Griffen sacked!

[Dennis Papaioannou]

Funny how a coach who has got his team to finals in every year he has been there, has been sacked. Griffin has been under scrutiny since the end of last season, yet there is no pressure on Mary whatsoever. Go figure!

One club is chasing silverware, the other is managing fan expectations...

 

[Crossbow]

Griffen can’t do the deal and land the prize.We have one of them to in Mcfu// noodle.I say tally ho and sack him now while the irons hot.Really Mary is not taking us to the promised land.He is just a imposter.If he can’t get us over the line against all the bottom eight teams we have to punt him with his boys club.At least they have some red hot attack the panthers we have a clunky miss fireing Park footy attack which parra is going to spank on Saturday night.Hope I’m wrong.But punt the shiny headed one.Go on I dare you board grow a set.

 

[gregstar]

Bennett ——> Penrith

I doubt creeping would want to work with the slug hovering above him.

 

[OzDragon]

How’s the Gus “5 year plan” looking?

Are they on the 2nd or 3rd 5 year plan now?

 

[dragonssamy61]

I wonder if this forum has an opinion about sacking a coach four weeks out from the finals?!

Great work by there administration to have the balls to get rid of him.
The players asked for it

 

[epDragon62]

Meanwhile, at the Dragons crickets can be heard...

 

[TomRedVRiver]

I wouldn't take Griffin. Am I the only the who thinks he's a bog average coach? He's been carried at the Panthers by a roster with raw talent.

 

[Bests Golden Boots]

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But we don’t count.

 

[Tuddy]

I wonder what percentage of Saints supporters thought "I wish it was McGregor".

My bet is that it would be well over 80%.

 

[Bests Golden Boots]

Bennett ——> Penrith

Under Gould, not while his ass points to the ground he wouldn’t.

 

[Bests Golden Boots]

Panthers part ways with coach Griffin four weeks out from finals
https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/08/06...h-anthony-griffin-four-weeks-out-from-finals/
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Michael Chammas Chief Reporter
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Mon 6 Aug 2018, 04:04 PM
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The Penrith Panthers are expected to part ways with coach Anthony Griffin just four weeks out from the finals.

The Panthers notified Griffin on Monday afternoon that his services would not be required beyond the end of this season despite being contracted until the end of 2020.

NRL.com understands there is a possibility Griffin could walk as early as this week, leaving assistant coach Cameron Ciraldo as the caretaker for the rest of the season.

It's understood Penrith have made the decision to part ways with Griffin because of a belief he is unable to take the club to a premiership.

The Panthers have won their past two matches, coming from behind to topple Manly and Canberra over the past fortnight.

However, it has done little to disguise the issues that have been brewing over the past couple of months at the club, with the board stepping in on Monday to bring it to a head.

Ciraldo is understood to be close to star Panthers halfback Nathan Cleary and could play a leading role in helping to keep him at the club beyond 2019.

I don’t get that Cleary bit?
Didn’t Gould recently say he was free to leave if he want to play for his dad?

 

[Brutalitops]

How’s the Gus “5 year plan” looking?

To be honest, it's coming along mostly well. There was a lot of misrepresentation of that quote over the years.

The 5 year plan was never about premierships. It was about salvaging an absolute mess of a club that was riddled with debt, without talent and staring down a dark pit of a rebuild.

Yes they've had a couple of coach hurdles in that time, but so have many clubs, including us. Panthers now have one of the most threatening junior stocks in the NRL and are now finals regulars. The 5 year plan was always about getting to a competitive point and they have

 

[dannyt]

• Griffin: Sacked by Penrith because management doesn't think he can win a premiership.
• McGregor: Retained by SGI management because he made the semis once (I'm not counting this year, yet) in 4 years.

My, how our club has fallen

 

[Dragonslayer]

Gould has been rumoured lately as a candidate for the CEO role at the Dragons.

If Gould was unhappy with Griffin then McGregor would be shitting his pants if it proved to be so.

Bring it on I say.

 

[dragons girl]

The panthers forum cannot believe this also , a hell of a lot of racket going on over there .
Find this unbelievable that they would sack him so damn close to the semis and he is streets ahead of our boy wonder !

If true why dont we sack mary then

 

[dragons girl]

Gould has been rumoured lately as a candidate for the CEO role at the Dragons.

If Gould was unhappy with Griffin then McGregor would be shitting his pants if it proved to be so.

Bring it on I say.

Here here gould would be a coup not afraid to sack anyone thats what we need

 

[Brutalitops]

Gould has been rumoured lately as a candidate for the CEO role at the Dragons.

If Gould was unhappy with Griffin then McGregor would be shitting his pants if it proved to be so.

Bring it on I say.

This would be fantastic.

One thing I love about Gould is his care for the players coupled with his no nonsense way of running the club.

Mary's greatest strength is also his weakness, and that's that he's close to our players. This makes them trust him, but also makes him unable to make the hard choices.

 

[mickeylane]

I wonder if this forum has an opinion about sacking a coach four weeks out from the finals?!

curve ball coming! Ivan Cleary to Panthers!!!!

 

[mickeylane]

The panthers forum cannot believe this also , a hell of a lot of racket going on over there .
Find this unbelievable that they would sack him so damn close to the semis and he is streets ahead of our boy wonder !

Curve ball coming - Ivan Cleary to Panthers - to keep Nathan Cleary~!

 

[Dorsai]

Gould at the Dragons is never going to happen. It will be a Doust legacy boy. I think that ship is already sailing.

Its a shame our board is happy to continue to accept mediocrity and excuses.