And we can see how that is all working out with all the great results we have been getting.
It's like my profession and the people I work with I've seen so many super smart people come through who have amazing knowledge and idea's and are so well educated but lack one key thing people skills and for all the amazing knowledge and expertise that one blemish of not being able to talk to people properly/nicely and bring those people along on the journey it negates all the good stuff they do and ultimately they move jobs a lot. Which I think Seibold might fall into that category super smart (that's what they say) but all his technical bulls**t and over analyse of the game plan doesn't translate to the players which is a key factor with our results.
Some here have said that he doesn't deserve a job in the football department, if he leaves the coaching role. I think he's actually better suited for it, than he ever was coaching, because of the reasons you provided.
I remember Paul Kent spoke to Seibold when he became the coach of the Broncos. The first thing I should note, is that Seibold was the apprentice of Madge at the Rabbitohs, and in a similar vein, wants to absolutely flog the players into being fit, rested, and well drilled. That's his methodology for winning games. Preparation is everything, not motivation. Hence his excuses earlier in the season about our scheduling, that some other coaches would never say.
Anyway, he said to Kent that Brisbane's physical numbers were light-years behind where Souths were at in 2018. Mind you, Souths had missed the finals just two years prior, while the Bennett coached Broncos had been on a long-time finals streak.
Seibold managed to make the finals that year, but it would likely be a jarring transition in style for the senior players, hence what eventuated from it. He was unable to motivate them when it mattered, and they lost their semi-final by the largest margin ever.
Seibold, in a vacuum, could win a premiership. He has thorough understanding of rosters, preparation, etc. All of the messy background details, that don't make the back page. But we don't live in a vacuum. His style is incapable of motivating when other factors are at play.
Mestrov did his best to mitigate these outside influences in 2023, e.g. bye bye Fulton, but the DCE saga was the straw that broke the Camel's back. The team right now needs motivation, and Seibold isn't the one to provide that.
I still believe, if he could do that background stuff (training, scheduling, physical numbers analysis, some recruitment), he'd be excellent at it. But I don't think he can't be the face again. The club is too much of a mess.
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