The Elephant in the room

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Terry Zarsoff said:
Why did it get to that position?

I think Manly’s problems are much deeper than that and have their genesis around the Superleague era. The club’s administration stayed loyal to the ARL and thus Arthurson, but it was probably a quixotic decision.

Around the same time Bob Carr decided to allow pokies into pubs, which hit an already ageing leagues club badly. The rest is history on that front.

The club has never taken full advantage of the opportunity offered by Norths’ demise. I don’t know if that is due to a lack of strategic vision, lack of money, or both. Probably both.

The usual array of massive egos off the field have unwittingly (or perhaps wittingly) played a role. Enough said. We know their names. More a bit later.

We had a 2005-14 renaissance, courtesy of a confluence of events after Fulton’s first bad choice as a replacement coach was eased and Hasler took over. A smart, united board and some savvy recruitment on and off the field, resulted in two more titles.

Then Des wanted out. Then the ownership wars started. One owner left and was replaced by another who also ran up against the Penns. The Penns won out. What a great outcome. The new coach had to go for backing the rival faction. Then someone decided Foran wanted to stay and DCE wanted to leave. See hozza’s post. Fulton was brought in and ‘masterminded’ a massive overs contract to keep the latter. Our cap has been constrained ever since.

Fulton brought in Barrett, a costly and failed experiment. He let Gutherson go. Apparently he had dodgy legs. Ironic. Wouldn’t he be handy right now?

Then Fulton apparently stuffed up on the 3rd party front. What a mess. Des came back. 2019 - was it a false dawn? The T Bros joined DCE in the millionaires’ club. Then COVID hit. The rules changed, the team was caught flat footed.

So we have arrived at the new reality. Will Manly-Warringah recover? I think so. But when, who knows.
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This sounds like a billy joel song. So who did start the fire
 
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