Sack mcgregor

[Dea]

McGregor has had more then enough time to produce a winning team and we have had been in the finals twice. He is not good enough to get what is required out of a team who consistently underperform. His game plans, substitution strategies and development of players show his failures. The whole team needs an overhaul and that has to include the head coach. If he wants to coach for the love of it go find a park team. Cause right now his coaching is killing my love for the game and this club..

 

[Warabrook saint]

McGregor has had more then enough time to produce a winning team and we have had been in the finals twice. He is not good enough to get what is required out of a team who consistently underperform. His game plans, substitution strategies and development of players show his failures. The whole team needs an overhaul and that has to include the head coach. If he wants to coach for the love of it go find a park team. Cause right now his coaching is killing my love for the game and this club..

So very true . Again the apologists in the media come out in defence of the indefensible

 

[Warabrook saint]

Today’s Sun Herald


Dragon stayer
There’s something about ‘‘Mary’’ that we’ve all been overlooking.

Dragons coach Paul McGregor is a perfectionist who desperately wants to win. He is not coaching for money. He has other projects on the go. He has invested wisely. Heis coaching because he loves it.

He won’t need to be sacked if he is not performing. He’d walk away if he feels it’s unworkable. Right now he believes the situation at the Dragons is salvageable.

Mary is not a dummy. He knows he needs to perform or perish. He knows there are people at the club who don’t like him. He knows finishing 15th – the worst result in the club’s history – is not acceptable.

There's something about Mary: Paul McGregor will walk away if his future at the Dragons appears untenable.CREDIT:NINEVMS

But it’s the Illawarra faction at the club that has the power because of the Bruce Gordon-WIN Corporation connection.

Remember, it was the board that re-signed McGregor – to a contract that hasn’t even started yet.
McGregor is on $800,000 a year, so if the Dragons wanted to sack him now it would cost them a lot of money. And then there’s the $1million they would need to spend on a new coach.

As a senior assistant at the Roosters, Wollongong product Craig Fitzgibbon is on $350,000. If former Sharks coach Shane Flanagan is not allowed to return from his indefinite ban, Fitzgibbon is the next best option.

Fitzgibbon’s agent is David Riolo. And McGregor’s agent is ... Riolo. So the Dragons can’t really start talks with Fitzy if they want to get rid of Mary.


Riolo has been around the block, and he doesn’t believe McGregor’s days are numbered.

‘‘I’ve talked to [Dragons chief executive] Brian Johnston and he says that nothing has changed from their point of view since Mary signed his contract,’’ Riolo said. ‘‘Obviously there is more heat on a coach when you finish 15th.’’

Helping McGregor out is the fact that the man doing the review into St George Illawarra’s dreadful season is Phil Gould.

McGregor asked for Gould to be involved.


I to am a perfectionist the difference is I’m honest enough to know when I get it wrong and certainly after 6 years I’d walk.

He's not in it for the money.....while pocketing a lazy 800 k a year

 

[Warabrook saint]

If mary's not a dummy he's not a coach either

 

[18to87]

We should start calling him training wheels McGregor. 6 years and always needs help - someone new each year.

In all seriousness, it is disturbing how much one club can ignore its fanbase. They also seem to not mind having the lowest crowds in the NRL by ~2000.

 

[Warabrook saint]

We should start calling him training wheels McGregor. 6 years and always needs help - someone new each year.

In all seriousness, it is disturbing how much one club can ignore its fanbase. They also seem to not mind having the lowest crowds in the NRL by ~2000.

Agree and the crowd numbers will get lower next year

 

[BLM01]

We should start calling him training wheels McGregor. 6 years and always needs help - someone new each year.

In all seriousness, it is disturbing how much one club can ignore its fanbase. They also seem to not mind having the lowest crowds in the NRL by ~2000.

