Rumours and Stuff

[Avenger]

The only coach we sacked was Daniel Anderson. The rest quit or their contracts were not renewed.

The board however has been a basket case. I’ll concede that.

 

[ash411]

I've been over this too many times to honestly bother anymore, so here it is in dot points.

If your post is in regards to turmoil;

-He took over the worst roster we have ever had in 2014.
-He built towards the roster he wanted in 2016
-The board cheated, badly, and the club imploded in 2016.
-He has since had to start from near the bottom, with the club falling to pieces around him

If it is in regards to stability;

-We have gone through more coaches than pairs of underwear since Brian Smith
-We have endured nothing but squabbling and mismanagement off the field
-This has gone on since 2006 or so and left us with the stigma of being a basket case
-We need to demonstrate that these times are past us, as I said in more detail HERE, if we are to actually fix the root causes of our continued failure.

Nice to see someone else gets it.

 

[Soto]

Nice to see someone else gets it.

Understand that there are pros to signing BA but has the board conceded there are slim pickings available to replace him.
My concerns are that it was clearly stated a decision would be made in June.
Now after getting smashed on the weekend and with the threat of Guth and Moses leaving, (and Guth waiting for BA to be confirmed as coach) have we pandered to the players and their managers?
We also know as passionate eels supporters the ambush was on against raiders, knights and storm yet we saw the same mediocre performances against all 3. Terrible ruck defence, repeat sets on our line, dropped balls, no percentage plays, forced passes, panic footy...in all cases it has appeared to be a lack of game plan and execution
Same story over the last 5 years. When the big games have come around we have gotten stage fright..to me i see this as inherent problem..
I would have gone for a new coach, a new voice and a new direction with the support staff...
Justin Holbrook
Jim Dymock,
Adam O'Brien
Jason Demetriou
If Shane Flanagan becomes available again sign him up...

 

[Bazal]

Why are people obsessed with Flanagan?

-The style of footy he coaches is dire, one dimensional, grubby and not Parramatta
-He is allegedly involved in the salary cap cheating
-He is a once-banned drug cheat
-He has been banned AGAIN for flouting the conditions of his last ban. This ban is indefinite.
-He is a knob and definitely not the sort of person we want coaching Parramatta

Big no thanks. Yuge!

 

[ash411]

Understand that there are pros to signing BA but has the board conceded there are slim pickings available to replace him.
My concerns are that it was clearly stated a decision would be made in June.
Now after getting smashed on the weekend and with the threat of Guth and Moses leaving, (and Guth waiting for BA to be confirmed as coach) have we pandered to the players and their managers?
We also know as passionate eels supporters the ambush was on against raiders, knights and storm yet we saw the same mediocre performances against all 3. Terrible ruck defence, repeat sets on our line, dropped balls, no percentage plays, forced passes, panic footy...in all cases it has appeared to be a lack of game plan and execution
Same story over the last 5 years. When the big games have come around we have gotten stage fright..to me i see this as inherent problem..
I would have gone for a new coach, a new voice and a new direction with the support staff...
Justin Holbrook
Jim Dymock,
Adam O'Brien
Jason Demetriou
If Shane Flanagan becomes available again sign him up...

Paying all five of those guys will be expensive. And a little overkill if you ask me, we probably would only need the one.

I’m not against the idea of brining in another assistant for BA, that can help with tactics & stuff, would be very useful.

But for now the club needs stability, change for changes sake is rarely a good idea. We tried that when we shoved Smith out the door and it didn’t go too well for us.

 

[Soto]

Paying all five of those guys will be expensive. And a little overkill if you ask me, we probably would only need the one.

I’m not against the idea of brining in another assistant for BA, that can help with tactics & stuff, would be very useful.

But for now the club needs stability, change for changes sake is rarely a good idea. We tried that when we shoved Smith out the door and it didn’t go too well for us.

Ok just to be clear these were names i was tossing up as options...not sign all 5 at the same time.
Apart from Flanagan who is established all these guys have completed good apprenticeships under some very astute and premiership winning coaches.
I just don't see BA's coaching as having evolved..

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I hope we did it just to appease the players.

I reckon it's two years because nobody offers a coach only one year.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Baz

He has been here since 6 years.
What are you on about ? Besides Bellamy and Robinson who currently has had more consecutive years at one club?

AND ARHTUR'S HAS EXACTLY THE TEEM HE WANTED!!!

Though I suspect he would prefer Bellamy's or Robinson's team.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Baz

He has been here since 6 years.
What are you on about ? Besides Bellamy and Robinson who currently has had more consecutive years at one club?

Flippity flip flip flip mcflippy flip flop.

 

[T-Boon]

Hopefully he is on low enough money so that if we need to sack him we are prepared to.

 

[eels_fan]

I think it’s likely been expedited as we are in negotiations with some players outside of the club (rumoured to include DWZ) and they are not going to seriously consider our club without knowing who the coach is. We’ve had Lane & Fergo continually state it was BA that attracted them to the club, so clearly his peers and the players in the game have a high opinion of his coaching and the person he is.

 

[ash411]

Ok just to be clear these were names i was tossing up as options...not sign all 5 at the same time.
Apart from Flanagan who is established all these guys have completed good apprenticeships under some very astute and premiership winning coaches.
I just don't see BA's coaching as having evolved..

Ohhhhhhhh

 

[hineyrulz]

I hope we did it just to appease the players.

The players deserve to get what they want after the stellar performance they put in on Saturday night.

 

[hineyrulz]

The 64-10 loss must have really clinched it for the board.

 

[hindy111]

I think it’s likely been expedited as we are in negotiations with some players outside of the club (rumoured to include DWZ) and they are not going to seriously consider our club without knowing who the coach is. We’ve had Lane & Fergo continually state it was BA that attracted them to the club, so clearly his peers and the players in the game have a high opinion of his coaching and the person he is.

We need coach sorted now. Otherwise it could derail this season. And we are still a chance for finals.
There are supposedly better coaches with better squads doing worse. Siebold,Cleary, Green. I am sure all 3 where coach of year and most had them in top 4 or 8 at worse.

 

[Avenger]

Flippity flip flip flip mcflippy flip flop.

And Mr A will never speak unless he has something to say.

PS. Always reminds me of the Mr Ed song for some reason. Have a good day Gaz.

PPS. I pick up my Rolex today.

 

[IFR33K]

The 64-10 loss must have really clinched it for the board.

Don’t be negative mate. We need stability.

 

[84 Baby]

The style of footy he coaches is dire, one dimensional, grubby and not Parramatta

If I could play Pou Pou’s advocate, perhaps that is what we need to adjust what is Parramatta.
Seems moot at the moment anyway

 

[Gary Gutful]

And Mr A will never speak unless he has something to say

Or if he's upset at BA.

 

[eel01s]

I've been over this too many times to honestly bother anymore, so here it is in dot points.

If your post is in regards to turmoil;

-He took over the worst roster we have ever had in 2014.
-He built towards the roster he wanted in 2016
-The board cheated, badly, and the club imploded in 2016.
-He has since had to start from near the bottom, with the club falling to pieces around him

If it is in regards to stability;

-We have gone through more coaches than pairs of underwear since Brian Smith
-We have endured nothing but squabbling and mismanagement off the field
-This has gone on since 2006 or so and left us with the stigma of being a basket case
-We need to demonstrate that these times are past us, as I said in more detail HERE, if we are to actually fix the root causes of our continued failure.

All this is true.

However I would like to see us bring in a new assistant or two to help with tactics and defence.