I bit off more than I could chew at Eels - Kearney

[bartman]

I couldn't give a f**k about Kearney, just like I don't care about any of our ex-coaches. I'm just bringing some perspective to the Kearney hate.

Sure you don't care :lol:

There's no "hate" here at all imo, just valid analysis of Kearney's performance. So nothing to bring perspective to - which you're only doing because you don't care of course...

In his two years he's left the club in better shape than he found it. You can't say that about any previous coach since Brian Smith.

I don't think you can say that about Kearney either - but I'm sure it won't stop you (especially since you don't care...). :crazy:

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I never said I don't care about the truth.

You can call it Kearney love all you want, and deny his hate as 'valid analysis'. You only have to look at the language used in this thread to express the opposing viewpoints to see which side is arguing emotionally. :lol:

 

[Maroubra Eel]

Get f**ked Poupou you merkin.

 

[strider]

By coming second last and last and not being able to attract players to the club. By delivering our first spoon in over half a century. By not getting the best out of our players. By having crap game plans and having one of the worst win percentages in the history of the game.

but apart from that, you have to admit it was all good :thumn

:sarcasm:

 

[strider]

i'd hate to burst SKs bubble, but despite his sizable face, maybe he can't chew much??? .... 5 years under one of the best coaches we've seen in recent times and he still couldn't down a mouthful

I hope the main thing he has taken out of his parra time is that it may not be possible to implement something exactly the same as melbourne elsewhere .... every club/team/player is different, gotta have lots of flexibility

 

[Suitman]

gotta have lots of flexibility

What, like this?

 

[parra-matters]

is SK talking about the burgers at the stadium?

 

[penrithmob 65]

I think you lot are way to hard on Kearney. At what point do you look at the over paid underachieving players.Sandow should have been a huge upgrade for you but just never turned up to play.Tonga another big signing that rarely got on the field
Getting the spoon was never going to be a feel good story. Well not for you lot anyway for us panthers it was enjoyable so in short i salute you mr kearney

 

[strider]

actually sandow DID turn up and play in several games .... why he didn't do it regularly is probably partly his fault and partly his boss' fault - none of us will know how much blame each should take

problem is, it wasn't just sandow or just tonga or just any one person ..... when most of the team seem to be lazy and unmotivated it's hard to blame the individual

 

[Sphagnum]

This clown should go down as one of the worst coaches EVER to be given a first grade gig.

This article made my blood boil. He would have realised he'd bitten off more than he could chew after about 5 games. How it took him as long as it did to f@ck off is a good indication of how shit his character actually is. I hope every club he touches turns to shit like ours did so we never have to hear from the f@ckwit again.

Alfie Langer will be remebered as a great assistant, at least for the next couple of years.

 

[Eels Dude]

Interesting to see he's off to Brisbane as opposed to heading to NZ like originally planned. Well at least he's not our problem anymore.

 

[Ratchy]

Interesting to see he's off to Brisbane as opposed to heading to NZ like originally planned. Well at least he's not our problem anymore.

After what Kearney has been through with Parra why wouldn he want to go to another basket case when he go to a professionally run club like the Broncos?

 

[MarkInTheStands]

Yes, yes Mr. Kearney you did.

There was a story I heard, don't know how true it was but the Chairman of our club spoke with the Player Agent of a well known player who left a neighboring district for the shire. The Chairman asked what more could he have done, and was told by the Agent, your deal was a winner, but the player didn't want to be coached by your coach, and about then was when the Coach was getting moved on.

 

[Avenger]

Yes, yes Mr. Kearney you did.

There was a story I heard, don't know how true it was but the Chairman of our club spoke with the Player Agent of a well known player who left a neighboring district for the shire. The Chairman asked what more could he have done, and was told by the Agent, your deal was a winner, but the player didn't want to be coached by your coach, and about then was when the Coach was getting moved on.

Maybe we dodged a bullet but the same thing happened with Adam Blair.

 

[Eelementary]

I applaud Kearney for having the honesty and class to admit that he wasn't the right man for the job. In my humble opinion, the coaching position at Parramatta is THE hardest job in rugby league - our club can be poorly run at times, and its massive, passionate supporter base [rightfully] accepts nothing less than the best. It is a very big ask for a rookie coach to come into all this and have success in a relatively short period of time.

I think that overall, Kearney's tenure here was a failure, but he did do some great things for us. Possibly the biggest challenge he faced was trying to do everything himself at this nutcase of a club - it's tough enough to coach in the NRL, but factor in player management, lower grades infrastructure, etc. and it's a big deal, and the pressure undoubtedly got to him.

I agreed with Kearney's idea that the squad needs to learnt o play disciplined, grinding footy. I think the team tends to play better when they play ad lib football - however, teaching them to play simple, boring, mistake-free football, like Melbourne, is key to becoming successful. I don't think it's a secret that we've struggled to grind out games for some time now (with the odd rare exception). His tactic of trying to get us to learn to be disciplined and grind out games was correct, in my eyes, but for whatever reason, it didn't take.

For all the good and all the bad, Kearney is not an Eel anymore, but he did do some good things to help us and I appreciate it. He gave some talented youngsters a go, attracted some quality players to the club and began the clean-out of our playing ranks. I wish him the best.

