He certainly was a great coach, and you’re right in a system like ours he probably couldn’t make the mistakes he did outside of the narrow coaching role. And I joke about it above but he really did implement some very ‘creative’ tactics. Which I’m generally all for - but he then stuck to them way past all reason, when they were obviously detrimental- which is why he’d be way down my list. Tho with the break and a change of responsibilities he might well come up with a really effective set of innovations.For mine, Hasler is a great coach but a terrible recruiter and football manager. His best work was at Manly (when Fulton was pulling the recruitment/retention strings) and his first years at Canterbury, where he was handed a shitty squad and revolutionised the way they played to win the MP and make a GF. When asked to take over recruitment, retention and overall football activities, he flopped. In a system like ours, he’d do well.
That said, not my first choice.