The crisis at Brisbane continues to deepen as off-field turmoil threatens to destabilise the club even further during the season from hell.
Brisbane has enough problems on the field, winning just three games all season, without the added distractions of off-field turmoil to go with it.
But the Broncos are a mess in every which way as disgruntled former stars and current players contribute to the toxic atmosphere around Red Hill.
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Chairman of BrisbaneтАЩs Old Boys Chris Johns quit his post during the week in protest over Ben IkinтАЩs appointment as the clubтАЩs new head of football, angry at what he says is poor treatment of coach Kevin Walters.
тАЬBecause of my frustration at what I think is a lack of support and respect to Kevvie,тАЭ Johns told The Courier Mail when asked why he quit.
тАЬWe seem to continually spiral down the same drain with the same people making the same decisions at KevvieтАЩs expense.тАЭ
However, Fox League presenter Yvonne Sampson said it does nobody at the club any good when Old Boys throw stones from the outside.
тАЬWhen youтАЩve got Chris Johns resigning as head of the Old Boys and all that sort of stuff (itтАЩs not good for the club),тАЭ she said on the Big Sports Breakfast this week.
тАЬI donтАЩt think you should be hearing from the Old Boys because youтАЩre in danger of becoming one of those clubs that always seem to have that in-fighting.
тАЬThe Eels went through it, the Bulldogs are going through it still.
тАЬOld Boys are there to bring on the good times and celebrate what the club was and remind us of all that incredible history, but I donтАЩt feel they should be weighing in on the current situation.тАЭ
Angst among the Old Boys was a major reason why ex-Broncos coach Anthony Seibold was under so much pressure during his tumultuous reign, and former players publicly backed Walters as the man for the job when Brisbane cut Seibold loose.
However, fortunes havenтАЩt changed at the NRLтАЩs flagship club as the losses pile up. Recent reports revealed Walters was facing a player revolt from stars frustrated with the former Queensland mentorтАЩs man-management and communication style.
Sampson said those accusations would have cut Walters deeply because heтАЩs someone whose door is always open for a chat.
тАЬWith so much turmoil happening at the club who knows what the communication is between anyone there,тАЭ Sampson said.
тАЬYou can understand why players are frustrated.
тАЬI think that hurt KevтАЩs feelings a little bit because he prides himself on being a very approachable kind of person.
тАЬWhen theyтАЩre getting beaten like the way they are you can understand why the players start blame-shifting and (saying), тАШItтАЩs the communication, I didnтАЩt know what to do out thereтАЩ.тАЭ
