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While Tom may have been a more logical choice because he is an 80 minute player, Seibold made an awkward situation worse by failing to communicate his decision properly. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll give you an example,\u201d Dobbin said.<\/p>\n
\u201cTom was told that he was going to be the captain this year, and rightly so because he\u2019s on the field more. Jake Trbojevic, at the end of last season, was captaining the side.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s also the former New South Wales captain. Tom told Jake he\u2019s not going to be the captain this year. You would think that (Seibold would tell that to Jake).<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s about communication. That falling out with Jake Trbojevic has been one of the huge issues.\u201d<\/p>\n
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However, The Daily Telegraph\u2019s Brent Read disputed the severity of the falling out between Seibold and Trbojevic, particularly from the coach\u2019s point of view. <\/p>\n
Read was keen to do a story that Trbojevic should retire, but Seibold talked him out of it. <\/p>\n
\u201cI spoke to Seibold about it off the record (a few weeks ago),\u201d Read said. <\/p>\n
\u201cI said I\u2019m going to do a column basically saying that Jake has to retire, and Anthony Seibold actually talked me out of doing that column.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said, \u2018Mate, [Jake] has been amazing around the playing group this year. He\u2019s a lot more valuable to us than stats.\u201d<\/p>\n
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