 

[Suitman]

I applaud Kearney for having the honesty and class to admit that he wasn't the right man for the job. In my humble opinion, the coaching position at Parramatta is THE hardest job in rugby league - our club can be poorly run at times, and its massive, passionate supporter base [rightfully] accepts nothing less than the best. It is a very big ask for a rookie coach to come into all this and have success in a relatively short period of time.

I think that overall, Kearney's tenure here was a failure, but he did do some great things for us. Possibly the biggest challenge he faced was trying to do everything himself at this nutcase of a club - it's tough enough to coach in the NRL, but factor in player management, lower grades infrastructure, etc. and it's a big deal, and the pressure undoubtedly got to him.

I agreed with Kearney's idea that the squad needs to learnt o play disciplined, grinding footy. I think the team tends to play better when they play ad lib football - however, teaching them to play simple, boring, mistake-free football, like Melbourne, is key to becoming successful. I don't think it's a secret that we've struggled to grind out games for some time now (with the odd rare exception). His tactic of trying to get us to learn to be disciplined and grind out games was correct, in my eyes, but for whatever reason, it didn't take.

For all the good and all the bad, Kearney is not an Eel anymore, but he did do some good things to help us and I appreciate it. He gave some talented youngsters a go, attracted some quality players to the club and began the clean-out of our playing ranks. I wish him the best.

Well said champ.

Suity

 

[DeanPay98]

I couldn't give a f**k about Kearney, just like I don't care about any of our ex-coaches. I'm just bringing some perspective to the Kearney hate.

In his two years he's left the club in better shape than he found it. You can't say that about any previous coach since Brian Smith.

That is ridiculous. When he found the club we'd been in a grand final the year before and with a few more wins we could've made the 8 in 2010. He took us to second last and dead last. Now either you have the intellectual skills of a Shetland pony and you cannot read an NRL ladder or you have a serious problem with the truth.

 

[hineyrulz]

I applaud Kearney for having the honesty and class to admit that he wasn't the right man for the job. In my humble opinion, the coaching position at Parramatta is THE hardest job in rugby league - our club can be poorly run at times, and its massive, passionate supporter base [rightfully] accepts nothing less than the best. It is a very big ask for a rookie coach to come into all this and have success in a relatively short period of time.

I think that overall, Kearney's tenure here was a failure, but he did do some great things for us. Possibly the biggest challenge he faced was trying to do everything himself at this nutcase of a club - it's tough enough to coach in the NRL, but factor in player management, lower grades infrastructure, etc. and it's a big deal, and the pressure undoubtedly got to him.

I agreed with Kearney's idea that the squad needs to learnt o play disciplined, grinding footy. I think the team tends to play better when they play ad lib football - however, teaching them to play simple, boring, mistake-free football, like Melbourne, is key to becoming successful. I don't think it's a secret that we've struggled to grind out games for some time now (with the odd rare exception). His tactic of trying to get us to learn to be disciplined and grind out games was correct, in my eyes, but for whatever reason, it didn't take.

For all the good and all the bad, Kearney is not an Eel anymore, but he did do some good things to help us and I appreciate it. He gave some talented youngsters a go, attracted some quality players to the club and began the clean-out of our playing ranks. I wish him the best.

Classy as usual Eele.

 

[hineyrulz]

That is ridiculous. When he found the club we'd been in a grand final the year before and with a few more wins we could've made the 8 in 2010. He took us to second last and dead last. Now either you have the intellectual skills of a Shetland pony and you cannot read an NRL ladder or you have a serious problem with the truth.

And the side he was handed was the same as the 09 GF side????

Even comparable to the one in 10?????

We lost from the 2010 side

INU
Mateo
Cayless
BooHoo
Grothe

After losing Kinga,Lowrie and Joey G from the 09 side. Add in Poore hardly played last year and you can't compare the two sides but lets not get facts in the way of another anti SK rant.

 

[DeanPay98]

I applaud Kearney for having the honesty and class to admit that he wasn't the right man for the job. In my humble opinion, the coaching position at Parramatta is THE hardest job in rugby league - our club can be poorly run at times, and its massive, passionate supporter base [rightfully] accepts nothing less than the best. It is a very big ask for a rookie coach to come into all this and have success in a relatively short period of time.

I think that overall, Kearney's tenure here was a failure, but he did do some great things for us. Possibly the biggest challenge he faced was trying to do everything himself at this nutcase of a club - it's tough enough to coach in the NRL, but factor in player management, lower grades infrastructure, etc. and it's a big deal, and the pressure undoubtedly got to him.

I agreed with Kearney's idea that the squad needs to learnt o play disciplined, grinding footy. I think the team tends to play better when they play ad lib football - however, teaching them to play simple, boring, mistake-free football, like Melbourne, is key to becoming successful. I don't think it's a secret that we've struggled to grind out games for some time now (with the odd rare exception). His tactic of trying to get us to learn to be disciplined and grind out games was correct, in my eyes, but for whatever reason, it didn't take.

For all the good and all the bad, Kearney is not an Eel anymore, but he did do some good things to help us and I appreciate it. He gave some talented youngsters a go, attracted some quality players to the club and began the clean-out of our playing ranks. I wish him the best.

Thats quite fair. At least he also had the decency to eventually fess up that he wasn't up to the job. I guess until we organise the coaching job properly so that one person isn't doing absolutely everything the club will struggle. That said, as a coach Kearney left too much to be desired. He did blood some good young players, but he stifled the team's attack and mismanaged its defence. We are both better off for parting ways.