Roosters to Sack Stuart ???

[Bay56]

Roosters to sack Stuart


By Phil Rothfield and Rebecca Wilson
August 27, 2006

The Sydney Roosters are on the verge of sacking Test coach Ricky Stuart, and paying out the final year of his contract.

We can today reveal head honcho Nick Politis last week put all senior positions at the football club, including the entire coaching staff, under review.

Rumours swept football circles last week that club powerbrokers were desperately trying to convince former champion five-eighth Brad Fittler to take over Stuart's job in partnership with Channel Nine's Phil Gould.
Fittler has been reluctant to accept the role because of his friendship and respect for Stuart.

We're told he will be offered the first grade coaching job with Gould returning as director of coaching.

We contacted Stuart to ask him about the rumours yesterday but he declined to comment.

When we approached Politis yesterday, he confirmed Stuart's job is under review. "We're running a business and not a very successful one at the moment. We're second last. Other than that, I've got no comment to make."
Another source told us: "There is definitely something happening with Brad Fittler. "Everyone at the football club was told last week that all positions are under review."

If Politis cannot convince Fittler to take on the job, the Roosters have few alternatives. Outgoing Penrith coach Johnny Lang, who played for the Roosters in the 1980 grand final, is an option but an unlikely one.
Whatever happens, Politis has decided that missing the semi-finals for two years in a row is unacceptable and that the club is in need of a new coach and new direction.

The one thing that hasn't changed is that the man who knifed Stuart is one of Politis' closest friends, and the same cold-blooded person who callously worked behind the scenes to have the previous coach Graham Murray sacked as well.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,,20259363-23209,00.html

 

[Bay56]

apologies for the spello in the thread title ... maybe a mod can rectify that

 

[Walt Flanigan]

Brad Fittler becoming a coach is just laughable. Sure he was a good player but he's as thick as bricks.

 

[SOULS 04]

do you still want him as coach bay?

 

[hrundi99]

Brad Fittler becoming a coach is just laughable. Sure he was a good player but he's as thick as bricks.

From my brief interlude with the Roosters I met Freddy a few times in a business environment and he may not be a genius, but he's not "thick as bricks".

 

[Bay56]

do you still want him as coach bay?

f**king oath I do !!

I have an opinion of Stuart and the Roosters recent bad stint has not changed that one iota.

I figure there is more to this story than the newspaper article suggests. It seems to fall in place with what I heard earlier this season.

 

[always a raider]

ffs, get over it he cant coach for sh*t, what more evidence do you need?

 

[Bay56]

ffs, get over it he cant coach for sh*t, what more evidence do you need?

evidence ???

mate I'd hate to have you in the jury box

how about three GF's and a SOO series win after having been down 1 zip ...

A coach is as good as the players he has available ... atm I dont think the Roosters have purchased very well at all .. who makes those decisions at the Roosters I'm not sure but I reckon that one G.Gould has a big say.

Gould and Murray both had the likes of Fitler available and did sweat FA. Along comes Stuart and there is instant success.

I rest my case your honour.

 

[hrundi99]

Gould hasn't had much to do with the club in the last 12-18 months...

 

[SOULS 04]

yeh i agree bay...he still has the runs on the board and he is so competetive normally... the roosters is not a happy place... get his down here.. maybe not as coach but get him here for something.

 

[Bay56]

Stuart would bring this club more than just his coaching ...

he'll also bring credibility and respect from the league world at large ..

... and continue to enforce the pride in wearing the green jumper.

They can have our Finch and Monaghan ... give us back Ricky Stuart any day thankyou.

 

[lotm]

I have an opinion of Stuart and the Roosters recent bad stint has not changed that one iota

of course it wouldn't. you're a hypocrite.

A coach is as good as the players he has available ... atm I dont think the Roosters have purchased very well at all .. who makes those decisions at the Roosters I'm not sure but I reckon that one G.Gould has a big say.

err ... gus has said that he hasn't been associated with the roosters for almost a couple of years. don't let that stop you making him the scapegoat, though.

gould's the one who provided the basis for stuart's success. that, plus stuart inherited one of the most talented sides in recent history. it takes more than one off-season to improve players that drastically.

