Eels Next Coach

[Twizzle]

Dont forget Wayne.

I added Benny

 

[Someone2]

If we miss out on Bennett hopefully we land Sheens

 

[Eelectrica]

Ryles is an interesting one. I mean how long does he want to wait for Bellamy to retire?

 

[Twizzle]

Ryles is an interesting one. I mean how long does he want to wait for Bellamy to retire?

I reckon Slater could have his eye on the Storm job when Bellyache goes

 

[blue bags]

@Twizzle

Can you please put a poll up. It's your thread.

Ryles, Morris, Hannay, Holbrook, Cheika, Demetriou, the assistants at Newcastle and Brisbane, other.

Hook Griffin

 

[blue bags]

I added Benny

Hook Griffin

Eddie Jones

 

[Incorrect]

I have a feeling it will be either Holbrook or Hannay.... You'd like to think both know how to implement a defensive plan given they are assistant's at the 2 best defensive teams in the comp.... exactly what we need to be focusing on

 

[eels81236]

Sho

I have a feeling it will be either Holbrook or Hannay.... You'd like to think both know how to implement a defensive plan given they are assistant's at the 2 best defensive teams in the comp.... exactly what we need to be focusing on

Short term. With the squad we have. turn the squad over and then what?

 

[Incorrect]

Sho

Short term. With the squad we have. turn the squad over and then what?

I don't understand the question

 

[speedster]

Maguire?

 

[eels81236]

Should we be concentrating on a defensive minded coach? Or an attacking minded coach for that matter with our current roster?

My thoughts are that a new coach is going to turn the roster over. Our contract situation will make that restrictive short term. But, we need a coach now who is willing to start from scratch. Eat shit for a while but a defensive minded coach or an attacking minded coach ain’t winning with what we have now.
Short term thinking may fix our defence. Long term thinking may get us deep into the finals….eventually.

Apologies. This was meant to be a reply to @Incorrect.

 

[the phantom menace]

Brian McDermott

Brian McDermott (rugby league) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[emjaycee]

Should we be concentrating on a defensive minded coach? Or an attacking minded coach for that matter with our current roster?

My thoughts are that a new coach is going to turn the roster over. Our contract situation will make that restrictive short term. But, we need a coach now who is willing to start from scratch. Eat shit for a while but a defensive minded coach or an attacking minded coach ain’t winning with what we have now.
Short term thinking may fix our defence. Long term thinking may get us deep into the finals….eventually.

Apologies. This was meant to be a reply to @Incorrect.

Our defence is more of a problem than our attack at the moment.
Even though we rely seem to rely on individual brillance/luck to score tries, we saw on the weekend the Talagi try (obviously trained for) and the Simmonson try (we know they trained for that because there was an Insta or X post with Bailey practising the putdown), both of which didnt require individual brilliance.

 

[hindy111]

No way would we chase Demetriou

Poll added and I can add more options as they arise

Put my name up there you dumb merkin

 

[speedster]

What's Brian Smith up to these days? His brother Tony is a current coach who happens to have, er, become free recently.

 

[blue bags]

Dean Young
Can coach

 

[Avenger]

Why don't we at least enquire about Slater?

 

[TheCrowe]

Brian McDermott

Brian McDermott (rugby league) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Ex active combat Marine
Ex pro boxer
4 Super League Championships coaching Leeds
3 Challenge Cups
As an assistant coach has the Knights total plod roster (minus Ponga) way ahead of us.

 

[eels81236]

I agree with everything you have said but my point is emphasised when you said “at the moment”. But… The club has made the decision to move on from that coach so it is somewhat irrelevant.

A new coach will change all that. Defensive structures will need to change. Attacking structures need to change.

I think choosing a coach that suits our current roster/playing style/mindset is a short term solution. We are not a club entering our window. We are quickly slipping out of it.
The roster needs to be turned on its head. It’s been a decade of the same thought process. It worked for a period of time. For whatever reason it’s not working now.

IMO we don’t need a short term fix to cover cracks. What we have simply isn’t good enough.

I’ve been here long enough and been lurking long enough to respect your opinions and your connections within the club. You know more than I do but I will respectfully disagree with you here.

its rebuild time. The coach needs to write his own script. Burn the grandstand down.

I need to learn how to quote again. Apologies. The was meant as a reply to @emjaycee

 

[Avenger]

When I think about it I can't see the club going for a rookie. It will be someone with NRL or Super League first grade experience.