Sack Griffin

[Dragons154]

why oh why did they extend him?? Moronic

Who cares about the extension. It was probably the right decision at the time.

the fact is, that the club has to grow a back bone and sack him NOW. Regardless of his contract situation.

anything less just shows how little they think of their fans and sponsors.

 

[Captain Apollo]

The Mole reporting Sloan and Sullivan were told this is griffins final year as coach.

If true -and nothing suggests it isnt - that just confirms how little the people running our club go about their privileged role with tenacity or hunger for success. More rolling through the motions again next year, so much to get excited about

Link to the article you mentioned -

Griffin sacking promised to two Dragons players

Club's devious ploy to retain young guns

wwos.nine.com.au

 

[Slippery Morris]

It only makes sense for them to change their minds. Sad thing is 2023 will be a dud year by keeping Hook there only because the club is to tight to sack him and pay him out. His expectations (KPI's) must have been pretty low and not one to have based on playing finals footy which is scary. I hope we get a tough draw early on at least and play the gun sides at the start of 2023 as you would rather lose those games than the ones expected to win. We can only hope a new coach comes in mid season and they can pull off a run of 10+ games unbeaten to give them any hope of unlikely finals.

 

[st.phil]

Who cares about the extension. It was probably the right decision at the time.

the fact is, that the club has to grow a back bone and sack him NOW. Regardless of his contract situation.

anything less just shows how little they think of their fans and sponsors.

At the time ? That was 6 months ago...

 

[Dragons154]

At the time ? That was 6 months ago...

8 months”

 

[denis preston]

Yes because same reporter's colleague and himself had agendas especially as he says he is a Dragons supporter.
Never heard same reporter bag Griffin at Penrith or when Gus brought him in.
Does not matter as I said it is Dragons hunting season and the fact that they chased down Matt Cooper for 2 articles in 2 weeks when he has been out of the media sunlight for some time for personal reasons. Loved Coops as a player and wish him well.

Hold on BLM , he was just saying what 95% on here have saying for at least 6 months ? Agendas or not, is his article correct?

 

[slippery5]

As long as the media keeps the blowtorch going we should all be cheering them on if it means pressure is mounted on the board to make a change. Get rid of Griffin. Now.

Much like the way Politicians are voted out by the media highlighting the deficiencies in them.

 

[justadragon]

Link to the article you mentioned -

Griffin sacking promised to two Dragons players

Club's devious ploy to retain young guns

wwos.nine.com.au

Not telling us fans anything we didnt already know, Hook is a dead man walking, the only thing to save him is that we have this miraculous finish to 2023 and win the comp. And one day it will stop raining, and we will all win Lotto )

 

[slippery5]

As I said in a previous post, "obviously sweet whispers have been said in their ears."
If so, an interim coach has to be appointed now, until the incoming coach (Young? or whoever it is) takes over 2024.

 

[justadragon]

As I said in a previous post, "obviously sweet whispers have been said in their ears."
If so, an interim coach has to be appointed now, until the incoming coach (Young? or whoever it is) takes over 2024.

Tend to agree but the Dragons wont fork out to get rid of him.

 

[VodkaSaint]

This is one time I’m not looking ahead into a new year, the player won’t give a shit about onfield performance to make sure he is gone.
The change has to be made now, the mess will get worse and another year and possibly the worst year the saints will have, not just on the field but off it as well, I have never seen such talk from players about a coach like this before, he needs to go now, our board is gutless, underperforming , and just plain clueless
I love my league and I won’t be waisting my time next year as I will be going to other games as well just to enjoy the game again .
If an interim coach needs to come so be it .

 

[Illusion]

The point that is used against DragonS fans is they are always whinging to sack the coach. If they only listened properly they would know it is the Board we want gone first but they are unaccountable.

The fish rots at the head first .....

 

[Illusion]

Not telling us fans anything we didnt already know, Hook is a dead man walking, the only thing to save him is that we have this miraculous finish to 2023 and win the comp. And one day it will stop raining, and we will all win Lotto )

What sits in my mind is if Hook was to string 3 to 4 games in a row at the start of the season , with Hunt pushing for the resigning , that might happen ...... Seen the same thing with Mary ( you would think they have learnt their lesson ) but no this lot ...... Then again leaving Hook there to fail is all setting up IMO for D.Young to take over ......

