Jason Ryles - Head coach of Parramatta from 2025

[hineyrulz]

So wtf knows but if I were BA and some new guy joins the club with a pretty big profile who is charged with analysing and determining issues holding back our club, and the results of his investigation are published/leaked during significant fan reaction to the Jake Arthur situation only for those results to be damning towards nepotism within our Club, even if its directed towards junior teams, I would be none too pleased.
Just my take on it.
That's one huge sentence eh? Punctuation isn't my strong point.

Neither is hugging by the looks.

 

[Happy MEel]

Plenty of blokes put career ahead of family. I'm doing it myself at the end of the year.

So is it family reasons he needed to leave for or work. I’m confused.

 

[Happy MEel]

So wtf knows but if I were BA and some new guy joins the club with a pretty big profile who is charged with analysing and determining issues holding back our club, and the results of his investigation are published/leaked during significant fan reaction to the Jake Arthur situation only for those results to be damning towards nepotism within our Club, even if its directed towards junior teams, I would be none too pleased.
Just my take on it.
That's one huge sentence eh? Punctuation isn't my strong point.

Especially when you were a junior coach (with your son in the team) during the period identified as having problematic nepotism issues.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

So is it family reasons he needed to leave for or work. I’m confused.

I reckon family reasons only applied when there was no job. Now his mate’s offered him a job the family needs to be flexible.

 

[hineyrulz]

 

[Happy MEel]

I reckon family reasons only applied when there was no job. Now his mate’s offered him a job the family needs to be flexible.

But he had a job…at Parramatta…where he is once again employed. The only quote that I can see is that we were going to “miss Browny” when he left.

I have no idea either way so this is a genuine question, but are there actually quotes from Brown citing “family reasons”? This statement from the club is all I could find and it just says we wish him and his family well up in the Goldie.

Nathan Brown departs Eels coaching ranks

Nathan Brown to step down from Elite Pathways coaching role.

www.parraeels.com.au

 

[Poupou Escobar]

But he had a job…at Parramatta…where he is once again employed.

He had a shit job at Parra. Pathways and NRLW is a massive step down for a bloke who has been involved in the NRL for decades.

The only quote that I can see is that we were going to “miss Browny” when he left.

I have no idea either way so this is a genuine question, but are there actually quotes from Brown citing “family reasons”? This statement from the club is all I could find and it just says we wish him and his family well up in the Goldie.

Nathan Brown departs Eels coaching ranks

Nathan Brown to step down from Elite Pathways coaching role.

www.parraeels.com.au

This from 2022:
"There comes a time in life where my family's got to be more important than my coaching career, that's just the reality of it. I make no apologies for that," he told 9News in June.

NRL property plays: Nathan Brown lists longtime waterfront Sutherland Shire home

Former NRL Warriors head coach Brown has quietly listed his Caringbah South home after recently calling tim...

www.nine.com.au

But why do you think he went all the way to the Gold Coast if he wanted to stay in Sydney?

We know he’s been trying to sell his property in the Shire since long before we hired him as our pathways coaching director (with a side gig helping the NRLW). He finally sold the place and made $5M. On the Gold Coast he could buy near the beach and never have to work again.

But if he went there for work, what work was he doing? He left Parra in November and there was a rumour in March that he might join Hasler’s team. That never eventuated. None of it explains why he went to the Gold Coast. Lifestyle could be the only reason, especially if he thought the NRL didn’t want him.

NRL journeyman’s $6.6m payday - realestate.com.au

Former NRL player and coach Nathan Brown has sold his home in Sydney’s south for $5m more than he paid for it.

www.realestate.com.au

 

[Hindmarshisgod2]

Seriously, why does anyone give a f**k why Nathan Brown moved to the Gold Coast???

 

[Happy MEel]

I have no idea why he went to the Goldie, neither do you. Maybe he wanted to bank the cash and still have a similar coastal lifestyle.

I’m just saying it’s plausible that a conflict with BA may have influenced his decision to leave the Eels. There has been nothing you have put forward that discounts that. In fact, I’m starting to think these “family reasons” you and others keep rehashing is nothing more than conspiracy bullshit.

 

[hindy111]

I have no idea why he went to the Goldie, neither do you. Maybe he wanted to bank the cash and still have a similar coastal lifestyle.

I’m just saying it’s plausible that a conflict with BA may have influenced his decision to leave the Eels. There has been nothing you have put forward that discounts that. In fact, I’m starting to think these “family reasons” you and others keep rehashing is nothing more than conspiracy bullshit.

I've heard there was conflict between him and BA and that's why he left.
How correct my info is I can't confirm.

 

[Happy MEel]

This from 2022:
"There comes a time in life where my family's got to be more important than my coaching career, that's just the reality of it. I make no apologies for that," he told 9News in June.

NRL property plays: Nathan Brown lists longtime waterfront Sutherland Shire home

Former NRL Warriors head coach Brown has quietly listed his Caringbah South home after recently calling tim...

www.nine.com.au

Please tell me that’s not the quote you are all are referring to. Read it again. That quote was from when he was stepping down from head coaching after the Warriors gig.

“The sale listing comes not long after Brown announced he would be calling time on his 20-year-long head coaching career, stating that his family has made too many sacrifices for him to continue to maintain the demanding role.

"There comes a time in life where my family's got to be more important than my coaching career, that's just the reality of it. I make no apologies for that," he told 9News in June.”

Here it is again at the time he said it.

NRL news 2022, Nathan Brown quits as Warriors coach, retires from head coaching

That has zero relevance to him leaving the Eels almost a year later in a non-head position role.

