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Sack Nathan Brown

Blair

Coach
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I only learned last night that Autex isn't 'his' company - his father founded it. So he's a mini Trump - as a quote in a song once said (paraphrased) 'he was born on third base, and thinks he hit a triple'.
I'm surprised this didn't register earlier? Being about ten or so years older than you I'm more familiar with Autex. They also sponsored the NZ Rugby League Annual (Bernie Wood - Author) and were on the Kiwis uniforms during an exciting era for league, particularly the national team:

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With me and Robinson being about the same age he'd have had to have been some kind of child tycoon to pull this off in 1983!

His father was a migrant to NZ from the North of England. Hence the love of league, and textiles!
 

Benek

Juniors
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Brown saying he won’t move to NZ is super weird. He did know he signed up to coach a NZ team right? If it weren’t for Covid he would have already been living in NZ for years.

Maybe he wants to jump ship as badly as everyone else and it’s easy to use the same ready-made excuse.

In any case, he’s made it all too easy to fire him now or at season’s end. But little point in it unless we can get a better coach to replace him.
 

Fufu Andronez

First Grade
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Doggies found their new coach I see.

Let's wait for the personal reasons to come out... Don't wanna call him a merkin too early but I'm thinking it
 
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Doggies found their new coach I see.

Let's wait for the personal reasons to come out... Don't wanna call him a merkin too early but I'm thinking it
All the chat has been about his children being at the final stages of high school and not wanting to move them across etc, think they are still based in Sydney
 
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Brown saying he won’t move to NZ is super weird. He did know he signed up to coach a NZ team right? If it weren’t for Covid he would have already been living in NZ for years.

Maybe he wants to jump ship as badly as everyone else and it’s easy to use the same ready-made excuse.

In any case, he’s made it all too easy to fire him now or at season’s end. But little point in it unless we can get a better coach to replace him.

Robo just brought a robot for him to coach via Zoom!

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Penrose Warrior

First Grade
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All the chat has been about his children being at the final stages of high school and not wanting to move them across etc, think they are still based in Sydney
Yeah, this. Brown knows he's a dead man coaching. He doesn't want to move the kids for one year when he figures he could be fired at any time. I completely get it. It hasn't worked out.

At least we can get on with trying to find someone now.
Time for Robinson to step up and sign a decent replacement. Let’s see what he’s got.
I'd suggest he's got f**k all. But we'll see who Mark Robinson is planning on signing to coach under Mark Robinson, to operate under Mark Robinson's culture and be paid with Mark Robinson's - oh no, Daddy's - money.
 
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Coaches I’d like

1) flanagan
2) woolf
If a rookie: 3) ciraldo

Coach we will sign

Barrett.

I’d throw Toovey on your list simply for the hard nosed attitude that is required at the club

He may not be interested though after they rang him to confirm he had the job years ago then announced Kearney the next day
 

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