Michael Maguire has had enough of being asked if he should be the Broncos coach in 2027 while skipper Pat Carrigan conceded the playing group had let him down during a disastrous title defence.
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The defending premiers have won just seven games this year and Thursday night’s 46-20 loss to the Storm was their ninth defeat in a row at home.
Following the loss, Maguire was asked in his press conference if he was the right man to lead the club into the future.
It didn’t take long for him to think of a response and he’s clearly grown sick of the speculation surrounding his future at Red Hill.
“You ask me this every day,” Maguire snapped back.
The Broncos mentor quickly changed the subject to his frustrating footy side, who couldn’t back up a win over Canberra away last week to salute at home in front of departing players including Adam Reynolds.
“I know what this team’s capable of when they stick to it like we did last week. We just shot ourselves in the foot at times throughout that game and put pressure on ourselves. And if you do that at this level, whoever you play, it’s always going to be hard,” Maguire said.
“We need to be smarter and better at times within games. We put ourselves in a position to actually go for it.”
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After a tumultuous week where club captain Adam Reynolds retired in controversial circumstances, the Broncos came out against the Storm and looked flat from the opening set.
Maguire was asked if the controversy surrounding Reynolds during the week had anything to do with the loss.
Maguire still maintained it was Reynolds who decided he wasn’t fit to play and ruled himself out of the game rather than himself and the medical team.
“There’s plenty that goes on around every club. There’s plenty that goes on around this club. They rallied around each other. They love their captain and we all wanted him to run out there and have a crack at it, but it just wasn’t to be,” Maguire said.
