Dragons coach Anthony Griffin has come below fireplace for the way in which he’s dealt with the controversial axing of centre Zac Lomax.
Griffin left Lomax out of the aspect’s Magic Round conflict in opposition to the Tigers and didn’t make him accessible for reserve grade both, since revealing he didn’t give the 23-year-old any suggestions.
“I wanted Zac to have a bit of time to process it, and then we will sit down as coach and player and go through it,” Griffin mentioned earlier within the week.
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Former Dragons prop Aaron Woods, who was traded from St George to Manly earlier within the season, disagreed with Griffin’s strategy, saying gamers “need to be told straight away what you’ve done wrong.”
“I’ve had conversations with Hook before and I’ve been dropped walking to a captains run, and he said mate we’re going a different way this week,” Woods mentioned Saturday on Triple M.
“You sort of walk away and think, oh really? What do I have to do to get back into the team?”
Lomax has dealt together with his justifiable share of goalkicking points this season, together with his strike fee noticeably down on earlier years.
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However, he was one of many higher gamers on the park for the Dragons final week of their loss to the Bulldogs.
Woods believes an absence of suggestions from a head coach in a state of affairs like this may very well be detrimental to a younger participant.
“For Zac, being a younger kid, he could be stewing on it all week whereas if he knows what he needs to practice, he can starting working on that,” Woods mentioned.
“You need to be told straight away because once you walk out of that room because if you are confused, that helps no one.
“You drop him and give him four days off and he’s not even playing reserve grade so how does he go and get better?”
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