Eels Next Coach

[Twizzle]

so that's it ?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Ever had a parrot on your shoulder?

I got rid of it after it frightened a cockatoo out of my mouth ffs

 

[lingard]

Kristian Wolfe might be good. Good record in England. Remember other coaches with good records over there? Brian Smith; Trent Robinson; Daniel Anderson. I reckon Wolfe would less a gamble than Renaldo Ciraldo.

 

[Sphagnum]

Jake Arthur will be captain/coach

 

[Gary Gutful]

One

 

[Gary Gutful]

Ciraldo
Flanagan
Green
Morris
Maguire
Barrett
Woolf
Brown
Potter
Hannay
Slater
Taylor
Ryles
Kimmorley
Young

Anyone else?

I like the look of that side.

 

[Chipmunk]

One

One?

 

[Gary Gutful]

One?

That’s what I f**ken said!

 

[JokerEel]

Slater would be my choice he could get some decent staff around him...

 

[Gronk]

Slater would be my choice he could get some decent staff around him...

With Jamie Lyon as Assistant ?

 

[Chipmunk]

I suspect our unaccountable board won't have the balls to sack the coach with two years to go, but I don't think the Knights will have the same problem once the season is over.

I'd be punting Murphy and bringing in Adam O'Brien as an assistant. At least you know he is someone that BA would at least trust to some respect.

I'd also be looking at someone else as an assistant. Maybe Jim Dymock.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

I suspect our unaccountable board won't have the balls to sack the coach with two years to go, but I don't think the Knights will have the same problem once the season is over.

I'd be punting Murphy and bringing in Adam O'Brien as an assistant. At least you know he is someone that BA would at least trust to some respect.

I'd also be looking at someone else as an assistant. Maybe Jim Dymock.

I don't think you can force assistant coaches on someone. If you're doing that the situation is far from optimal and probably untenable. Especially if that coach you're forcing them on is wary of assistants that might threaten him, as has been suggested. But even if that wasn't the case I don't see it working.

 

[emjaycee]

I have a suspicion that new assistants will be required into 2023.
From memory, Kidwell and Murphy were only extended until the end of 2022 despite BA getting a longer extension.

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/th...ur-is-safe-for-next-year-20210827-p58mjp.html

This contract length was one of the supposed reason that Kidwell jumped to Argentine.

 

[Chipmunk]

I don't think you can force assistant coaches on someone. If you're doing that the situation is far from optimal and probably untenable. Especially if that coach you're forcing them on is wary of assistants that might threaten him, as has been suggested. But even if that wasn't the case I don't see it working.

Yeah, I agree totally, and the people I mentioned is probably around here's some options for us.

I think the coach won't get rid of the assistants because he is too close to them, so I think the coach should be informed that the people you have assisting you aren't good enough, and aren't making the team better, and no longer have a place at the Club. Go find some new people who you think will improve the team.

I suspect if O'Brien becomes available and BA is still here, then he will be at our Club though. And vice versa if he remains at the Knights and we punt BA, he will end up in Newcastle in some capacity.

 

[Gary Gutful]

I suspect our unaccountable board won't have the balls to sack the coach with two years to go, but I don't think the Knights will have the same problem once the season is over.

I'd be punting Murphy and bringing in Adam O'Brien as an assistant. At least you know he is someone that BA would at least trust to some respect.

I'd also be looking at someone else as an assistant. Maybe Jim Dymock.

The easier decision is to sack the coach, not keep him.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Especially if that coach you're forcing them on is wary of assistants that might threaten him, as has been suggested.

Does anyone with any knowledge actually know whether this is true or is this just something that some plonker on here made up and everyone else ran with?

 

[Chipmunk]

The easier decision is to sack the coach, not keep him.

I agree, but I also can't see the board doing that if they have to pay him out a significant sum of money. That won't be an easy decision.

 

[Gary Gutful]

I agree, but I also can't see the board doing that if they have to pay him out a significant sum of money. That won't be an easy decision.

I don’t think money is the issue. I just don’t think they see it in the same way that people on here do. In fact, I reckon most league fans wouldn’t.

 

[Gazzamatta]

New assistants/consultants wont make one shred of difference. I really dont think BA listens to anyone and never will.
Ciraldo would have been my pick but we have little foresight so that was never going to happen.
Slater would be my next pick but again we wont even try. My next choice would be Siebold. 2 year contract. Has to be better than BA for another 2 years. What have we go to lose?

 

[Noise]

Does anyone with any knowledge actually know whether this is true or is this just something that some plonker on here made up and everyone else ran with?

If it's not true then i think we would be the only club that doesn't let the head coach choose his own assistants.