Opinion: Paul Green was lost without the game he loved | Danny_Weidler
Discarded is too strong a word to describe the way Paul Green felt about his position in rugby league. But it’s not far off.
In a 2017 interview I did with Green, sitting in his Townsville backyard, he talked to me about the pressures of coaching. They were words that I glossed over at the time, but I can’t get them out of my mind now. Green had read an article six weeks ago saying that he had been in the running for the Titans job, but due to the manner in which he left his past two positions, he was not considered. He was hurt by that, and started to wonder aloud if he needed to put himself in the public eye to change perceptions of him. He considered going on a charm offensive in the media.
“This hurts so much for lots of reasons, but also because I’ve been through this,” Rogers said. “I played golf with him [Green] last Friday ... he was talking about the boat he bought for the family and was asking me about the Titans and coaching.”His agent, George Mimis, spoke to Green at his son’s birthday on Wednesday about his Dolphins deal and Green said he would call him back the next day.
Furner offered his best mate a week off. Stuart said no. Furner felt his mate needed it and feels the game is not doing enough for coaches. He thinks the mental strain they are under is too great. After calling his first game of cricket in 1977, Ian Chappell has broadcast his last. Chappell was the last working link to the halcyon days of Channel Nine’s legendary commentary team, and he had been employed by ABC radio. Those days are over.
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