 

[Incorrect]

I have no idea why he went to the Goldie, neither do you. Maybe he wanted to bank the cash and still have a similar coastal lifestyle.

I’m just saying it’s plausible that a conflict with BA may have influenced his decision to leave the Eels. There has been nothing you have put forward that discounts that. In fact, I’m starting to think these “family reasons” you and others keep rehashing is nothing more than conspiracy bullshit.

Yep, it's just like the "homesick" line player's and their manager's trot out when they're looking to get away from a shit club or shit coach....

Or like Larry David observed in Curb, when people say something is "personal", you can get away with almost anything.... As soon as you say it's "personal", that's it, convo stops dead in its tracks, nobody is allowed to ask any more questions!!

 

[Gary Gutful]

So wtf knows but if I were BA and some new guy joins the club with a pretty big profile who is charged with analysing and determining issues holding back our club, and the results of his investigation are published/leaked during significant fan reaction to the Jake Arthur situation only for those results to be damning towards nepotism within our Club, even if its directed towards junior teams, I would be none too pleased.
Just my take on it.
That's one huge sentence eh? Punctuation isn't my strong point.

It wasn’t too bad, plenty of commas to break it up.

 

[Gazzamatta]

Maybe he got a pay out from our Eels. Gee that's juicy.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I have no idea why he went to the Goldie, neither do you. Maybe he wanted to bank the cash and still have a similar coastal lifestyle.

I do have an idea, since he mentioned putting his family ahead of his career. If it was just getting away from Brad Arthur he didn’t need to move out of Sydney.

I’m just saying it’s plausible that a conflict with BA may have influenced his decision to leave the Eels. There has been nothing you have put forward that discounts that. In fact, I’m starting to think these “family reasons” you and others keep rehashing is nothing more than conspiracy bullshit.

It’s possible Arthur’s influenced Nrown2’s decision to leave. I reckon he wanted a job on the coaching staff and Arthur’s didn’t want him, but neither did the other eight Sydney clubs.

The fact he moved to the Gold Coast says there’s a lot more to it though. It wasn’t just BA-is-shit. The fact Nrown2 has returned only proves he wanted a job on an NRL coaching team, which he didn’t have at Parramatta or any other club.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Please tell me that’s not the quote you are all are referring to. Read it again. That quote was from when he was stepping down from head coaching after the Warriors gig.

“The sale listing comes not long after Brown announced he would be calling time on his 20-year-long head coaching career, stating that his family has made too many sacrifices for him to continue to maintain the demanding role.

"There comes a time in life where my family's got to be more important than my coaching career, that's just the reality of it. I make no apologies for that," he told 9News in June.”

Here it is again at the time he said it.

NRL news 2022, Nathan Brown quits as Warriors coach, retires from head coaching

That has zero relevance to him leaving the Eels almost a year later in a non-head position role.

But he didn’t just leave the Eels, he sold the family home and left Sydney.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Yep, it's just like the "homesick" line player's and their manager's trot out when they're looking to get away from a shit club or shit coach....

Or a shit city?

 

[Happy MEel]

I do have an idea, since he mentioned putting his family ahead of his career. If it was just getting away from Brad Arthur he didn’t need to move out of Sydney.

It’s possible Arthur’s influenced Nrown2’s decision to leave. I reckon he wanted a job on the coaching staff and Arthur’s didn’t want him, but neither did the other eight Sydney clubs.

The fact he moved to the Gold Coast says there’s a lot more to it though. It wasn’t just BA-is-shit. The fact Nrown2 has returned only proves he wanted a job on an NRL coaching team, which he didn’t have at Parramatta or any other club.

So you’ve left the door open for the fact there may have been some conflict between Brown and BA and that may have had some influence over his departure.

I’m glad we got there in the end.

 

[Happy MEel]

I do have an idea, since he mentioned putting his family ahead of his career. If it was just getting away from Brad Arthur he didn’t need to move out of Sydney.

It’s possible Arthur’s influenced Nrown2’s decision to leave. I reckon he wanted a job on the coaching staff and Arthur’s didn’t want him, but neither did the other eight Sydney clubs.

The fact he moved to the Gold Coast says there’s a lot more to it though. It wasn’t just BA-is-shit. The fact Nrown2 has returned only proves he wanted a job on an NRL coaching team, which he didn’t have at Parramatta or any other club.

Well then I have an idea as well. If leaving for the Goldie is putting your family first (as you say), then taking the Eels pathways gig in the first place, as well as moving back to Sydney 6 months after leaving for the Goldie indicates otherwise.

At the time moving to the Goldie and working with Des may have been a real option. That didn’t happen, but he went from having a decent gig at the eels to suddenly heading up north with nothing concrete lined up. Doesn’t sound like the career move of someone who wants to stay relevant in rugby league circles. For mine it points to someone that was pushed out of the eels for whatever reason. The fact he’s back within 6 months with only one key change to the staff with any influence suggests pretty heavily to me that said person played a part in his departure.

It is no less plausible than relying on a 12 month old quote in relation to leaving a previous employer as the reason for leaving your new employer. That’s absurd.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

So you’ve left the door open for the fact there may have been some conflict between Brown and BA and that may have had some influence over his departure.

I’m glad we got there on the end.

I wouldn’t say it was conflict. Nrown2 had ambitions to coach in the NRL, but all we could offer was pathways and NRLW. For someone of his experience, it’s understandable that it wouldn’t be very appealing. For someone who doesn’t have to work it makes sense that retiring to the Gold Coast would be a better option. Putting NRL media type interpersonal melodrama around it is unfounded and unnecessary. I just don’t think Nathan Brown is the type to throw his toys out of the cot, even if he did slap Trent Barrett.