Eels Next Coach

[King-Gutho94]

He also took the Kiwis further than Cheika took the Wallabies. Maybe coaching rep footy doesn’t have much to do with coaching a club side.

Cheika won a domestic comp.

I think that counts more then a 4-5 week mickey mouse comp bashing up on minnows where you only have to get your arse to the final and nail the prep for 80 mins in a 1 off game.

What's Kearney's club record week to week compared to Cheika's.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

He has one of the worst finals records in history * over 10 games. Go and do your maths mr pau pau.
Go check boy.

And Ricky Stuart had one of the best over the same number of games. It’s too small a sample to mean much at all.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Opening day at western Sydney stadium was pretty special.

We are trying to get 4 or 5 games there next year. Book out the corporate boxes with our NDIS patrons.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Cheika won a domestic comp.

I think that counts more then a 4-5 week mickey mouse comp bashing up on minnows where you only have to get your arse to the final and nail the prep for 80 mins in a 1 off game.

What's Kearney's club record week to week compared to Cheika's.

You miss the point. Nobody’s saying Kearney is a better coach than Cheika, just that results in rep footy mean f**k all. Might as well get Meninga because of his Origin record.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

I wish the NRL would get their crap together ..unless it’s a sudden change of jersey and rooster.

 

[Stevie]

If that were true Hannay would not still be putting his hand up for the Eels job..

Are you serious? Ever heard of eggs in one basket or been on the job market?

 

[JokerEel]

Are you serious? Ever heard of eggs in one basket or been on the job market?

So Hanney gets the Eels gig next week then the Cowboys sack Payton Hannay quits after 3 weeks...

 

[chiefy1]

And Ricky Stuart had one of the best over the same number of games. It’s too small a sample to mean much at all.

Too small to support your vested interest.

Ricky stuart =

24

15

9

62.50%

Brad Arthur =
12 matches. 4 wins. 33%
Brad is obviously a coach who gets found out in the matches that mean most.

Go figure boy

 

[Stevie]

So Hanney gets the Eels gig next week then the Cowboys sack Payton Hannay quits after 3 weeks...

f**k me swinging. No. If he accepts the Eels job then that’s it.

He has multiple options as any candidate would do.

 

[King-Gutho94]

That win in Nth Qld to make the GF, almost gave me a panic attack.

Great f**king game.

You will be hard pressed to find a parra fan that wasn't having a panic attack that night.

I was at a mates house and I could barely breathe in that 5 mins.

One of pricks should have secretly recorded me during that last 5 mins I was a nervous wreck. Thinking we were going to be heartbroken yet again.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Cowboys and Broncos finals, some of the wins over big clubs like Melbourne and Penrith. It all really blurs into one long montage of adequacy.

So Round 19, 2018 missed the cut.

I thought that was a special to make the list.

A cold Thursday Night at homebush in mid-July between two sides battling for the spoon in front of 7k fans in a 83k stadium and winning.

What more can you want as a fan.

 

[JokerEel]

f**k me swinging. No. If he accepts the Eels job then that’s it.

He has multiple options as any candidate would do.

Or hear me out....

The Cowboys gig is not even there he has as much chance as coaching the riff ..

 

[jason taylor]

Twelve games is a small sample. It’s half a season ffs

Yet those are the games you’re remembered for. Those are the only games that matter And that history will remember.

If a business has three solid quarters of growth, and then a horror fourth quarter that wipes out all their gains, that business will be at panic stations. They won’t be talking about those first three quarters and claiming “adequate performance”.

 

[DaveMc]

Yet those are the games you’re remembered for. Those are the only games that matter And that history will remember.

If a business has three solid quarters of growth, and then a horror fourth quarter that wipes out all their gains, that business will be at panic stations. They won’t be talking about those first three quarters and claiming “adequate performance”.

It’s a bit like a criminal charge. “But your Honour, what about all those days I *didn’t* drink drive? That one night is much too small a sample size.”

 

[Hindmarshisgod2]

You will be hard pressed to find a parra fan that wasn't having a panic attack that night.

I was at a mates house and I could barely breathe in that 5 mins.

One of pricks should have secretly recorded me during that last 5 mins I was a nervous wreck. Thinking we were going to be heartbroken yet again.

I was thanking God for creating alcohol that night.....

 

[DaveMc]

I was thanking God for creating alcohol that night.....

I was stone cold sober and still nearly chundered in that set on our line when Lane got the charge down/block where we regained possession.

 

[Stevie]

Or hear me out....

The Cowboys gig is not even there he has as much chance as coaching the riff ..

Mate he is not claiming that, I’m just sharing some information I’ve been told. A lot of QRL people are speaking about it f**k knows if it’s true.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

The two remaining candidates have barely coached NRL and where they have, they have failed miserably. Benji territory.

It’s all looking pretty glib and miserable if this is the best you can come up with.

You need signings I think. Lomax will be terrific except he will not get closer than 3 feet to the touch line as he says he’s not a winger.

But whoever sacked BA….hasn’t got a clue, NFI.

 

[the phantom menace]

Nobody’s saying Kearney is a better coach than Cheika

Go on though... deep down, you know you really want to!

 

[DaveMc]

The two remaining candidates have barely coached NRL and where they have, they have failed miserably. Benji territory.

It’s all looking pretty glib and miserable if this is the best you can come up with.

You need signings I think. Lomax will be terrific except he will not get closer than 3 feet to the touch line as he says he’s not a winger.

But whoever sacked BA….hasn’t got a clue, NFI.

lol Benji territory involves the club persisting with him as a head coach for a number of years, then Benji deciding to go and coach the Auckland Blues, then coming back to coach in the NRL via St George and a season at the Broncos.

He then has weird emotional homecoming at the Tigers where they forget he was a pretty consistent failure, so give him the reigns again with Robbie Farah as an assistant (who returns after an unsuccessful stint as a coach at Souths where everybody hates him), but they fairly quickly realise that it doesn’t make sense and Benji ends up at Souths as an assistant coach after getting the arse. He’s involved with an unsuccessful grand final campaign, which is the equal the best result he’d had since 2005.

The Tigers then decide that Benji’s the man for the job, but not just yet. They exhume Tim Sheens from his eternal resting place after he conducts a coaching and development review from his crypt around 2040, to take over with a view to mentoring Benji as a coach. Timmy is pretty frozen, so they give the reigns to Benji early to let Timmy take the heat when the Tigers win the spoon again. Nobody buys that Benji isn’t in charge.

Formally, Benji starts his second stint as Tigers head coach in 2042. Nevertheless, the fans are excited.