You weren't saying that at the start of the year. I think you will be a lot better next year but don't pretend like you weren't expecting much bigger things this year.
Well yes I was expecting more this year. But a ridiculous amount of injuries plus a coach who is even more inept that I thought hurt us.
Next year when we have the next great coach of the game, and a clean injury list, we'll get where we should have been the last 2 years.
The great coaches of the modern era are Bennett, Gould, Bellamy, Hasler, and the next one will be Maguire.
A track record of doing what?
They're both given a big share of the credit for Melbourne's success. Johns turned Cronk into a superstar when originally people thought he was only an average player. Maguire is considered the "brains" of the operation out of all the assistants during their success. Bellamy himself once said he owes a lot to Maguire's work. When we went calling people when we were considering Maguire, Bellamy reportedly gave him an outstanding recommendation.
Kearney got a lot of the credit as an assistant coach, but I've heard a lot should have gone to Maguire.
And since he's gone to the UK he's delivered a premiership for Wigan, an underacheiving big club (some similarities to Souths) in his very first year. That was their first in over a decade, which is a long drought in the UK for big clubs. And Wigan are currently 1st on the ladder and on their way to a league-cup double this year.
3 trophies including 2 premierships as well as 2 minor premierships in 2 years in the ESL. Plus his work as an assistant coach for the Storm during their peak years. Universally praised by those who have worked with him. His resume is as good as you can possibly get for a coach who hasn't coached an NRL team yet.
And unlike Kearney, he's had head coach expierience and acheived success by himself without the greatest coach of all time pulling the strings.
The final piece of the puzzle is in place.