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Gary Gutful

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Sterlo said it's not make or break ffs. We don't have the best roster in the comp. It's not even top four. That doesn't mean anyone needs to get rissoled. Maybe a couple of merkins need to be replaced with better players but the salary cap limits our ability to do that.
 

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Concerned that we won’t improve beyond where we are at and that we shit the bed against the better teams. Reckons it’s harder to go from 4th to 1st than it is to go from 16th to 5th.

Smart man. Shame he keeps reading my posts and parroting everything I say.
Gaz

I’m a little bit older than you and I was only a kid at the time too but when I analyze it BA is like a shittier version of Terry Fearnley. An accomplished coach, capable but couldn’t take them to the promised land. Fearnley at least got us to two GF’s. Our coach struggles to even win a finals game. The history is uncanny because our drought now exceeds the time of entering and winning our first premiership.

I’m convinced this will be BA’s last year. There are two premiership winning coaches available and we should not miss the opportunity just because the players like him. That’s not good enough.
 

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Gaz

I’m a little bit older than you and I was only a kid at the time too but when I analyze it BA is like a shittier version of Terry Fearnley. An accomplished coach, capable but couldn’t take them to the promised land. Fearnley at least got us to two GF’s. Our coach struggles to even win a finals game. The history is uncanny because our drought now exceeds the time of entering and winning our first premiership.

I’m convinced this will be BA’s last year. There are two premiership winning coaches available and we should not miss the opportunity just because the players like him. That’s not good enough.
For as long as we fail to win one, I can understand that criticism of BA. He’s a solid coach but not a great one.

I guess what I am not convinced of is whether a great coach could take our current team to the next level. I think we are missing an experienced playmaker who doesn’t shit the bed and some speed out wide. Until we find that I think any coach would struggle to get our team to win a premiership.

Just my thoughts.
 

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For as long as we fail to win one, I can understand that criticism of BA. He’s a solid coach but not a great one.

I guess what I am not convinced of is whether a great coach could take our current team to the next level. I think we are missing an experienced playmaker who doesn’t shit the bed and some speed out wide. Until we find that I think any coach would struggle to get our team to win a premiership.

Just my thoughts.
Premiership winning coaches usually bring with them a few players that can do that job. Bennett and Flanagan would definitely be able to do that without us paying ridiculous overs like days gone past.
 

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Premiership winning coaches usually bring with them a few players that can do that job. Bennett and Flanagan would definitely be able to do that without us paying ridiculous overs like days gone past.
As long as Bennett doesn’t bring Darius with him as an assistant coach.
 

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