Sack Adam O'Brien

[Woody90]

I raise you AOB

he was the next big thing assistant coach when we got him

No issue with us signing him to begin with, but he’s been here for 5 years now.

 

[Knight Tales]

Sam Burgess I could get on board with. He wouid attract players. And he has a presence which is undeniable. When he talks people listen. And he would not provide anything but the truth in those pressers.

 

[Mr_Knightside]

Yeah I could get around that idea too.

 

[Woody90]

Brad Arthur is the best option for mine.

Eels fans hate him but they hate everyone and he got them to a GF with a pretty so so side. I’d take that.

Most importantly his attacking style is pretty compatible with some of our key players and that’s the major thing we can’t get from AOB.

 

[The Axe of Druss]

Ciraldo has done a great job with a team bought and not developed.

Ciraldo built the team to suit the way he wanted to coach and has got them top of the table after 10 rounds

Fitzgibbon hasn’t done that much better than us to be honest with a much better team.

This is a joke right? Hes gotten them to multiple top 4 finishes which included a prelim. Hes also built a roster with depth a quality across most of the positions. Hes lightyears ahead of AOB

Webster… took him a while but has them humming.

This is an argument that hes no better than AOB?

 

[Haffa]

At the end of the day, it comes down to who can we appoint that is going to make the club stronger. I’m yet to hear of a better, realistic appointment.

There is the glowing endorsement

 

[Haffa]

This is an argument that hes no better than AOB?

A preliminary final in his first season being described as “took him a while”. The team he inherited finished 15th the year before he arrived.

 

[perverse]

Fitzgibbon has a win % of 63%, the third highest of any current active coach. I'd say that's a fair bit better than the Knights. I mean I'd take it!

Has a win rate nearly 20% higher than our dimwit, but ain't that great lol.

I don't even care about win rates, but that is hilarious. The fact is our football doesn't pass the eye test or the vibe test. No-one in the NRL takes us seriously. Players do not want to come and be coached at the Knights, let alone play for us. Players were more excited to come and join the Brown rebuild than they are to join this dodgy ship. There is zero positive energy around us amongst the media, NRL players or seemingly even internally.

There is talent in our team. It might not be a Top 4 squad, but our top 17 is far far more capable of what they're doing now - and what they're doing now is just the result far too often in the past 6 years to ignore. We need a change 2 years ago, but right now is the next best time to do it.