Stuart would bring this club more than just his coaching

you'd want to hope so, otherwise he'd be coming empty-handed.

the roosters have had a very talented side on paper for the past two years, and yet they've missed the finals in consecutive years. not even elliott has done that with a less talented squad. how come everything with the raiders is 'the buck stops with the coach', but the excuses are a plenty for stuart?

oh, plus stuart's a whinging little bitch. i couldn't stand him as coach, even if he was half-decent - which he's not. he's crap.

crap, i say!

 

[edabomb]

Hahahaha awesome post LOTM.

 

[Edwahu]

Cant really blame them for sacking him. I still think he has a lot to offer as a coach but has struggled the last two years. He should have got better results at that club. He was doing a pretty good job of rebuilding lately though and I am sad to see a absolute champion of the club struggling anywhere.

I dont think the Roosters alternative is much chop though. Gus should just be made coach.

 

[canberra_raiders2k2]

if he was available and we needed a coach, then maybe but only for the fact that he is a canberra legend.

 

[lotm]

Gus should just be made coach

i get the feeling that some bridges were burnt between gus and the roosters. seemed to start just around the time they started playing sh*t.

gould also said on the roast that he'd never coach again.

 

[Bay56]

the roosters have had a very talented side on paper for the past two years, and yet they've missed the finals in consecutive years. not even elliott has done that with a less talented squad. how come everything with the raiders is 'the buck stops with the coach', but the excuses are a plenty for stuart?

oh, plus stuart's a whinging little bitch. i couldn't stand him as coach, even if he was half-decent - which he's not. he's crap.

crap, i say!

Are we talking about the same coach that took his side to 3 GF's in a row, won the World Team championship (where many had failed), won a SOO after being one match down ... you're a pretty hard task marker.

So it's just about having a good roster huh, and it will then just fall in your lap ... so when was the last time Wayne Bennet won anything, Steve Folkes won a GF in 2004 but nothing much more, and Nathan Brown .. huh how many GF's should he have won by now.

And the Roosters have a very talented roster do they ... last time I saw they had two over-rated nuckleheads running the show in Anasta and Finch.

Get real LOTM (and others) ... if you think that Stuart doesnt have the credentials to take a team all the way.

Take a look at the scoreboard fellas.

 

[Edwahu]

i get the feeling that some bridges were burnt between gus and the roosters. seemed to start just around the time they started playing sh*t.

gould also said on the roast that he'd never coach again.

It's pretty clear there was a falling out between Stuart and Gus. He is very close mates with Politis though. My impression is there was a power struggle going on and Sticky's results gave him no chance of winning.

Gus may say he will never coach but he will be coaching. They would not give Fittler the job with zero experience otherwise.

 

[lotm]

same coach that took his side to 3 GF's in a row

i wasn't aware that fittler was captain-coach. nice piece of trivia there.

won the World Team championship

considering he was the only coach to take it seriously, you'd like to think he could beat the champions of a vastly inferior competition.

won a SOO after being one match down

seriously ... get the f**k off that. it's not that impressive. i'd rather have the greatest origin coach of all time.

time I saw they had two over-rated nuckleheads running the show in Anasta and Finch

who's the one who continues to select them at the expense of a promising young half? seems like a distinctly similar situation to the one in canberra.

see ... this is what i mean. you're a bloody hypocrite. for stuart, the fact that he selects hacks as his starting halves combination is an excuse for his failure, whereas it's a reason elliott's a hack.

make up your mind, mate.

Take a look at the scoreboard fellas

the scoreboard i'm looking at is 42-16. to the warriors.

and the table reads 14th.

So it's just about having a good roster huh

err ... can i refer you to a previous post of yours:

A coach is as good as the players he has available

i'd appreciate it if you could make up your mind about this as well.

 

[lotm]

He is very close mates with Politis though

so is gus the best mate of politis in the tele article?