So how does Carmichael come out today and say that Graham previously had too many responsibilities while at the same stage appointing him as both Head and Defensive coaches?
And I'm pretty sure they were spinning the same lines about "making sure we get things right" 12 months ago when the "recognising our responsibility" worst tag line in history was unveiled.
Actually, the CEO's message in the 2015 season guide says "In 2015, we are single minded in ensuring that we are again regarded as a Championship-winning organisation in every possible measure".
Well the only measures they can currently be regarded as champions at are spinning bullshit and pissing off their fan base.
And here we are set to do it all again in 2016.
I think gel a while ago posted a wonderful 2014-dated statement from Carmichael wherein he said something like "we (QRU and RG) will be judged on how well we come out of the gate in the very first game of 2015, just for sure judge us on that".
We all know just how well that went.
To be a bit more cunning about it Carmichael should have his media guys only issue these multiple predictions of glorious Reds' futures with a "....(
fill in actual year date space later on for some future year at the end of each season when we know how many years forward we can safely predict so no one will ever remember which year the claim applied to)...."
On a serious note, with all this blather from the QRU - and with zero integrity in not relating today's statements to what they promised we fans/members only very recently - one can only conclude the QRU has absolutely no genuine care for fans nor does it possess an ounce of a sense of accountability and responsibility.
As many here have already said, this revealed state of affairs is actually deeply worrying in its strategic implications for the health of QLD rugby as a whole, let alone the Reds.