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Agree, horse shit he hasn't been suspended! Clear repat offender. NRL setting themselves up for future law suit with these fines vs suspensions!
I think the biggest indicator to me of coaching performance is the man manager quality of said coach. No one can tell me Wayne Bennett knows how to unlock a game miles better than anyone, or that Craig Bellamy has a secret to defensive structures or whatever. That sort of IP flows freely throughout 16 clubs and everyone has access to it. The difference in the greats - the Bennetts, Bellamys, Clearys, is that they get the best out of their resources. Their players, their support staff, the club etc. They are consistent. They know how to motivate, consistently. They drive hard standards but can do enough cuddling to keep players on their side. The ones who can't do that, don't succeed.
Great discussion.
This reminded me of John Hart, who was with us during our 'within a whisker of a premiership' year.
Yep that’s correct, it’s reading the players, assessing their ability then giving them a role that compliments both their strengths and the spine. Bellamy has it, Bennett has it, Robinson probably does but we only ever really see quality in their lineup, Cleary has it at numerous clubs, and Hasler has it
Good point. I lived in Melbourne and I don't exactly know the system, but I know at secondary school level it is very school-based. That would differ from Sydney RL where the emphasis is on SG Ball, Harold Matthews, the old U20s, state under age representation etc? I don't remember there ever being any emphasis put on where a player came from club-wise in AFL.
Absolutely. Culture is EVERYTHING. That's in any business, any environment, any team, anything you want to look at. I find it incredible at times when you look at an organisation and you see how closely it mirrors the person at the top - be it a CEO, coach, principal at a school etc. You could have tens, hundreds, thousands of people below that person(s) but those values, behaviours, and overall culture is nearly always mirrored from the head honcho.
Exactly, I was going to use this example, too. He saw the quality in Ivan and if Wayne Scurrah had an ounce of nous, he would have backed in the superior knowledge of Hart to keep him in NZ. But as we all know, Wayne + Eric knew better, and 11 years later we're still in the toilet.
Madge I would throw in the regimented crew. Des at the Dogs is probably a perfect example, he turned up in 2012, saw what he had, and took a team with J Reynolds and K Keating as the halves to the grand final using forwards as his playmakers. Even at Newcastle Wayne found a prelim final
