Eels Appoint Brad Arthur as Head Coach

[eel01s]

sd = sticky dicky

lol

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I thought it was Shaun Dowell, who recently found out Brett Kenny wasn't his dad.

 

[oldmancraigy]

How could you know? The next supercoach will come from an unproven nuffy. Not a nuffy who has been proved a failure.

Brad Arthur has already had a 6 game stint as a head coach for a 33% record.

I'm basing my assessment off other people's criteria, not my own - but others have told me that if a head coach isn't employed as such, therefore he's crap. It's been over a year since Arthur had his stint, plenty of coaches have been hired and fired in that time, and since he hasn't got a gig, he's therefore crap, and a proven failure.

 

[IFR33K]

Brad Arthur has already had a 6 game stint as a head coach for a 33% record.

I'm basing my assessment off other people's criteria, not my own - but others have told me that if a head coach isn't employed as such, therefore he's crap. It's been over a year since Arthur had his stint, plenty of coaches have been hired and fired in that time, and since he hasn't got a gig, he's therefore crap, and a proven failure.

Lol.

 

[Gronk]

Willie Tonga ‏@tonga_willie 4h “@Dj_Sull274: @tonga_willie how excited are you about the rumours that you may play under Henry again?” Bra all I wanna do is WIN!!

 

[hineyrulz]

Willie Tonga ‏@tonga_willie 4h ?@Dj_Sull274: @tonga_willie how excited are you about the rumours that you may play under Henry again?? Bra all I wanna do is WIN!!

Before he can win he has to get on the field first.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Brad Arthur has already had a 6 game stint as a head coach for a 33% record.

I'm basing my assessment off other people's criteria, not my own - but others have told me that if a head coach isn't employed as such, therefore he's crap. It's been over a year since Arthur had his stint, plenty of coaches have been hired and fired in that time, and since he hasn't got a gig, he's therefore crap, and a proven failure.

Do you think six games at the end of a wooden spoon season is a big enough sample on which to judge a coach? How about Dunemann's three games?

If you're going to rubbish some other merkin's criteria at least get the criteria and qualifying factors right.

 

[Twizzle]

I think Coleman got Bert mixed up with Burt

 

[salvy71]

I've gone for Neil Henry but he'll probably give us a wide berth so under the preferential voting system I'll put a (2) next to Taylor .

 

[Ron Jeremy]

just remember, any coach that inherits this shit and does better then this year will have to deal with Ricky bragging about how he turned the club around to be what it is - the DT will run this story next year many a times

 

[Poupou Escobar]

just remember, any coach that inherits this shit and does better then this year will have to deal with Ricky bragging about how he turned the club around to be what it is - the DT will run this story next year many a times

Mate, next year's roster (as long as no merkin walks) is better than this year's. Sticky does deserve credit for that, even if he is a low merkin of a man.

 

[Ron Jeremy]

Mate, next year's roster (as long as no merkin walks) is better than this year's. Sticky does deserve credit for that, even if he is a low merkin of a man.

it isn't rocket science to tell a bunch of useless players they are not wanted, geez.

 

[Avenger]

Smith heads west to help Eels find the way forward


NRL chief executive Dave Smith attended a meeting of Parramatta directors on Tuesday as the Eels narrowed their list of targets for the vacant coaching job to a handful of experienced candidates.

Smith's involvement in the meeting comes amid massive instability at the club, with the Eels having no football club CEO, no leagues club CEO and no coach following Ricky Stuart's decision to quit last week and take up an offer from Canberra.

There are also divisions within the board. Smith is believed to have concerns about the governance of Parramatta, as well as several other clubs.

Only last week, the NRL announced an agreement with the warring Wests Tigers factions to appoint independent directors in exchange for financial assistance.


However, the NRL is powerless to intervene unless asked to by Parramatta directors as the Eels boast one of the wealthiest leagues clubs in the game and do not have financial issues.

The Eels are controlled by a five-man board headed by chairman Steve Sharp, who swept to power at the leagues club elections in April. The Parramatta District Football Club board, which is responsible for everything but the running of the NRL team, is chaired by Roy Spagnolo - the man Sharp deposed at the elections - and includes former Eels greats Eric Grothe jnr and snr, Ray Price and Sharp.

In the past four years, Parramatta have had four chief executives - Denis Fitzgerald, Paul Osborne, Bob Bentley and Ken Edwards - and four coaches in Daniel Anderson, Steve Kearney, Brad Arthur and Stuart.
The Eels NRL board met on Monday to interview candidates for the football club and leagues club chief executive jobs, which are vacant following the departure of Edwards and Bentley.

The directors also discussed coaching options and are believed to have agreed the team needs an experienced coach.

Jason Taylor, Neil Henry, Tim Sheens, Brian Smith and Anderson are names that have been mentioned. Like Anderson, Smith and Taylor have previously coached at Parramatta - although the latter was an interim coach in 2006. Taylor has since had three seasons coaching South Sydney and is now an assistant coach with minor premiers Sydney Roosters.
Anderson, who is the NRL referees boss, is understood to have assured colleagues he is committed to continuing in the role.

