Coaching options

[Casper The Ghost]

Someone missing half their brain, you mean.

Losing games with those players on the field is irrelevant when you consider last year's team had no halves. Now this year's team has the halves and we're missing every other merkin.

Try to look at the whole picture.

What are you talking about..

Burt.. plenty of NRL experience
Tonga " " " " " " "
Roberts " " " " " "
Sandow " " " " " "
Reni " " " " " " "
Hindy " " " " " " "
Poore " " " " " " "
Keating " " " " " "
Mannah " " " " " " "
Maguire " " " " " " "

That's TEN players out of a squad of 17

I'm looking at the whole picture Poo Poo....

Lasalo has played lots of NRL since 1st round 2011
Allgood " " " " " " " " " since early rounds 2011
Morgan
Paulo
O'Hanlon
Sio
Blair

We had 13 players with sufficient NRL experience to handle a game in wet weather, 13 players who should not had allowed the team to capitulate as badly as they did last night.

Do you blame the coach for bringing in such crap players?
Does it mean he is a poor judge of NRL ability?
That he can't get together a good NRL squad that won't capitulate like they did last night, all across the park, both forwards and backs.

Do you blame the coach for the tactics being used for 80 minutes?
or
Are you implying the players went against the game plan for 80 minutes?

Either way, the coach is looking real bad.

And what about how SK handled his bench rotation, i.e. Maguire & Keating both on at the same time during the first half? This is just one example of many terrible decisions.

I can see the eels experiencing more massacres this year unless SK & co start making some drastic changes to their game plans, structures and methods applied to improve team-players attitudes.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

What are you talking about..

Burt.. plenty of NRL experience
Tonga " "
Roberts " "
Sandow " "
Reni " "
Hindy " "
Poore " "
Keating " "
Mannah " "
Maguire " "

That's TEN players out of a squad of 17

I'm looking at the whole picture Poo Poo....

Lasalo has played lots of NRL since 1st round 2011
Allgood " " " since early rounds 2011
Morgan " " " " " "
Paulo
O'Hanlon
Sio
Blair

We had 13 players with sufficient NRL experience to handle a game in wet weather, not allowing the team to capitulate as badly as they did last night.

Do you blame the coach for bringing in such crap players?
Does it mean he is a poor judge of NRL ability?
That he can't get together a good NRL squad that won't capitulate like they did last night..... all across the park, both forwards and backs.

Do you blame the coach for the tactics being used for 80 minutes?
or
Are you implying the players went against the game plan fr 80 minutes?

Either way, the coach is looking real bad.

And what about how SK handled his bench rotation, i.e. Maguire & Keating both on at the same time during the first half? This is just one example of many terrible decisions.

I can see the eels experiencing many massacres this year unless SK & co start making some drastic changes to their game plans, structures and methods applied to improve attitude.

No I see us as just like any other team that has a genuine superstar on their books.

When he doesn't play they fall to pieces.

Brisbane, Newcastle, Wests, North Queensland - better coaches than Kearney have been unable to do anything with these clubs while Lockyer, Johns, Marshall and Thurston were out.

It's just bad luck mate. But I understand you'd rather blame somebody. Sounds like you've already had plenty of bad luck in your own life.

 

[Casper The Ghost]

No I see us as just like any other team that has a genuine superstar on their books.

When he doesn't play they fall to pieces.

Brisbane, Newcastle, Wests, North Queensland - better coaches than Kearney have been unable to do anything with these clubs while Lockyer, Johns, Marshall and Thurston were out.

It's just bad luck mate. But I understand you'd rather blame somebody. Sounds like you've already had plenty of bad luck in your own life.

Again, look at the 2009/2010/2011 Dragons squad without Lockyer/Johns like superstars. Assessing the squads strengths and weaknesses, Bennett pulls all the correct strings that sets the squad on the right track, armed with simple tactics and attitudes, to get them to the top.

Any coach not capable of pulling a squad together who play for each other without emotionally or psychologically being dependent on a superstar for them to shine is a very poor coach. Again, This is a very lame excuse Poo Poo. This crap attitude reflects on both the current Eels coach and your present psychological inadequacies to think rationally and logically.

Stop bringing your ego to the party, then you might have a chance to shine in this forum without a huge distraction getting in the way.

"Bad Luck", this is your claim. I have not made such claims. Organised crime is just that - they are all being routed out.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Again, look at the 2009/2010/2011 Dragons squad without Lockyer/Johns like superstars. Assessing the squads strengths and weaknesses, Bennett pulls all the correct strings that sets the squad on the right track, armed with simple tactics and attitudes, to get them to the top.

I agree. I reckon the secret to winning comps might be not to have any superstars - the past two premiership sides haven't had any players of Hayne's calibre, so a key injury doesn't stop them.

But how good is Bennett going at the Knights? They were worse at home to the Broncos than we were, and they had less players out.

Any coach not capable of pulling a squad together who play for each other without emotionally or psychologically being dependent on a superstar for them to shine is a very poor coach.

Maybe Bennett learnt his lesson at the Broncos? Who knows?

Maybe he taught Kearney the same truth and we won't renew Hayne's contract when it runs out? Maybe Hopoate is coming here to replace Hayne?

Again, This is a very lame excuse Poo Poo. This crap attitude reflects on both the current Eels coach and your present psychological inadequacies to think rationally and logically.

Don't blame me mate, I'm not the one who couldn't win at the Broncos without Lockyer. Or even at the Knights without Gidley.

Stop bringing your ego to the party, then you might have a chance to shine in this forum without a huge distraction getting in the way.

If you can't handle other posters having a different opinion to you maybe the internet's not your thing? We're all entitled to our opinions Casper. We're not your family members for you to browbeat us with your beliefs.

