Kearney

[POPEYE]

Most of us who never said the bloke was a supercoach but wanted him to have a fair go are gloating. He couldn't be driven from the NZ job as he was from the NRL, although you can see him during Bronco games, I'm not sure how they're going this year but he doesn't seem detrimental . . . pity Loudy is absent from discussion

In case anyone hasn't 'bothered' to listen to the NZ post match press conference, do yourself a favour

 

[Parra]

Second best coach for exhibition matches I've seen. Still got a way to go to catch Meninga.


WTF does Sheens do?

 

[Nightward]

WTF does Sheens do?

Insist on the selection of players who shouldn't be there and force the team to use ineffective attack and defence patterns.

 

[reanimate]

Insist on the selection of players who shouldn't be there and force the team to use ineffective attack and defence patterns.

I.e. what he did at the Wests Tigers, only now for Australia.

 

[nick87]

Insist on the selection of players who shouldn't be there and force the team to use ineffective attack and defence patterns.

spot on so far

 

[whall15]

Most of us who never said the bloke was a supercoach but wanted him to have a fair go are gloating. He couldn't be driven from the NZ job as he was from the NRL, although you can see him during Bronco games, I'm not sure how they're going this year but he doesn't seem detrimental . . . pity Loudy is absent from discussion

In case anyone hasn't 'bothered' to listen to the NZ post match press conference, do yourself a favour

A fair go?

He coached for almost two whole seasons at Parramatta where he had one of the worst records in NRL history. It's not as if he wasn't given a chance.

 

[POPEYE]

Thank f**k not every coach had to run the Parra gauntlet

 

[proto]

i think we all know its a fair bit different being a national team coach then a regular nrl coach. he does extremely well in bringing a squad together and making them lift.

the people saying marshall should have been involved somehow are hilarious, he has his gun halves duo he likes and have performed and he has his mate leuluai who can step in and gives it his all.

 

[Vic Mackey]

You do realise the rep teams only had 2 training sessions this week? At this level apart from selections I don't think coaches have a huge impact.

 

[Chook Norris]

You do realise the rep teams only had 2 training sessions this week? At this level apart from selections I don't think coaches have a huge impact.

^spot on

 

[Danish]

My impression of Steve Kearney as a coach:

 

[POPEYE]

You do realise the rep teams only had 2 training sessions this week? At this level apart from selections I don't think coaches have a huge impact.

Thank an imaginary friend for that, it means we don't have to dump Sheens at all.

and, 200+ looks and not much dissention

 

[Cloudsurfer]

You do realise the rep teams only had 2 training sessions this week? At this level apart from selections I don't think coaches have a huge impact.

That applies to both teams, so what was the difference?

I'm a Kearney fan. What he has done is quietly go about instilling belief in a squad for which he set a bar of character and commitment to be in it in the first place & ownership once they were - from the last RL World Cup, the 2014 ANZAC test, the 4 Nations, to this ANZAC test.

No prima-donnas who think they're bigger than the game & hello?
That & the various talents to suit the gameplan Kearney wanted to play was the criteria for the selectors and they did a great job imo.

Cut to Parra & what did Kearney get there -the guy didn't stand a chance. A couple (at least) of primadonnas who thought they were bigger than the game, had the ear of a few & the fans in their pocket. Lol at the Parra fans who said Kearney should be coaching them the way they always played...

Aussie didn't take the ANZAC test seriously & it showed...

On the one hand they want to grow the game across the world, on the other only grow it so Origin remains the ultimate...guess what? The rest of the world doesn't care about Origin. Imo Origin would be better being a traditional/ heritage/ exhibition game at the end of the season when Oz can't be bothered looking outside to see opportunities to make RL a world game...

Back to Kearney, nice bloke, humble, wins guys over by bringing out what's already there - who ever said coaches have to be out there barking & throwing their hands in the air to make something happen?

Maybe Kearney isn't an NRL level coach, who knows yet? I'm just happy to have him at the helm of the Kiwis atm. Great team, great win, great coach (and not necessarily in that order ). Also great competition for the Oz national team to rise against - if they care to that is

 

[POPEYE]

If what Jabba imagined was going to happen every wanker and his flat faced dog would have ridiculed Kearney as a flash in the pan, a pretender, they would have denounced him as the coach who couldn't win with the best international forward pack

Hard to imagine in his time being tutored by Bellamy that he did not have some input as well in the careers of Melbourne's greats. Hard to say he doesn't get the best out of Johnson, something no other coach can. F**kwit logic has Kearney not spending enough time with the Kiwis to make a difference, how many years is it now that NZ players have known it's his way or the highway

I dare say he could sustain the cult in Melbourne, perfect the poaching in Canterbury, drive the swamp buggy in Brookvale, tap the unlimited resources of Brisbane or do as well as any coach with cattle willing to follow a bell. Given a respectable chance he might even have emulated Mary with players willing to listen

 

[Penrose Warrior]

You do realise the rep teams only had 2 training sessions this week? At this level apart from selections I don't think coaches have a huge impact.

This.

However, Kearney does seem to serve as a decent man manager and motivator.

So did Bluey McClennan, and his less than a year at the Warriors served to prove the week-in, week-out stuff is a hell of a lot different.

 

[POPEYE]

This.

However, Kearney does seem to serve as a decent man manager and motivator.

So did Bluey McClennan, and his less than a year at the Warriors served to prove the week-in, week-out stuff is a hell of a lot different.

Bullshit as usual

 

[SpaceMonkey]

This.

However, Kearney does seem to serve as a decent man manager and motivator.

So did Bluey McClennan, and his less than a year at the Warriors served to prove the week-in, week-out stuff is a hell of a lot different.

Big difference between the two is Kearney has a sound grounding in NRL systems from working under Bellamy, McLennan came straight from Auckland club league to the Kiwis then got handed a star-studded ESL side that basically coached itself.

 

[Penrose Warrior]

Big difference between the two is Kearney has a sound grounding in NRL systems from working under Bellamy, McLennan came straight from Auckland club league to the Kiwis then got handed a star-studded ESL side that basically coached itself.

True.

I hope he has an NRL head coaching gig in his future - I wouldn't like it to be us, however.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

True.

I hope he has an NRL head coaching gig in his future - I wouldn't like it to be us, however.

If he's good enough to be a successful NRL coach, I dont see why we wouldn't consider him, especially considering his history with kiwi players and status as an ex-Warrior.

 

[Penrose Warrior]

Well that's the thing, we don't know if he is good enough to be a successful NRL coach.

We've had 5 coaches in 4 years, the thought of the next one being unproven too scares the shit out of me.