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LU Panthers all time 17 Team. Final Result.

Hooked

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I can't remember the match. It was early in the year (07?) and we won ugly. At a press conference Elliott's rip-off of Moris Iemma's 2007 election slogan "More to do but heading in the right direction" Was cringe laughable. He lost me after that.
 
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Kilkenny

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Purtell in the backrow for the first time and it was a final! Elliott was REALLY bad. Any member of this forum couldn't do worse.
He was very personable fellow, wife and I happened to stay in same hotel as the team on one of our trips to the Gold Coast. We were at breakfast I had a Panthers polo on, he came up and said hello, asked whether we were at game, said we were travelled up from home. He thanked us for our support which was kind of nice. He had his two daughters with him, but went out of his way to have a quick chat. Post coaching he established a pretty successful leadership speaking company. I don’t know whether he still does the gig but it was certainly a going concern for a while.
 

Chins get the wins

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He was very personable fellow, wife and I happened to stay in same hotel as the team on one of our trips to the Gold Coast. We were at breakfast I had a Panthers polo on, he came up and said hello, asked whether we were at game, said we were travelled up from home. He thanked us for our support which was kind of nice. He had his two daughters with him, but went out of his way to have a quick chat. Post coaching he established a pretty successful leadership speaking company. I don’t know whether he still does the gig but it was certainly a going concern for a while.
He does seem like a great bloke
 

Kilkenny

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He does seem like a great bloke
There’s a lot of reasons why people fail, most coaches in our game fail, very few achieve premierships or sustained success.

It’s ancient history now, I thought when he came to the club, he could have delivered good things, but it just didn’t happen. Not sure it was entirely his fault. There were other issues at the top level that probably didn’t help him.
 

Chins get the wins

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There’s a lot of reasons why people fail, most coaches in our game fail, very few achieve premierships or sustained success.

It’s ancient history now, I thought when he came to the club, he could have delivered good things, but it just didn’t happen. Not sure it was entirely his fault. There were other issues at the top level that probably didn’t help him.
I really turned on him after the famous pic of him hanging himself with his tie. Well more on the club. He was obviously not up to the gig at that point and yet we didn't sack him
 

Kilkenny

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I really turned on him after the famous pic of him hanging himself with his tie. Well more on the club. He was obviously not up to the gig at that point and yet we didn't sack him
I tend to think the whole neck tie thing, was a rather endearing moment of his reign.

He was a good bloke, just didn’t work out for him in the end.
 
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