Rd14: Eels v Bulldogs GAME DAY THREAD @ Accor Stadium 13/6/22

[hindy111]

Depends what you class as failure. Is it a failure not to win the comp every year? Every five years? Once a decade?

I'd say 1 in 16 years

 

[Wally21]

Don't confuse shareholders with stakeholders. The only shareholder of the Parramatta Eels is the Parramatta Leagues Club and under the current Parra Eels Board and management, the Leagues Club has stopped having to hand over few million $ every year.

I completely understand the shareholders vs stakeholders. It was all part of the original analogy around 42 pages back… I can’t even remember where we started…

 

[EelsFan05]

The point is, it’s only mediocrity from the perspective of people with unrealistic expectations of our team (i.e. passionate fans). Arthur’s record has been pretty good, and only looking at finals in isolation does it look bad. But the board and CEO are smart people and they would be aware that judging eight games out of a couple hundred is a very poor way to make decisions. It is such a small sample, and only has meaning when dopes apply a narrative.

This is sports entertainment, so narratives are a big part of the product, and dopes are a significant part of the target market. You can expect blame narratives from the media. But rational decision makers should be avoiding those sorts of assessments.

When can we expect the sample size to be big enough?

 

[The Predictor]

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Depends what you class as failure. Is it a failure not to win the comp every year? Every five years? Once a decade?

Better than one every 36 years, or is that being too optimistic? I know your okay with, though most normal people are not, you actually sound like that dickwaad sarantino

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Question was after 9 years of failure. But you can’t answer it, you pose more questions to deflect. Typical coward poupou. King of the deflection. Don’t bother replying, we know where you are heading into meaningless confusing comments where you don’t make sense.

I was showing how your question was stupid.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I'd say 1 in 16 years

Agreed. So he should get another seven?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

When can we expect the sample size to be big enough?

Well as an example, Ricky Stuart won 7 from his first 8 finals matches. At what point was his record representative of his skill as a coach?

 

[hineyrulz]

Yet the thrashings continue. Thats the point Twiz. One constant remains though.

Remember when our coach told us all we’d have a team to be each and every week?? His second week we got smashed by almost 50 if I remember.

And remember when he also said no more spoons??? 9 seasons on and he has nearly as many spoons as finals wins.

 

[hineyrulz]

Don't confuse shareholders with stakeholders. The only shareholder of the Parramatta Eels is the Parramatta Leagues Club and under the current Parra Eels Board and management, the Leagues Club has stopped having to hand over few million $ every year.

Well that’s great to know, that’s the main thing. As long as the leagues club is doing well who really cares about the team. That’s not what we are all invested in!!

Go the leagues club!!

 

[hineyrulz]

Well as an example, Ricky Stuart won 7 from his first 8 finals matches. At what point was his record representative of his skill as a coach?

If just 2 finals wins and a spoon in 9 years isn’t a big enough sample size lets double down and give Bea another 10 years just to be sure. We don’t want to do anything to hasty……..

 

[hindy111]

Agreed. So he should get another seven?

Well he should win a gf every 16. Make 2 GF in that time and passed week 2 of finals 4 times.( OUR BET)
Make the top 8 -8 times
Wooden spoon once which he has achieved

 

[hindy111]

So in next 7yrs he'd need to get to week 3 x 4 times, Make 2 GFs and win one.

 

[Twizzle]

Yet the thrashings continue. Thats the point Twiz. One constant remains though.

and that never happens to other clubs ? the Storm got belted a few weeks back

do you seriously expect any club could go 9 years without any thrashings ?

 

[lucablight]

and that never happens to other clubs ? the Storm got belted a few weeks back

do you seriously expect any club could go 9 years without any thrashings ?

Clubs who are supposed to be premiership contenders don’t get thrashed by the team coming last.

 

[Gary Gutful]

forwards look broken. Not sure they can sustain bash and barge for great success.

Well we are f**ked if that’s the case. Not sure there is any other way to play them.

 

[Twizzle]

Clubs who are supposed to be premiership contenders don’t get thrashed by the team coming last.

lol, are you referring to us as premiership contenders ?

 

[lucablight]

lol, are you referring to us as premiership contenders ?

Absolutely

 

[hineyrulz]

and that never happens to other clubs ? the Storm got belted a few weeks back

do you seriously expect any club could go 9 years without any thrashings ?

When the Storm get flogged 34-4 at full strength by the team running last get back to us.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Remember when our coach told us all we’d have a team to be round of each and every week??

Can't say that I do

 

[Twizzle]

When the Storm get flogged 34-4 at full strength by the team running last get back to us.

why would I do that ?

you didn't respond to this bit cherry picker

do you seriously expect any club could go 9 years without any thrashings ?