HoldenV8
Journey Man
Apart from their contrasting personalities, signing Mason could end up being like when Bozo signed David Gillespie.
Cement was in the last years of his career. He'd been out of Origin and Test selection for about a while and was in the veteran class. But he got a new lease of life here and (although helped by the SL war) his rep career took off again.
Not saying Mason coming here would give him a second shot at tests and Origin because the game has changed and everyone not injured or suspended is available. But like Cement, he could be a good influence on the young blokes in the side. We've lost Kingdog, we've also lost Gifty, and we're likely to lose Choc - they've played over 700 games between them. Experience like that doesn't grow on trees. JamieB is good, T-Red is getting better and so are Lui, JSL and Star. But we need an experienced prop because after Matty Ballin, our pack is suddenly very light on for experience. BJ turns 30 in December, but we sometimes forget that because he has only been around for a couple of years. He hasn't even played 80 first grade games yet.
Willie Mason does seem to have mellowed somewhat in the past few years. Maybe at some point he realised (or someone told him to) that publicly at least it was about time he grew up.
He probably wouldn't be my first choice.....but better him than Ben Hannant.
Cement was in the last years of his career. He'd been out of Origin and Test selection for about a while and was in the veteran class. But he got a new lease of life here and (although helped by the SL war) his rep career took off again.
Not saying Mason coming here would give him a second shot at tests and Origin because the game has changed and everyone not injured or suspended is available. But like Cement, he could be a good influence on the young blokes in the side. We've lost Kingdog, we've also lost Gifty, and we're likely to lose Choc - they've played over 700 games between them. Experience like that doesn't grow on trees. JamieB is good, T-Red is getting better and so are Lui, JSL and Star. But we need an experienced prop because after Matty Ballin, our pack is suddenly very light on for experience. BJ turns 30 in December, but we sometimes forget that because he has only been around for a couple of years. He hasn't even played 80 first grade games yet.
Willie Mason does seem to have mellowed somewhat in the past few years. Maybe at some point he realised (or someone told him to) that publicly at least it was about time he grew up.
He probably wouldn't be my first choice.....but better him than Ben Hannant.
