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Rank the Coaches

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Everyone knows without a good coach you're not going to be taking home the premiership.

In 2018 we have 3 rookie coaches and although people have had their say on these coaches where do they compare to the rest of the NRL in your mind?

Below I have given my ranking and have included their win percentage in the NRL.

1. Craig Bellamy - 68.1
2. Paul Green - 61.5
3. Trent Robinson - 61.8
4. Shane Flanagan - 53.8
5. Brad Arthur - 50
6. Wayne Bennett - 62.1
7. Ivan Cleary - 46.9
8. Trent Barrett - 44.9
9. Garth Brennan - -
10. Anthony Griffin - 55
11. Nathan Brown - 43.2
12. Anthony Seibold - -
13. Paul McGregor - 47.1
14. Dean Pay - -
15. Ricky Stuart - 48.8
16. Stephen Kearney - 25.8

My train of thought to get the above was who I would most want to coach my team going into 2018 (with no bias to the current coach).
Well let's make it fair

Let's give the cap cheating years zero wins

So the Rouse Hill Rhinos coach probably comes last and with 4 years of losses Bellamy may even be under that

BA can't even win under 14s how's he ever going to win a premiership
 

King hit

Coach
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Bellamy would be the best at the present moment. Think Bennett will need to go to another step to win another premiership.

Flanagan the most overrated coach today. Good one mate.
 

T-Boon

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1. Green
2. Bellamy

The record shows that Bellamy is a pretty poor coach without Cam Smith. And the record also shows that pretty much everyone is a great coach with Cam Smith.

Green won a premiership in his second season and somehow got the Cowboys to the GF without their star player and leader.
 

The_Shield

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1. Green
2. Bellamy

The record shows that Bellamy is a pretty poor coach without Cam Smith. And the record also shows that pretty much everyone is a great coach with Cam Smith.

Green won a premiership in his second season and somehow got the Cowboys to the GF without their star player and leader.
I don’t think that’s really fair. Most games Cameron Smith misses are because of origin when we’re missing half of our team
 

T-Boon

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I don’t think that’s really fair. Most games Cameron Smith misses are because of origin when we’re missing half of our team

Well yeah, though he was also humiliated in the 2008 Gf without Smith and then also his disastrous state of origin efforts without Cam.
 
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The_Shield

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Well yeah, though he was also humiliated in the 2008 Gf without Smith and then also his disastrous state of origin efforts without Cam.
So you’ve based your argument around 1 game and origin. Which coach hasn’t been thrashed while missing their most important player?
 

T-Boon

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Did you miss this years grand final?

It wasn't a thrashing and it was just one game in a series of numerous games where Green proved he could win big games without Thurston. Point is, he has proven he can. Not that he always will.
Unfortunately for Bellamy he is like one of the three stooges when he does not have Smith. He has never won a meaningful game without him. Ever.
 

The_Shield

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It wasn't a thrashing and it was just one game in a series of numerous games where Green proved he could win big games without Thurston. Point is, he has proven he can. Not that he always will.
Unfortunately for Bellamy he is like one of the three stooges when he does not have Smith. He has never won a meaningful game without him. Ever.
34-6 isn’t a thrashing?

Also you seem to remember the 2008 grand final but not the game before that. Storm won the preliminary final against the Sharks 28-0 without Cameron Smith
 

T-Boon

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34-6 isn’t a thrashing?

Also you seem to remember the 2008 grand final but not the game before that. Storm won the preliminary final against the Sharks 28-0 without Cameron Smith

Actually yes 38-6 is a thrashing but I stopped watching after about 15 minutes when I was reminded by the Storm why I don't watch Storm games...so this is the first time I have heard the score. I thought it was 24-12 or something.

Also I'll need to google the win over the Sharks because I just don't believe it. The reason I don't believe it is that Bellamy just does not win without Smith.
 

The_Shield

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Actually yes 38-6 is a thrashing but I stopped watching after about 15 minutes when I was reminded by the Storm why I don't watch Storm games...so this is the first time I have heard the score. I thought it was 24-12 or something.

Also I'll need to google the win over the Sharks because I just don't believe it. The reason I don't believe it is that Bellamy just does not win without Smith.
So you admit that you talk all this shit but don’t even check to see if it’s true?
 

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