of the season. My understanding was that he signed a three year contract with us. If that also had get out clauses it's pretty obvious what his ambition was.

A season or two under Trent just to add to the CV, as the Roosters do have prodigious talent. We won't know until Newcastle announce who's got to the job, which they may deliberately delay until the premiership is over. But Brownie's early announcement that he's pulled the plug, may have unveiled ongoing secret dealings. He seemed pretty pissed at his press conference. Covering something.

Then you've got to wonder whether it is worthwhile having someone on staff, who's already cast their vision elsewhere and may be secretly poaching our own young stars for the future. And that's where the LOYALTY factor really counts.

[ism22]

Presuming O'Brien is in the picture, which he hasn't yet denied, I felt it was tough that Robbo had to field the questions that O'Brien should have been answering. Although that may have also been the Roosters direction that Adam button up while the media speculation rides.

If O'Brien and Newcastle have been negotiating for some weeks, then it is obviously off putting at this stage of the season. My understanding was that he signed a three year contract with us. If that also had get out clauses it's pretty obvious what his ambition was.

A season or two under Trent just to add to the CV, as the Roosters do have prodigious talent. We won't know until Newcastle announce who's got to the job, which they may deliberately delay until the premiership is over. But Brownie's early announcement that he's pulled the plug, may have unveiled ongoing secret dealings. He seemed pretty pissed at his press conference. Covering something.

Then you've got to wonder whether it is worthwhile having someone on staff, who's already cast their vision elsewhere and may be secretly poaching our own young stars for the future. And that's where the LOYALTY factor really counts.

IMO the media's blown it outta proportion.

As Robbo put it... all assistant coaches wanna be head coaches and nobody's gonna hold them back. IMO it is what it is and Adam's probably just as keen as everybody else to get on with the job.

Loyalty? It's never done me any good. Early on in my career, for example, a manager said 'oh nooo don't apply for a [pretty small] promotion!! That promotion's not around for you and the others who joined around the same time as you, it's just for the high-paid contractors who want permanent jobs... I'm running one for you guys in a couple of months'. EVERYBODY except me applied, EVERYBODY who applied got the promotion, I was treated as if I were inferior as a result (because I was now 'junior' to all my peers... despite being a high performer who had been 'loyal' to the boss). As it turned out, there were no more promotion rounds for the next 3 years because the economy went south. Meanwhile, all of those 'disloyal' people not only got promoted, they were all given acting duties as managers, so it was like a double kick in the bollocks for me. I've remembered this throughout my career and it's why I NEVER feel guilty about being 'disloyal' when I know I'll get fukked over if I'm 'loyal'.

If employers were loyal then I'd buy into the whole 'loyalty' story but they're not. O'Brien woulda been out the door as soon as we had a shyte season. He's one poor season away from being a nobody. Thus, he's gotta make hay while the sun shines, take his chances (Knights head coach is no easy job - MASSIVE risk given where every other Knights coach has gone during the last decade) and take the best opportunities. IMO anybody who's bitter about him doing this has either never worked or has been gifted a linear career where they've just taken the gold escalator to the top. IMO anybody who has had a career during the last 50 years will understand his decision.