Ricky Stuarts post Roosters stats are not 33%. Thats his Origin stats fof f*cks sake. All up - it's 46%.
What is interesting is that his first season was pretty much identical to our last year. Narrow last minute losses killed them. He made the minor changes to convert those into wins - and they came equal first. Kearney made minor changes, and we couldnt win a f*cking chook raffle!
Anyone whinging if we pick up Sticky after punting Kearney is like someone selling a f*cking Kia and complaining about getting a Ferrari.
So the coach who has proven to walk away from clubs worse than when he gets there will be our head coach it looks like. This board is a joke. The ultimate whinger & half killer will lead this once great club.
Which is all his fault right?
He took Easts to three straight grand finals. Second coach to do so legally since Warren Ryan at Canterbury in 86. Took Cronulla to an almost MP bar for and against. That's better than their miracle year this year ffs!. And why did things go to sh*t at Cronulla? Tony Zappia. Sex Scandal. Fraud. The same f*ckwit board that Chris Anderson left because of. Greg Bird. No money.
None of that is Sticky's fault.
FOr those of you who actually think he is half decent speak to supoorters of roosters & shoarks to see how much damage he has done there & how long it took them to recover
Three grand final at one, a very unlikely prelim GF at another. I'm sure they would have preferred Kearney. FFS..........
This is a tough one for you Eels fans. To me Stuart is a 3 year coach. An extremely intense individual (in regards to passion and performing at your best every game) that will work well in your favour for the first few years. After that i believe the weekly grind of having a coach like him wears guys out. And here is the dilemma. When he leaves,how will he leave the club? Warren Ryan left Balmain because "the juice had been squeezed from the orange" which is fair enough to a certain extent, however as head coach it should have been his responsibility to make sure there was a lot more oranges coming through. I believe Stuart to be the same sort of individual. Hopefully for you guys if you do get him, there will be plenty of fruit left when he departs. As an outsider, i have no doubt the Eels will improve dramatically under Stuart, but i would also already be looking at a succession plan.
He probably is. Jack Gibson was a 3 year coach.
Sticky is one bloke who will do whatever it takes. He will motivate, hassle and challenge players. He will get into referees. He will expect board support - and wreak some sort of havock if it doesnt come. We have not had that since Jack Gibson. Monie and Hilditch would never rock the boat. Cronin was not demanding of success. Smith was obsessed with his white board and text and just annoyed everybody. Taylor just wasnt here long enough, but seems to be too much of the players mate. Hagan - underrated - was too relaxed. Ando had one game plan. Kearney too much of a hippy peaceful attitude - may as well have been coached by Neil.
Ricky Stuart would be a vast improvement. It could not get worse. Forfeiting would be an improvement. Anyone bemoaning sacking Mooks for Sticky would complain about winning lotto.
But the real thing is this - we are relying on Benny Elias being 99.9% certain. That could mean he read it in his tea leaves.