Mary stands by the philosophies "as we age we continue to grown and learn" and 'our past is not our future'. He said he has 3 mentors. Gus is 1...who are the other 2?...or should i say which 2 books has he read recently to give him ideas and press conference coach speaking philosophies.
We might learn every day but should at least show that you have learned something or at least improve....Nudder on both fronts

McGregor has had more then enough time to produce a winning team and we have had been in the finals twice. He is not good enough to get what is required out of a team who consistently underperform. His game plans, substitution strategies and development of players show his failures. The whole team needs an overhaul and that has to include the head coach. If he wants to coach for the love of it go find a park team. Cause right now his coaching is killing my love for the game and this club..

Our window of opportunity was 2018 & 2019. That has gone and we are back to ground zero again.

 

[getsmarty]

Our window of opportunity was 2018 & 2019. That has gone and we are back to ground zero again.[/QUOTE]


Agree... and that is entirely on our inept Board.

 

[Miller was a legend]

Club should apply to the NDIS on behalf of McIdiot to hire a support coach

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

He's not in it for the money.....while pocketing a lazy 800 k a year

Yeah, if hes not in it for the money, he should give it back or donate it to a worthy cause.

If he has no skin in the game finacially, it becomes a plaything, a thing of power he can toy with.

He should find another hobby.

If he pours his time into model rocketry or something more constructive than wiping millions of dollars off the value of sgi not to mention the emotional fallout.

 

[St Georgio]

Our window of opportunity was 2018 & 2019. That has gone and we are back to ground zero again.

Same as 2004,05,06 Rookie coaches!

 

[Slippery Morris]

Judging by what Gould has said on the weekend, looks like Mary will be Dragons coach next season. Mary is smart and will never leave. He suggests one of his mates conduct the review and the board agree. How cunning is that.

 

[Eatons Hill Dragon]

No need for Mary to leave.
Has just spoken to the press whilst enjoying a few “Mad Monday” drinks and has communicated we can still win the Comp

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

I don’t like to say it but I am tending to think the Illawarra arm of the club is basically wrecking everything.

Someone needs to tell them that they are not competing in the Dapto 3rd grade comp.

No new clubs, just a demerger. Split the players and the Steelers can keep Mary.

Actually, even then there might be a legal tussle over the last point.

 

[YoHadrian]

I'm staggered there is so much Mary fellatio in the media, what the f*ck gives with this?

 

[Michaeldragonslife25]

Made me sick that save Mary thread was above this so had to change it

 

[qld redvee]

So supercoach has 3 mentors that he contacts for feedback ..... I hate to say it but they are either feeding him absolute BS OR he chooses to ignore their feedback / advice ( i will say ignore ) As if a mentor would allow him to continue with our one out power play . be okay with his rotation plan early in 2019 to have duffty sub in for widdop at fullback and the woeful team selections.. This guy has more layers in the coaching role than the public service. assisstant coaches mentors coaching advisers the list goes on AND we need to get him better help ????????????? If he doesnt take anything away from what gould says then that will do me .. sorry rant over

 

[St Georgio]

Ricky Stuart will become Canberra’s long-serving coach after signing a contract extension taking him through to the end of the 2023 season.

Stuart, who started at the Raiders in 2014, will eventually take over his former mentor Tim Sheens’ record of 220 games between 1988-96.

The club will announce Stuart’s contract extension at a press conference on Monday afternoon.
Stuart has overseen 123 games for 57 games at a success rate of 46.3%
Paul McGregor 139 66 0 73 47℅

Interesting Move by the Raiders!

 

[Michaeldragonslife25]

Ricky Stuart will become Canberra’s long-serving coach after signing a contract extension taking him through to the end of the 2023 season.

Stuart, who started at the Raiders in 2014, will eventually take over his former mentor Tim Sheens’ record of 220 games between 1988-96.

The club will announce Stuart’s contract extension at a press conference on Monday afternoon.
Stuart has overseen 123 games for 57 games at a success rate of 46.3%
Paul McGregor 139 66 0 73 47℅

Interesting Move by the Raiders!

Isn’t his coaching record 146 72 1 73 49 % at the raiders ?

 

[mickeylane]

Even the media know that our players are underperforming under current coaching...