Walters 'disappointed' by 'out of line' Cobbo

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Broncos manager Kevin Walters has admitted helium was "disappointed" by star winger Selwyn Cobbo's comments criticising his coaching, but said the brace person spoken since the now-infamous podcast quality and buried the hatchet.

Speaking to 9News astatine Broncos grooming this morning, Walters said "even Wayne Bennett had his critics".

"Certainly it was disappointing from that regard," helium said.

"We spoke astir it and had a bully chat - I won't accidental father-son but on those lines.

"Knowing Selwyn arsenic I do, and arsenic we bash present astatine the club, I thought is was astir apt a small spot retired of enactment from Selwyn - it's not usually his quality to beryllium similar that.

"But helium rang maine beauteous aboriginal successful the morning, not agelong aft it each surfaced and was precise apologetic."

Cobbo made the comments connected the Back of the 135 podcast past October, but they resurfaced implicit the weekend.

"I reckon he's a bully person," helium said erstwhile asked if helium thought Walters was a bully coach.

"He's a bully person, similar a bully bloke but I don't deliberation he's a bully coach. He's not the champion manager but he's alright.

"I consciousness similar he's conscionable a bully idiosyncratic but I don't reckon he's a coach. Even though helium experienced footy, been done each the expansive finals and each that, but I consciousness similar he's not a coach.

"But he's a bully person, a bully bloke and does a batch for the club. But the mode helium coaches is simply a spot weird, I guess. He's a bully idiosyncratic though. He's an alright coach."

The comments were made successful the weeks pursuing teammate Tyson Gamble besides questioned Walters coaching connected different podcast.

As a result, the nine volition present necessitate players to question support from officials earlier appearing connected podcasts.

But successful a connection released Sunday morning, Cobbo did a implicit 180 and described Walters arsenic a "very bully coach".

"(Sunday's) nonfiction connected a podcast I did past twelvemonth has been taken retired of context. It was 2 guys chatting and joking astir silly things similar the comments astir Kev that had been made by Tyson (Gamble)," Cobbo said.

Walters said helium and the remainder of the nine had "learned from" the incidental and were present afloat focussed connected the 2023 season.

"Even the large Wayne Bennett's got his critics … I'm nary different.

"I'm a large believer successful what we're doing present and however we're going astir it. We'll enactment connected that way and it's large Selwyn volition beryllium connected that way arsenic well.

"We've each learned from it - surely myself and besides Selwyn, truthful we'll get connected with things … and look guardant to gathering a large aboriginal here."

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