"Bad Luck", this is your claim. I have not made such claims. Organised crime is just that - they are all being routed out.

If it's not illegal it's not a crime, no matter how organised it is.

 

[Casper The Ghost]

I agree. I reckon the secret to winning comps might be not to have any superstars - the past two premiership sides haven't had any players of Hayne's calibre, so a key injury doesn't stop them.

Agreed

But how good is Bennett going at the Knights? They were worse at home to the Broncos than we were, and they had less players out.

Agreed, it's obviously a challenge for him. Let's see what becomes of this year. Don't recall any of his squads floundering near the bottom of the table for a whole season.

Maybe Bennett learnt his lesson at the Broncos? Who knows?

Maybe he did.

Maybe he taught Kearney the same truth and we won't renew Hayne's contract when it runs out? Maybe Hopoate is coming here to replace Hayne?

It's possible but I doub't it. Better to have a Hayne in your squad than not. Best to get the right attitude players who can perform with or without him.

Don't blame me mate, I'm not the one who couldn't win at the Broncos without Lockyer. Or even at the Knights without Gidley.

I'm not blaming you, just scrutinising your comments.

If you can't handle other posters having a different opinion to you maybe the internet's not your thing? We're all entitled to our opinions Casper. We're not your family members for you to browbeat us with your beliefs.

Then why browbeat with this belief "Bad Luck"?

If it's not illegal it's not a crime, no matter how organised it is.

Fraud is illegal. Switching contracts without full-disclosure is a crime.

 

[hindy111]

missing
Hayne-Moi MOi...our best two players? Personly id say yes...
Loko-Smith-would they be in our top 13? id say yes.Thats 30% of our team missing/2 beeing our best takes it to 55% minus the replacement leaves us at about 38.85% off our best.ts simple maths at full strength the cowboys win by about 8.we beat the warriors and broncos and we wouldnt be having this thread...
Take thurston winterstein and dallas johnsons out of cowboys-put hayne moi mo and smith in-i think we may be a diffferent story??

 

[cv8z]

Any coach not capable of pulling a squad together who play for each other without emotionally or psychologically being dependent on a superstar for them to shine is a very poor coach.

Jack Gibson couldn't work miracles at Souths and the Sharks.

A very poor coach by your definition

 

[Runaround Man]

Des Hasler - fantastic coach - he would be my pick for sure

 

[Casper The Ghost]

Jack Gibson couldn't work miracles at Souths and the Sharks.

A very poor coach by your definition

True, he had some failures amongst his many successes.
However, he still won 5 GF.
A few fall outs with the misses over a 50+ year marriage doesn't necesarily mean the partnership was a failure.
SK has a lot to prove before he could ever be considered a very good coach.

 

[cv8z]

True, he had some failures amongst his many successes.
However, he still won 5 GF.
A few fall outs with the misses over a 50+ year marriage doesn't necesarily mean the partnership was a failure.
SK has a lot to prove before he could ever be considered a very good coach.

He got sacked from Souths too. So even the best as you say have failings
This marriage is not even 2 years old and you talk of divorce so soon
Tsk Tsk Tsk

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Thats 30% of our team missing/2 beeing our best takes it to 55% minus the replacement leaves us at about 38.85% off our best.ts simple maths

Simple maths would only be to one decimal place, surely?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

However, he still won 5 GF.

Kearney will only win four in his career.

We will probably f**k him off in 2017 after we're knocked out in the preliminary final.

 

[tresurehunt]

lol, hindy you stats do my head in ,haha

 

[macnaz]

Im hearing Jason Taylor is a done deal , is that correct ?

 

[cv8z]

Im hearing Jason Taylor is a done deal , is that correct ?

Where'd you hear that. 2GB?

 

[Hanscholo]

Not sure why you guys ever got rid of brian smith...It seems that the problems from that season never really got solved.

 

[NorthShoreEel]

Im hearing Jason Taylor is a done deal , is that correct ?

If your hearing things - it is probably time to take your medication.

 

[lingard]

Before the season began our roster was considered to be in the top half. Now we've lost a few games and all of a sudden our roster is shit and the losses are just to be expected.
Give me a f**king break.

Well, we`ve got an excellent half-back and an excellent fullback (who`s only played 15minutes this year and may not play again for a while), and we`ve got a pretty good five-eight and a pretty good hooker. Of the forwards we`ve got two terrific props (Mannah and Moi Moi) and some good up and coming players - Allgood, Paulo, maybe Lasalo. We`ve got a veteran tackling machine (Hindmarsh) who has seen better days, and Maitua who is still an unknown quantity IMO. In the backs we have Tonga who is yet to find his feet (will he or won`t he?) and Ken Sio who looks to have a lot of potential (so does Blair). Right at this moment, it doesn`t look too awe-inspiring to me. Certainly not a premiership threat. Also, it seems to me that Parramatta are not a wet weather team (I could be wrong), and we`ve only played in the wet so far. Burt plays much better on a dry track. Too early to blame the coach - although I haven`t seen anything yet that would make me think he`s going to turn out to be anything special. To be a premiership threat, we need the young blokes to fulfill their potential (Allgood, Sio, Blair, Lasalo) and we need to buy a very, very good hooker. I say keep the coach for the full term, but don`t even think about extending his contract yet.

 

[lingard]

Forget winning the comp. I'd be happy to make the 8.

Well, I`m just happy that we`re in the comp. Last will be good enough for me, mate.

 

[Stagger eel]

Im hearing Jason Taylor is a done deal , is that correct ?

it's amazing what you read on twitter..

more chance of him joining the coaching team rather than get head coaching role.