Nathan Brown gone

[Exsilium]

I was hoping to see Ivan Cleary named as the one gone.

Can only dream.

 

[Exsilium]

This has Anthony Griffin all over it.

 

[Knight76]

Maybe it's the new 'has the full support of the board'.

Oh they said that as well not too far back.

Something like, unless something dramatic happens Brown will be the coach next year.

 

[Jean Capdouze]

Anthony “Hook” Griffin also could be the Newcastle Knights saviour, he’s a brilliant tactition of the game. It is sad that Nathaniel “Browny” Brown is departing the Knights, he’s an extremely talented & dignified coach that will make his mark elsewhere.

 

[T-Boon]

Geoffrey “Geoff” Toovey is an awesome coach, his stints with the Bradford Bulls & the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles goes to show the bloke is a gun coach. He’d do wonders with the Newcastle Knights squad next year.

If he moves up to the Castle with that legendary temper and psycho look he will be dubbed Joffry Toovey.

 

[roofromoz]

I wonder if Ponga/Klemmer have out clauses for the coach.

No one would touch anyone else in the bum team. But if there is one man who can fix this problem it's one Matthew Ronald Elliott.
Make it happen

Fourth club lucky.

 

[davi]

This has Anthony Griffin all over it.

Mark Geyer first choice for the Knights is Phil Gould, his second choice is Anthony Griffin. Phil Gould has said he won't return to coaching because he does not want to give up his media commitments.

Geyer does make the point where the Knights are at he suggests a upcoming assistant isn't what the Knights need at there stage of their development.

 

[davi]

I think you'll find that Brennan is from Newcastle, so he is the most likely of that group.

He is also a better coach than the Titans made out.

However, get ready for Walters to start denying interest like he did with the Titans.

Brennan has saddled the Titans with contracts that the club does not want. They took the recruitment off him for good reason and he is damaged goods- suggesting he is the "most likely" after he has just been recently sacked with the Titans on the bottom of the ladder is the funniest thing I've heard.

 

[davi]

Knights have a soft schedule to finish the season, could well end up in the 8! If they bump off a broken down Rabbitohs or inconsistent eels team suddenly the season is seen as a success. Imo should have just let brown finish up the season and then decide... or made the decision much earlier and installed a replacement

I've read he lost the board after they lost five in a row. If they limp into the top 8 it would have made it harder to let him go in the offseason if the board think the team is not heading in the right direction.

 

[Stephen 'Stevo' Stevenson]

I wonder who Ponga will hire as their next coach.

 

[Stephen 'Stevo' Stevenson]

Obviously he didn’t recruit “an entire team of rep players” as the person you quoted said, but i’d say 4, since like I said, KP was a rep player, he just hadn’t made it yet, but since has under Brown. And SKD has played for NZ. Probably some others too, maybe Gavet and Ese’ese?

Also, players like Watson and Ramien are better than average. One of the Saifitis has now rep’d too.

All in all he should have done better with the players at his disposal.

Obviously he did recruit a team full of rep players, as has been shown earlier in the thread.

Brown had his chance.

He blamed his own poor coaching on Wayne, when given the opportunity to fill out the squad with players of his choosing he just didn't perform.

 

[Silent Knight]

This thread is f***ing interesting. On one hand you have some people saying our backline isn’t worth feeding outside of Ponga and on the other hand Brown failed because he had a team absolutely stacked with “rep” stars. I think the truth is somewhere in the middle but fmd...

 

[Knuckle-dragger]

 

[Mr Angry]

Good man is Brown.

 

[carcharias]

Does Brailey have a get out clause?

 

[Generalzod]

Geez watching 360 last night his statistics at the Knights was nothing to get excited about why would any club consider his coaching services

 

[Bazal]

Geez watching 360 last night his statistics at the Knights was nothing to get excited about why would any club consider his coaching services

Well it's all relative isn't it? You've also gotta consider what he took over.

Brown has done a great job rebuilding the place, and he's a decent coach. Just started to feel like he'd gone stale, so this is probably a good move for both parties really. Newcastle probably need that fresh perspective to put the finishing touches on the squad and Brown probably needs to get away from a club he's so used to slogging away for no result at that he's kind of stuck in that mode.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Mark Geyer first choice for the Knights is Phil Gould, his second choice is Anthony Griffin. Phil Gould has said he won't return to coaching because he does not want to give up his media commitments.

Geyer does make the point where the Knights are at he suggests a upcoming assistant isn't what the Knights need at there stage of their development.

Mark Geyer is a f**king idiot.

 

[carcharias]

Knights need a rich benefactor and a premiership winning coach

Oh wait...

 

[Generalzod]

Well it's all relative isn't it? You've also gotta consider what he took over.

Brown has done a great job rebuilding the place, and he's a decent coach. Just started to feel like he'd gone stale, so this is probably a good move for both parties really. Newcastle probably need that fresh perspective to put the finishing touches on the squad and Brown probably needs to get away from a club he's so used to slogging away for no result at that he's kind of stuck in that mode.

Remember he had a great team at St George and managed to stuff it up as well.