Whenever I see this bloke's name it makes me start humming along, JohnBon-a-sara, lalala
John Bonasera
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ManlyTragic
Bencher
Isn’t DCE the current Australian half ?
Peter C
Bencher
!00%, it's irrelevent if Des knew or not, it was his department and it should have been his job to know.
I didn't want to see him go, and I hope he get's a payout as per his contract, but for him to try and chase for earnings lost for the 2024 season pi$$es me off, the team was on a downhill slide after losing that game against the Dragons, in reality we were at best of a remote chance for 8th or 7th spot, no way 6th or better.
Des was on the nose as far as coaching was concerned after being sacked from the Dogs, he was the one who approached Penn after Barrett left and basically received another five years employment as a coach, he should be thankful for that, rather than trying to sue for a supposed contract for 2024.
Shoe1
Journey Man
Yes, but he was already signed for another year, why add 2 or 3 more to that? He’s almost 34. I’m a Dce fan, but the extra years are absurd.
Not after this mornings game. Imo.
Absolutely should be gone. And yet the antI-Des brigade are still trying to put it all on Des.
The email that shows Hasler was right
Sea Eagles football manager John Bonasera apologised to Des Hasler in an email which highlights the lack of leadership from front office as it was operating without a CEO when the club collapsed.www.smh.com.au
In the email, Bonasera says: “It was always painted as ‘Everyone in League’ to me. I genuinely don’t even remember this email.
“I should have engaged other people in the conversation from football before letting it go to production. We have worn several other one-off jerseys in recent weeks. I missed this as significant.
“I knew I would miss something one day [in fact I told you that I would] as I have been putting one foot in front of the other for quite a while – not thinking just doing and it’s my job to think and mitigate circumstances such as this in advance.
“I apologise for putting us in this position and understand the potential ramifications. Thanks for always supporting me.”
....How has he not been sacked? On top of approving the jersey for the club to wear he then verbatim admits that he doesn't think and that he knew he would make a serious error.
How is his position in the club now not completely untenable?
FMD.
ManlyTragic
Bencher
I think the point is that Des blamed the pride affair on management and marketing …. Whereas he should have blamed the incompetence on his own department! The wrong people have been humiliated by Des! People on here were also wrongly blaming the new CEO who wasn’t even appointed at the time.
Just sayin’
Damien2812
Bencher
Sacking Toovey over the "results driven business" line was all politic's with no substance. This was the 1st instance under Penn where politics ousted a very good coach upto that point over Toovey supporting the Quantum side of the club's former ownership structure. We have seen the downward spiral and the politics at this club from that point which will keep the club battling the bottom 7 of the ladder until the Penn's sell up and go.
Damien2812
Bencher
Agree with your point and another reason that the incompetent Penn needs to go knowing that the team is behind the 8 ball next season over his decisions.
Haven't seen where it says how much DCE is getting for the two year extension. If it is more than $500K I would be asking why.
sheridanstand78
First Grader
This is unbelievably putrid administration! The dysfunctional communication has caused this issue and made the task for Des impossible! Heads should roll after this!
Come on Penn, get our act together. The club might be a plaything for you but for thousands of us its a love that will never die.
We are all fed up with your administrations total incompetence!
Come on Penn, get our act together. The club might be a plaything for you but for thousands of us its a love that will never die.
We are all fed up with your administrations total incompetence!
Be careful .If DCE see,s that we are talking about him, he might ask for a release and go to the Dolphins.. 
madmax
Bencher
Ummm because Bonasera didn’t inform him! Isn’t it obvious lololol…..
I don’t see it like that at all. Firstly Des should never have been the one to front the media. That had to be someone from management. He got that email from his 2IC on the day of the speech. The speech was already written for him by Dirk Melton. Even though his 2ic let him down, it’s pretty obvious in the email that he was and had been under the pump, and under resourced. Which all comes back to Penn the tight arse. It should never have been left up to Des. He was made the scapegoat. Two all time Manly legends, Des and Tooves, stabbed in the back by Penn.
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Red Pill
Enthusiastic Amateur
No it’s not at all. How is that that the club’s responsibility? The club has effectively communicated to the football department. What has the club done wrong and more importantly why should they pay Des compensation for this? This is the point I am making. To think the club is somehow responsible because one of Dessies staff members chooses not to pass on information which has been communicated through the the appropriate channels is just plain dumb. Gee the staff member has even apologised..
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ManlyTragic
Bencher
If the head if your department lets you down then the buck stops with you. If you blame another department of division you will risk egg on your face. Des said what he said at the presser he said it, Des now looks a goose for saying it! The under resource section by his 2ic is BS…. If I screwed up like he did I would use the same excuse! He responded to the email , he engaged his brain, he said it was ok to implement the pride jersey …. Why did he press ‘send’ before asking Des a 5 second question whether it was ok to approve or not …. If Des is a workaholic and all over everything why didn’t he forward the email to Des …. Not hard or overwhelming stuff…. Also why didn’t he cc Des in on the email response?
In hindsight if management did speak about the pride jersey fiasco… they could only have said something like … we sent it to Des’s department .. they approved it … so we implemented it …. If you need to speak to anyone about it you need to contact Des’
As far as I'm concerned the jersey gate is irrelevant and a smoke screen. We were poorly coached and looked like feeble rabble. Des needed to go Jersey gate or no jersey gate.
Be careful .If DCE see,s that we are talking about him, he might ask for a release and go to the Dolphins..
Oh no????
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