Abe Froman:Lord Tony Smith:
Interesting that Abe tweeted over the weekend that there are
only three people who oversee every recruitment and retention decision and that
these three people don’t receive half as much criticism as others. They are:
Simon Moran
Stuart Middleton
Mike Lomax
The 'top 3 triangle' are ultimately responsible for the sanctioning of new signings & extending the contracts of players, with plenty of input from the Director Of Rugby and the senior coaching staff, as well as advisors that are used in Australia. It's their money that's being spent afterall. But nobody seems to mention them when criticising the clubs structure & on/off field results, which I suspect is down to the money they've put in to the club over the years. Imagine what position we'd be in now without them, especially SM.
I think Moran has credit in the bank for the stuff pre 2009 however Middleton should be criticised as much as Karl IMO. As Wires71 said, we have gone backwards since he came in. As someone who loves to tell you how much money he's ploughed into the club having been in his company a couple of times, I'd be interested to know if he is willing to take some responsibility for the poop show we are witnessing before our very eyes.
