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Eels Next Coach

Who will be Eels Next Coach

  • Hannay

    Votes: 30 29.4%
  • Hollbrook

    Votes: 12 11.8%
  • Ryles

    Votes: 33 32.4%
  • Morris

    Votes: 5 4.9%
  • Cheika

    Votes: 22 21.6%

  • Total voters
    102
  • Poll closed .

Eelementary

Post Whore
Messages
57,214
Under Brian Smith, we always looked the complete footy team.

Under Brian Smith, we regularly made Finals footy.

Under Brian Smith, we jagged high-quality big-names, such as Glenn Morrison, Timana Tahu, Jim Dymock....

Under Brian Smith, we developed quality juniors into world-calibre players - Nathan Hindmarsh, Jamie Lyon...hell, even Moodie, and Hodgson, played for NSW, and Vaealiki was a regular for New Zealand.

His only weakness was not being able to get the side mentally prepared for a Grand Final - something which has haunted him for years.

Bring him home - let him finish his story.
 

Gazzamatta

Coach
Messages
15,647
Hannay to Eels until Payton or Walters are punted.
Ryles to Eels until Bellamy decides to leave Melb.
Take your pick.
Missing a huge opportunity if its not Holbrook. Add Smithy in a Gus like role and watch us go.
 

Chipmunk

Coach
Messages
17,375
The talk/rumour amongst some in the media is that Hannay will be announced but only as a 1 year deal.

If that’s the case, anyone involved in the decision should be pushed off the leagues club roof, as we won’t sign or re-sign a single player
I can't see either a coach taking the gig on for one year, or the club even just offering it for one year.

The only exception I can see to that is if they decide to keep Barrett on and go for someone else in 2026.

To be honest I wouldn't put a decision like that past these incompetent muppets though.
 

Pazza

First Grade
Messages
9,793
Under Brian Smith, we always looked the complete footy team.

Under Brian Smith, we regularly made Finals footy.

Under Brian Smith, we jagged high-quality big-names, such as Glenn Morrison, Timana Tahu, Jim Dymock....

Under Brian Smith, we developed quality juniors into world-calibre players - Nathan Hindmarsh, Jamie Lyon...hell, even Moodie, and Hodgson, played for NSW, and Vaealiki was a regular for New Zealand.

His only weakness was not being able to get the side mentally prepared for a Grand Final - something which has haunted him for years.

Bring him home - let him finish his story.

Under Brian Smith we ended each finals campaign with an almighty choke
 

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