We have the Best Recruitment / Retention in the Comp

[The Corner Post]

Culture is a word that gets thrown around by lots of clubs. I remember Michael Maguire on that Tigers documentary screaming "Wests Tigers don't lose close games!!" giving the players a spray after another loss. As if he could somehow help develop the culture just by saying that. By the reality is, they do lose close games. Lots of them. So it's all just talk. With us, when you hear our players and coaches talk, the Rooster culture is palpable. So much of it is down to Robbo. He has married the magnificent and proud history with a steely hard no excuses edge that is just incredible. Robbo has taken this great club to another level. And he's gotten EVERYONE to buy in. He is the greatest thing that's ever happened to the club.

Yes, the way we played this year proves this. I think even some of our biggest haters had to appreciate the way we played with our injuries.

[The Corner Post]

i think a lot of what teams like the storm and roosters have is an overall package.

money ( helps off field as well - nicer restaurants, hotels etc )
facilities
post career opportunities
on field success
professional set up
business advise
good coaching
education
development of junior players
stable board
good and great players to play with

along with many things ive neglected to mention.

ask yourself how many of these boxes the tigers, warriors etc tick ?

Yeah, good point.

I feel like when some of these pieces fall down, a good club can start to go backwards.

Both the Broncos and Bulldogs have had board trouble, coaching trouble, I know the Broncos lost a great junior in Sam Walker. They start losing and then good players want to play in a winning team.

[The Corner Post]

With the signing of Smith, I thought I'd start a discussion on recruitment / retention and the salary cap.

Premiership Tier
- Roosters
- Storm

Development Tier
- Panthers

Just to be clear, I believe we haven't neglected development.

We may not have too many players born and bred in our territory who move through the ranks to first grade.

But we have a great knack for debuting a player who then goes on to be a superstar.

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