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Wilson: Another farcical chapter for Raiders
« on: September 13, 2013, 12:58:34 AM »
By: Chris Wilson

It’s not my job to judge whether Ricky Stuart is the best coach to take the Canberra Raiders into a new era.

But neither should it have been my task to inform interim coach Andrew Dunemann that he had not been judged best man for that job.

But that is how things eventuated on Wednesday night, as the Raiders administration and board dropped the ball at its annual presentation, which added another farcical chapter to an already tumultuous season.

The Raiders board had met prior to the presentation evening to rubber-stamp the official offer to Stuart, a three-time Raiders premiership winner as a player.

As the evening wore on, Raiders chief executive Don Furner, a friend of Stuart’s since school, could be seen working the room, floating between individual board members, showing them details on his phone and whispering in their ears.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/canberra-raiders/another-farcical-chapter-for-raiders-20130912-2tlmi.html#ixzz2egrkBlJy