Do coaches make a difference

[Delboy]

Looking at the rosters for the Raiders and the Warriors, they should at least be making the 8.

The question of the value of good coaches is worth asking, how did these 2 teams in particular not win enough games to contest at the end of the season. Perhaps it underlines the real worth of Bellamy and perhaps Arthur and others.

 

[gregstar]

who loves ya baby.

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

Warriors have a meh roster. People get blinded because of the spine, but that's like a Ferrari that only looks good until you try to drive it and find it has no engine.

There's more going on at the Warriors than a coach could fix in a single season. Kearney ain't the answer, he's far from being the only problem.

 

[nick87]

Yes. They do.

Next question

 

[soc123_au]

Nah, Melbourne only keep Bellyache around for his dummy spits in the coaches box.

 

[BuffaloRules]

Stephen Kearney was washed up in his last gig at Parramatta...

How does he keep getting jobs?

 

[Life's Good]

Yes.

 

[Sphagnum]

Kearney has zero credentials as a first grade coach. They would definitely have performed better with somebody competent.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

Yeah brah they do

Mitchell Moses is like 100 times better player now under Brad Arthur than he was at the Tigers,it literally took Brad Arthur only one week to teach Moses how to tackle.

 

[Warriorsoul]

The Warriors had a reasonable roster this year, not great, the forwards were obviously weak, but there's some reasonable young talent. But every single player under Kearney has gone backwards in 2017. We now have players who can't pass, tackle or know where to stand on the field in defense OR on attack. We have the best completion rate in the comp (or maybe 2nd) because our attack strategy is for the backs to take all the hitups until our forwards recover from the effort of getting back onside before they slowly trundle up to the defense and then fall over. Rinse and repeat. Defence? A staggered line with lots of holes. High five the opposition on the way past or just stand in stunned admiration as they stroll past. Penalties in the back end of sets are a must. Discipline is for winners, we'll have none of that here!
Top coaching is like spinning plates. Get the team well drilled and then add little tweaks here and there. Crappy coaching, REALLY shambollic stuff, is recognising the natural abilities of the players in a squad and then making sure your strategy caters for none of that whatsoever.

 

[footy75]

of course they make a difference...

If Bellamy or Bennett are coaching the Raiders they make top 4 and warriors probably make 8.

 

[thorson1987]

Not looking forward to seeing Tohu go backwards at the Warriors next year.

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

Yeah brah they do

Mitchell Moses is like 100 times better player now under Brad Arthur than he was at the Tigers,it literally took Brad Arthur only one week to teach Moses how to tackle.

Gee, his attitude must be a real problem if it only took a week...

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Of course they f**king do.

 

[Clifferd]

Yeah brah they do

Mitchell Moses is like 100 times better player now under Brad Arthur than he was at the Tigers,it literally took Brad Arthur only one week to teach Moses how to tackle.

I think it's more Moses being a little f**kwit more than anything

He showed glimpses at the tigers but not consistent enough

 

[Cherry_poppins]

Does his brother pedal peptides?

 

[Barkley]

The NRL makes us have coaches purely as another revenue stream. This year alone coaches fines have equalled $5.3m.

The NRL are purposefully not investing this money into referee training with the aim of keeping this money rolling in.

 

[Cherry_poppins]

The NRL makes us have coaches purely as another revenue stream. This year alone coaches fines have equalled $5.3m.

The NRL are purposefully not investing this money into referee training with the aim of keeping this money rolling in.

That's a terrifying notion

 

[forward pass]

Yeah brah they do

Mitchell Moses is like 100 times better player now under Brad Arthur than he was at the Tigers,it literally took Brad Arthur only one week to teach Moses how to tackle.

Coming from the person who thinks BA is a useless coach?? What a total dickhead you are.

 

[Incorrect]

Stephen Kearney was washed up in his last gig at Parramatta...

How does he keep getting jobs?

His first year at the Eels the team just avoided the spoon in round 26 by beating the Titans.... the following year, when he was relieved of his post about a month out from the end of the season the team finished with the spoon.... In his first year at the Warriors they've win the same number of games as the Titans and Tigers and just 2 more than the wooden spooning Knights....

He has been given ample opportunity to learn his craft, he has assisted Bellamy and Bennett but I just think he isn't up to it.