Looks like Mary will defiantly be coach next season after Saturday's results puts Saints in the Finals series which I am sure was his and the club's target. He even has a chance to finish top 4 which is better than what we or the club would have expected.
Seeing Saints were hardly on any of these NRL experts top 8 predictions before the season started that will go in his favour.
If Seibold's rabbits loses next 2 and Mary finishes ahead of the bunnies Mary may even get coach of the year in the Daly M's. Now that will probably get him another extension.
Yeah Slippery, Johnston won't sack his good mate Mary unless there's a player revolt or members' boycott (that's been growing over the years).
There's been a sniff of discontent in the air- and the body language has smacked of disillusionment
I blame McGregor for Benny's loss of form, as 'play what's in front of you' has been the gist of coaching advice - and now, at the 11th hour, under immense pressure he very reluctantly accepts blame for the team FFS.
All the TV commentators bang on about lack of strategic thinking & Plan B (which requires a capacity for abstract thinking that's totally beyond the poor basta*d.
So, player revolt?
That's quite on the cards, as there's only so much stupidity players ( Benny, Graham & Mann, who's been coached by Bellamy, which probably explains Mary's petty disdain for him) can put up with - despite the fact that Mary has gone to great lengths to ensure loyalty via selection consistency with out of form players who politically back him in the media & wherever.
Over time player self respect must kick - and the fans considered?
And yes, Bruce is putting up the money - and money, or loss of it talks - and he must be worried about attendances and the yearly marketing damage Mc Teflon does to the Dragons' brand..
And I know dozens of fans refusing to renew membership until sanity prevails and Mc...is gone - sensible, ordinary people who can see what the club ignores re a chance to take the step up to a coach who can win a Grandfinal.
That's the bottom line in this game
So we'll see how long the self-confessed fraudster ( 'I shouldn't have been appointed?')
lasts - and if Brian baby has learnt something in his 20yr 'absence' (FMD he was rapturous about Mary's extension, so fellas, don't hold your breath!)
