The Phoenix will not win a war with the Dom. End of. The Phoenix need the Dom much more than the Dom needs the Phoenix. They have a bigger microphone and the casual fan that the club needs to attend home games isn't going to be reading Gareths blog, they're going to be reading what Bidwell and Worthington are saying and believing that. Two seasons ago, an organisation whom I was heavily involved with at the time, considered banning the Dom or a certain writer from its trainings because of what he was writing. They realised that would cause more issues than it would solve. They didn't. They proved the guy wrong with their actions, it's up to the Phoenix to do that. At the moment, it doesn't seem like much of what the Dom writing is horrendously unfair (watching from afar as I am)My point re the accuracy of the Opinion piece yesterday and why I thought it had merit was the comments about off-field culture. The Pulse, Firebirds and the Hurricanes have all turned around horrendous off-field cultures recently, see the Dom piece on Elliot and the Firebirds last week, it doesn't quite seem like the Phoenix organisation are ticking on all cylinders at the moment. That's to be expected as new owners bed in a style that will work both on and off the field. Teams can still have success on the pitch while what is going on off it can be hideous, I show you the Hurricanes in the Cooper years. That place was toxic and it took Hammet (and Te Puni) coming in to sort that out. An organisation is much more likely to be successful and be in a position to build on that in the long term when the on and off field cultures are right.
Can anyone honestly say that the Phoenix back-office is firing on all cylinders at the moment? That was the point that I thought that Opinion piece yesterday was trying to make.
The Phoenix will not win a war with the Dom. End of. The Phoenix need the Dom much more than the Dom needs the Phoenix. They have a bigger microphone and the casual fan that the club needs to attend home games isn't going to be reading Gareths blog, they're going to be reading what Bidwell and Worthington are saying and believing that. Two seasons ago, an organisation whom I was heavily involved with at the time, considered banning the Dom or a certain writer from its trainings because of what he was writing. They realised that would cause more issues than it would solve. They didn't. They proved the guy wrong with their actions, it's up to the Phoenix to do that. At the moment, it doesn't seem like much of what the Dom writing is horrendously unfair (watching from afar as I am)My point re the accuracy of the Opinion piece yesterday and why I thought it had merit was the comments about off-field culture. The Pulse, Firebirds and the Hurricanes have all turned around horrendous off-field cultures recently, see the Dom piece on Elliot and the Firebirds last week, it doesn't quite seem like the Phoenix organisation are ticking on all cylinders at the moment. That's to be expected as new owners bed in a style that will work both on and off the field. Teams can still have success on the pitch while what is going on off it can be hideous, I show you the Hurricanes in the Cooper years. That place was toxic and it took Hammet (and Te Puni) coming in to sort that out. An organisation is much more likely to be successful and be in a position to build on that in the long term when the on and off field cultures are right.
Can anyone honestly say that the Phoenix back-office is firing on all cylinders at the moment? That was the point that I thought that Opinion piece yesterday was trying to make.