Dean Young Defensive coach

[possm]

We certainly can’t tackle.
Something needs to addressed.

Two in a tackle, first in goes low and almost simultaneously, the second goes to smother the ball. If necessary, a third man joins in to block an offload.

In each tackle attempt, the defender must sick to the attacking player.

The defensive line must move up quick for each tackle in a set of 6.

 

[RED73V]

I think that a good way for Deano to be a better defensive coach is to do a fair bit of study of the past years of Penrith dominating the comp from 2020 to 2024. Penrith had the lowest points scored against them out of all of the teams in those years and Deano should look at several of the games of each of those years to see how Cleary and his coaches, one being Ciraldo - defence (now with the Bulldogs) and the other Webster - attack (now with the Warriors) up to the end of 2022 and now Peter Wallace (attack) and Ben Gardiner (defence) from 2023 to now.

I am sure that if Deano could set aside a few hours every day for a week and study some games Penrith played in those years and with the different assistant coaches, particular games when nil to low points were scored against them, then I am certain that he will learn heaps. Maybe he already has and if he has, he is not smart because he hasn't learnt anything going from results so I doubt that he has because his ego would not allow him to bend that low in his mindset.

The quality of players of course has a big bearing as well on how good or bad the defence is. All teams would also have some bad days - cellar dwellers of course very bad days.

Club - Penrith Panthers

Year Games Played Ladder Position Points Against G/F Result
2020 20 1st 238 - Covid 19 year lost to Storm
2021 24 2nd 286 won
2022 24 1st 330 won
2023 24 1st 312 won
2024 24 2nd 394 won
2025 16 6th 329 ???

So far this year, the Bulldogs have the best Against with 270 points scored against them and are coming 3rd after playing 16 games with 8 more games to play.

I honestly don't know I started did this post - crazy me!!!

Why does Deano need to put in that much effort. Don’t you know who his dad is !!!

 

[Dragon David]

Why does Deano need to put in that much effort. Don’t you know who his dad is !!!

Obviously Deano didn't learn too much from his dad about defence. His dad wasn't much chop when he was the coach of the Dragons.

Deano needs to do a lot of study on how a team should defend but I guess there are many other coaches who need to go back to school to learn how to in this modern era. Even Mr Bennett is not getting his team to defend that well as the Bunnies are the 4th worst in defence so far this season. Bennett should go back to school.

 

[Unsainty79]

Did anyone watch nine footy show this morning?It seems as though Freddy is not a fan of Dean young’s defensive plan for NSW or the Dragons waiting for the attack to come to them .Come on Deano even blind Freddy can see it’s not working

To be fair, isn't White the NSW defensive coach? I though Young and Bellamy were bought in as advisors, hence they were sitting behind Laurie, King and White in the box?

 

[Dragon David]

To be fair, isn't White the NSW defensive coach? I though Young and Bellamy were bought in as advisors, hence they were sitting behind Laurie, King and White in the box?

This is from the internet -

"In the 2025 State of Origin series, Dean Young is part of the NSW Blues coaching staff, working under newly appointed head coach Laurie Daley. Specifically, Young is a high-performance staffer, filling the role previously held by John Cartwright. He joins Daley's staff after previously working with him for the Indigenous All-Stars and as a player.

Young's role involves supporting the team in various high-performance aspects, assisting in training and preparation, and contributing to the overall strategy for the series. He is described as a valuable addition to the coaching staff due to his experience and knowledge of the game. This appointment marks a return for Young to the Blues setup after previously working with Daley in the past."

It doesn't mention Deano doing defensive coaching but Freddoie would be closer to the action and might know more than someone ascribing stuff on the internet.

 

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Can we get Willie Peters on board as assistant, then head coach, I hope Dean Y Jags the Knights job?

 

[Illusion]

Can we get Willie Peters on board as assistant, then head coach, I hope Dean Y Jags the Knights job?

I hope he does too .......

 

[redv13]

I hope he does too .......

I think BA will land that job unfortunately

 

[blacksafake]

I think BA will land that job unfortunately

They’re talking Blake Green or Hannay

 

[RED73V]

Obviously Deano didn't learn too much from his dad about defence. His dad wasn't much chop when he was the coach of the Dragons.

Deano needs to do a lot of study on how a team should defend but I guess there are many other coaches who need to go back to school to learn how to in this modern era. Even Mr Bennett is not getting his team to defend that well as the Bunnies are the 4th worst in defence so far this season. Bennett should go back to school.

Hahahaha I was being sarcastic. I don’t rate Dean Young as a coach at all. And yes he certainly does need to get up to speed with the modern game

 

[possm]

Young's 2025 results with the Dragons and SOO is inferior. Bad enough for me to suggest he should chase future employment with the ESL.