Henry, Sheens and Smith are all without an NRL job, although Henry is believed to have been offered an assistants role at Gold Coast next season.

Meanwhile, Parramatta officials are confident Jarryd Hayne is committed to the club for the remaining two years of his contract and beyond, despite speculation linking him to Canterbury as a replacement for Ben Barba. It is also expected South Sydney hooker Nathan Peats and utility Justin Hunt will honour contracts to join Parramatta next season.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...way-forward-20130917-2txbd.html#ixzz2f9YrAj7C
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http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...way-forward-20130917-2txbd.html#ixzz2fDanMPyy

 

[Poupou Escobar]

it isn't rocket science to tell a bunch of useless players they are not wanted, geez.

No but it costs you on the field. We would have won a lot more games if he hadn't arseholed so many merkins at once.

His signings and re-signings have also been clever. Credit where credit is due.

 

[Sensai Cobra]

Mate, next year's roster (as long as no merkin walks) is better than this year's. Sticky does deserve credit for that, even if he is a low merkin of a man.

Agree with this. Even though I think Ricky is an absolute beerhunter of the highest order, if we manage to keep all our recruits, we'll be be in reasonable shape next year.

 

[oldmancraigy]

Do you think six games at the end of a wooden spoon season is a big enough sample on which to judge a coach? How about Dunemann's three games?

If you're going to rubbish some other merkin's criteria at least get the criteria and qualifying factors right.

Oh sorry - I knew there was some hard facts missing from my very very careful analysis!

 

[El Diablo]

http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/en...s-coaching-frame/story-fndv34of-1226721140199

Englishman Steve McNamara in Parramatta Eels coaching frame

Dean Ritchie
The Daily Telegraph
September 17, 2013 11:00PM

ENGLAND coach Steve McNamara has become a fringe candidate to replace Ricky Stuart as new coach of Parramatta.

The Daily Telegraph has been told McNamara has attracted some support from members of the Eels board.

Former Cowboys coach Neil Henry remains favourite but McNamara has been mentioned by some influential figures at the club.

McNamara would be deemed a gamble but Parramatta has nothing to lose given their two successive wooden spoons.

Parramatta hasn’t started any formal interviews yet but it is understood the club has been inundated with prospective applicants.

The club has about 12 names on a list.

"We haven’t spoken to any coaches just yet," confirmed Eels chairman Steve Sharp.

"We may go for a senior coach or a developing coach.

"There are a lot of coaches who want the job, they want to be NRL coaches.

"But we have to get the right bloke who is able to handle the job and go forward.

"We want a coach who focuses purely on coaching and can get the best results for the team.

"We will be putting out a few ‘feelers’ in the next week."

McNamara spent three weeks in Australia during June and July where he met with clubs and attended the Brisbane State of Origin game.

 

[El Diablo]

http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/nr...h-to-a-new-coach/story-fndv2kok-1226721251046

NRL 360: Paul Kent writes that Parramatta Eels are taking the wrong approach to a new coach

Paul Kent
The Daily Telegraph
September 18, 2013 12:00AM

PARRAMATTA are going about their business for a new NRL coach all wrong. The Eels are talking tough when they should be talking sense.

The lesson for how to handle it professionally and intelligently was illustrated a fortnight ago when the AFL's Melbourne Demons, perennial failures, announced former Swans premiership winner Paul Roos as their new coach.

Roos has a two-year deal with a one-year extension.

Not a lot of time to bring a club drenched in failure a premiership, you'd think.

Only that is not Roos's job.

Roos was not hailed as a saviour brought in to bring the Demons a premiership. The Demons know it is too big a job to happen in three years.

Importantly, though, the club showed the discipline to refrain from giving their fans the first cheap thrill - fans are nothing if not optimists - and talking up Roos's appointment as though a premiership is just around the corner.

Roos's job is not about getting the Demons glory, but instilling structure and standards, and finding a direction to take the long road back.

Already Roos will start work on a succession plan for the next coach to build on what he puts in place.

The Demons finally realised the depth of the hole they were in. Parramatta have yet to.

The Eels fall into the trick of talking premierships with every new coach which, for those keeping tally, is quite often of late. The Eels' problems are as significant as the Demons, and whether its Neil Henry, Jason Taylor or Jack Gibson reincarnated, the next coach will not be bringing a premiership to the Eels, at least in the duration of their first contract.

Like Roos at Melbourne, the Eels need to talk down a return to the glory days and sell it to the fans for what it is, a long road back from the brink of oblivion.

The difference between the Demons and the Eels is the volatility of the board, where cheap points are often taken through the media and it has been some time since a board was returned uncontested.

For all the criticism of Ricky Stuart after he sacked 12 players mid-season, it needed to be done and the incoming coach will be silently thanking him when he takes a look at the roster.

He'll also have a mind to take out the axe himself if he is any judge of football talent, knowing it is going to be a long, long process to repair the ills of previous management.

 

[El Diablo]

Steve McNamara's coaching record doesn't look too flash http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_McNamara#Coaching_career

 

[I bleed blue & gold]

He would be a big gamble.