Two flogs on a podcast. Should be riveting

birds of a feather flock together

Slow thread day.

Amazes me how people still support Joey wright and give him a voice. I'm sure will spin how he wished his players would commit suicide as much as he can. But luckily we’ve seen the screenshots already.

It was a private conversation posted on twitter with no other context about how the players had made Joey's life difficult. It was a dick move from all parties.

No it was just typical asshat Joey. Got what he deserved, just a few years too late.

Made joeys life difficult omg lol

Yeah was one too many chit chats, and finally one of them was exposed. If you think it was some one odd incident and not more of a general vibe, you're being very naive.

Definitely bad taste by Joey especially in group chat context, call me a prick, never wished suicide on anyone, but have said things in private that would get me crucified publically as has a lot of people.
Should have kept mouth shut instead of spouting off in media, that's what caused White to bring things in open.

" If you think it was some one odd incident and not more of a general vibe, you're being very naive"

If you think this is an isolated incident and that the players themselves hadn't said and done some very ordinary things in private, you’re also naive. Crucifying Joey because White decided to post ONE comment is idiotic.

You can make excuses either way for both sides.

This was set in motion the moment Randle was recruited by the front office not the coach.

Maybe the message to Wright is 'pick your assistants a little more closely'.
Just like dubious player selections, he also can't pick coaches.

What would your criteria be?

You'd think KB is perfectly suited to the role as AC just looking at his background?

I assume the other guy Darren was not paid a whole lot but I seem to remember him doing his time there previously as the 3rd AC, doing something with Norwood and some pretty successful U20 state sides.

I'd hope they decide the PD for such roles like for the HC, advertise them and see who is out there.

My critereia would be pretty simple - loyalty.

Id expand on the above a bit more

Joey was able to recruit from a restricted pool. Its not like he had a huge bucket of money to go and recruit AC's that he wanted , rather he chose the AC's based on what was affordable.

The reason those AC's were affordable has become evident.

Golley had previously worked as an unpaid assistant to get some experience for his aspirations. With Tracey gone there was a spot and at the time he and Joey got along. Apparently there had been some small tensions with KB, but being local and his experience, as said above no-one comparable was going to relocate here for the money.

Joey should run an online seminar for how to play the victim. Guys a professional at it.

I got to the stage where during blow out losses, I started to instinctively think of how Joey would make excuses and deflect in the presser after the games. He was so full of self importance.

Can you point to a single quote where he defended himself ?

If you listen to the podcast with Rucker Wright says numerous times that the failures of last season are all his fault. He takes full responsibility for not getting success. Pretty much the exact opposite of playing the victim as suggested above.

^^ Easy to say in public. A chat group message may indicate otherwise.

A char group message with zero other context doesn't prove anything

Are we still talking about this?

A guy makes a throwaway comment (I assume would need to see context) about hoping some guys off themselves. I hear this type of throwaway line almost every week in workplaces I work in. "I hope he goes jumps in the lake, that guy is an oxygen thief, I hope he goes necks himself etc." It is not appropriate and not intended to be take literally or for the party it is about see it. I am a white collar worker worked for major national corporations and Government. Let's move on people ya all oxygen thiefs.

Joey is interviewing for his next job. In no way did he feel responsible. He always blamed the players, hence his mind games he tried to constantly play lol