Rumours and Stuff

[hineyrulz]

not bad for a bloke who took us to a GF last year.

*Fluked

 

[Hindmarshisgod2]

The most embarrassing part of the gf last year was bushy pulling out his magic tricks by kicking straight down the middle on kick off, and getting the panthers away on the front foot straight off the bat....

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I think when you consider the rest of Anderson's career (Warriors and in England) those other 3 half seasons could be seen as the outliers.

He has a career NRL win rate of almost 53% so he was obviously a decent coach. I think his record in the UK is irrelevant though. It’s virtually a four team competition. St Helens won three premierships in the six years before he got there. They had resources.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

That's a fair point. He wasn't Wayne Bennett or Jack Gibson. I think he was more like Terry Fearnly tbh; but my point is, most commentators will tell us that Parramatta rode on the coat-tails of Jarryd Hayne to reach the GF in 09, whereas I think Anderson got us there and never received credit for it.

Are we giving out credit for making grand finals now? Some very ordinary coaches have won them.

 

[hineyrulz]

he got the same result as DA did in 09...did he not?

Did Arthur coach against a team that was almost 30% of the cap?? And if a bit of luck here or there we at least take that game to GP.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Anderson famously responded to the Qn "can you pinpoint what turned the team around ?" By saying "I don't know".

BOOM that gave his haters purchase and from then on LOL! he had no f**king idea.

Can we maybe consider that half a season of footy is too small a sample for judging a coach’s ability?

 

[lingard]

Are we giving out credit for making grand finals now? Some very ordinary coaches have won them.

What do think of him, Pou?

 

[IFR33K]

I call bullshit on this and the other comments about him not knowing how they turned it around.

DA probably didn't want to look like he was an arrogant prick and stayed humble.

I went to most home games back then as I had membership, and I can see how well drilled they were just from the pre match warm up, let alone the game....in all other seasons they looked sloppy prior to DA, and there is one thing I've learnt in my 40 years of watching footy, you can pretty much tell the outcome of any game simply by watching the pre game warm up. They were on fire under DA. He deserves all the credit. Hell, he also was the one who moved hayne to fullback and punted finch mid season.

DA was the best coach since Smith.

I have it on good authority that while DA was at the warriors, during there run to the gf, they stopped all drills and were playing piggy in the middle

 

[IFR33K]

he got the same result as DA did in 09...did he not?

Only took 10 years…

 

[Stagger eel]

Didn't get embarrassed

as we say in the classics..

you can't polish a turd, a loss is a loss is a loss....

I get the gripe you have against BA, that's fine, you're allowed to hate him, but if you can't acknowledge that he did better than Robinson and Bellamy did at the same year than there's no helping you.

 

[Stagger eel]

Only took 10 years…

even the great coaches had better platforms to work off when they started at their respective clubs...but yeah, it took 10 years so he has to be a shit coach.

 

[Stagger eel]

Did Arthur coach against a team that was almost 30% of the cap?? And if a bit of luck here or there we at least take that game to GP.

I guess we'll never know that answer..

find me a disgruntled whistle blower from the foot of the mountains and you may get your answer..

 

[hineyrulz]

I have it on good authority that while DA was at the warriors, during there run to the gf, they stopped all drills and were playing piggy in the middle

What about duck duck goose?? Or is that just our retention and recruitment committee??

 

[parra pete]

What about duck duck goose?? Or is that just our retention and recruitment committee??

Have you EVER posted a positive comment on the GAME of Rugby League? Have you ever seen a light at the end of the tunnel?

 

[IFR33K]

even the great coaches had better platforms to work off when they started at their respective clubs...but yeah, it took 10 years so he has to be a shit coach.

Never said he’s a shit coach.

but for a 10 year veteran fmd he’s still making rookie errors.

 

[Stagger eel]

Never said he’s a shit coach.

but for a 10 year veteran fmd he’s still making rookie errors.

yeah, the biggest one is probably his preparation going into this season...

it could cost him his job in the next 12 months if he doesn't fix the imbalance of the squad..

 

[Soren Lorenson]

Have you EVER posted a positive comment on the GAME of Rugby League? Have you ever seen a light at the end of the tunnel?

hahaha it was the Eels train with BA driving coming to run @hineyrulz over

 

[Stagger eel]

hahaha it was the Eels train with BA driving coming to run @hineyrulz over

*bald impact.

 

[King-Gutho94]

hahaha it was the Eels train with BA driving coming to run @hineyrulz over

He will be right if BA is driving the truck its stuck in the mud atm

 

[Gronk]

What does this mean really ? Gus and Ricky miss out.