Quote ="WormInHand"I can't believe Gentle was involved in any nest-feathering, if what we suspect was true. I hope McRae's awful deals were down to blustering and blundering, rather than any deliberate deception, come to that.
I always remember McRae giving an interview on Aussie TV when he was coach of South Sydney and they were rooted at the bottom of the table. He was still talking an amazing and convincing story then. He was, and is (I believe) a very plausible speaker, but an underwhelming achiever. But everyone believes him, he appears as an RL oracle. Pearson was a ripe peach needing to fall into secure hands. He felt his old acquaintance was secure in his rugby knowledge. How would he have known any different? Others (who should have known far better than him (like the Rabbitoh's board)) fell for it too. He's convincing, that's my point.
But Gentle? Nah. I reckon he concentrated on coaching and was convinced by Bomber too. All just my opinion, of course.'"
Yeh totally agree, think gentle was probably in the dark about most the signings to, and did a good job with what was given to him