Casper, I've heard about enough. I need to repond. Anderson admitted himself, he had no answer for the sides good form in 2009. Hayne put in some of the best individual performances EVER. In 2010 it went backwards.
Anderson rode Haynes freakishness. There was no long term solution by Anderson. Kearney at least is showing some long term solution. the team he inherited last year was a rabble. He's had one season of recruitment, last 2 performances have been woeful.
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still don't see it?? On your first point, Anderson was being modest. He was giving the players the credit for turning it around. Anderson was the one who saw Hayne for what he was - a freak. He put him in at 6 very early on but Hayne was not ready. But what it
did do, was allow Hayne to realise his abilities. When he moved back to fullback, he was a completely different player. As for "riding Hayne's freakishness", well what other choice did he have at the time. People seem to gloss over the fact that Anderson took a team that most predicted would get the wooden spoon, that most coaches would have gotten very little out of, to the GRAND FINAL. And it was no fluke. Check out his coaching record. The bloke has made something like 5 GF's in 10 years of coaching at the top level. How many other coaches can boast that record?
As has been stated many times - and the proof is out there if you just care to do your research - this administration did not want any ties back to the previous one. This included Anderson who was hired by Fitzgerald. They wanted him out from day one but his contract had just started. Had we not been so successful in 2009, he would have been punted then. Mate the bloke got some great results considering he was kept out of things like recruitment and given nothing like the free ride Kearney has gotten. Again, for those who want to argue the recruitment point, the proof is out there for all to see. He was also instructed to pick players like Daniel Mortimer & to build the team around him. Do you think it a just a coincidence that when Mortimer was dropped (oops, sorry, "rested") that the knives immediately came out for Anderson and Osborne then flew to Melbourne to sign Kearney? Anderson had had enough & his credibility was on the line as a coach. I believe at that point he told them to shove it, that he was the coach & he would coach the team the way he saw fit. The Eels picked but left themselves too much to do to make the 8 again.
As for "Kearney at least showing a long term solution", what BS. You don't think Anderson really had no plan do you?? Are you
that naive?? The current "winners" running our club got taken it hook, line & sinker by propagana inflating Kearney's ability as a coach. As I have said previously, Kearney is living proof that lack of talent or experience will never stand in the way of getting you what you want if you have friends in the right places.
We are going down the gurgle folks. There is no sugar coating it. There is no "light" being held by Mr Kearney at the end of the tunnel. It is all a total balls up. People should be held accountable. Let's just hope that someone worthy decides to run against these current morons at the next election or our future is bleak at best.
WOE