 

[Coffs dragon]

This is one time I’m not looking ahead into a new year, the player won’t give a shit about onfield performance to make sure he is gone.
The change has to be made now, the mess will get worse and another year and possibly the worst year the saints will have, not just on the field but off it as well, I have never seen such talk from players about a coach like this before, he needs to go now, our board is gutless, underperforming , and just plain clueless
I love my league and I won’t be waisting my time next year as I will be going to other games as well just to enjoy the game again .
If an interim coach needs to come so be it .

Why can’t our useless bloody club just flick Hook now as there is absolute no use in keeping him on if the decision is already made.
Surely assistant coaches Ryan Carr & Ben Woolf can jointly step up and have Nathan Brown as a lending hand mentoring, until Dean Young is able n ready for 2024!
Come on Dragons……do something and don’t right off another year.

 

[Dragon David]

Who cares about the extension. It was probably the right decision at the time.

the fact is, that the club has to grow a back bone and sack him NOW. Regardless of his contract situation.

anything less just shows how little they think of their fans and sponsors.

Some articles written about Hooks extension are as below:

Dragons extend Griffin tenure

St George Illawarra have confirmed that Anthony Griffin will remain head coach for a further season, until at least the end of the Dragons' 2023 campaign.

www.dragons.com.au

Dragons counting cost of contract extension as Griffin's potential payout revealed

Griffin's payout would be enormous if he were to be sacked.

www.zerotackle.com

What Griffin extension says about Dragons' intentions and why it actually makes sense

St George Illawarra’s decision to trigger a contract extension for coach Anthony Griffin in 2023 does make some sense even though many Dragons fans…

www.theroar.com.au

At the time it appeared to be the right decision as far as the club was concerned and so too by some of the commentary.

It is now clear that the decision made by the Dragons in February 2022 to extend Hooks tenure to the end of 2023 was wrong and to show that they have made an error in their judgment, they should bite the bullet and do a Manly and Tigers move by sacking him before the start of 2023. In fact before the start of the pre-season.

 

[jeffdragon]

It's the stupid idiots who extended him.
Now they would have.to pay him out.
The dickhead's making this decision didn't learn anything from Mary.
Now 2023 Is a gap year.

 

[jeffdragon]

This is one time I’m not looking ahead into a new year, the player won’t give a shit about onfield performance to make sure he is gone.
The change has to be made now, the mess will get worse and another year and possibly the worst year the saints will have, not just on the field but off it as well, I have never seen such talk from players about a coach like this before, he needs to go now, our board is gutless, underperforming , and just plain clueless
I love my league and I won’t be waisting my time next year as I will be going to other games as well just to enjoy the game again .
If an interim coach needs to come so be it .

But at the same time the players should also pull their heads in and show what they can do.
Show a bit if pride in themselves.

 

[Captain Apollo]

Besides the amount of money that would be required for Hook's payout, could it be that part of the board's reluctance to sack him is that they are waiting for his potential successor to become available, as in Dean Young who's contract with the Cowboys expires at the end of 2023?

 

[justadragon]

What sits in my mind is if Hook was to string 3 to 4 games in a row at the start of the season , with Hunt pushing for the resigning , that might happen ...... Seen the same thing with Mary ( you would think they have learnt their lesson ) but no this lot ...... Then again leaving Hook there to fail is all setting up IMO for D.Young to take over ......

Is the draw out for next year ? what are our first 5 games ?, if its top 8 sides then that should seal it.

 

[Parko1310]

Is the draw out for next year ? what are our first 5 games ?, if its top 8 sides then that should seal it.

Think the draw comes out in December at some time, maybe late November. I can't think of a single team we are more than a 50/50 chance of beating in rounds 1 and 2 because Molo is suspended. We are in real trouble next year. Our front row is so tragically bad it's not funny. Without Molo, I think if we do want to win in round 1 the best we can hope for is playing the Warriors again. Maybe the Knights. And then possibly the Tigers if their new signings haven't clicked yet. Anyone else in round 1 and I think we are beat.