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depends, does he want to move to england in two years?
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depends, does he want to move to england in two years?
wow this was really on to it. Was this Ali posting from your account?
I don't think this is great news for the Kiwis. If he can't get the Eels up week to week with their roster, how is he going to get us up for one-off matches and tournaments?
"The upside of him coaching in the NRL is that it keeps him up to date and keeps him in that high-end environment of activity," Doyle said.
"But the downside is that we lose connection with a lot of Kiwi players, it's difficult to get senior leadership groups together, to plan the future and to connect with Junior Kiwis - guys like Sam Kasiano.
"I don't think the All Blacks lost a great deal by Graham Henry not being a Super 15 coach."
Kearney has enjoyed more success with the Kiwis, leading them to 12 wins from 22 games, and the countries first ever Rugby League World Cup title.
Doyle stressed the difference between the two roles.
"When Stephen works with the Kiwis in the Kiwi environment it is completely different to Parramatta.
"The player roster he has got available is completely different to Parramatta or any other NRL club. Stephen's success rate with the Kiwis has been relatively high."
Doyle said they had discussed plans for Kearney to move back to NZ full time even before he signed with Parramatta.
"We've got plans to continually grow the game, so to have someone of Stephen's abilities in the country, coaching Kiwis but also having time to spend with other coaches to improve their capabilities has always been part of our thinking."
Sad to see a once great club in such disarray. Booting Kearney seems stupid.
What do you mean? This is great news for the Kiwis, he can give them his full attention. As he said at the press conference the first thing he is going to do is to convince those fence sitters like Kasiano to play for the Kiwis. I have no idea what this 'getting them up' means but the Eels are a complete shambles of a club with a bad roster so I'm not sure why they would be easy to motivate. I mean feel a little bot bad for old Steve but really this is some of the best news all year, a full time Kiwis coach. Especially with the World Cup next year.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10820931
I don't want to sound too harsh on this, but is the above really true ?
"Hi, I am a kiwi legend with an NRL winning record of 21%, wanna come play for me bro"
He is potentially a hard sell as somebody to play under, especially if Meninga is doing the same
Gosh, after all the Eels Board 'support' for Kearney during the year - multi-year plans and all that - they then dump him. We talk about player loyalty to clubs - ie SBW lack thereof, but really they are all the same - clubs, players etc...
mate, the news says he's walking - not being pushed or fired by the board. Not the same as SBW's runner unfortunately.
Right, if you believe that, then good luck to you!
well I'm definitely not putting words into his mouth.
Quitting as Eels coach was best option for me: Kearney
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...-me-kearney-20120720-22e3t.html#ixzz218qQdawP
I don't want to sound too harsh on this, but is the above really true ?
"Hi, I am a kiwi legend with an NRL winning record of 21%, wanna come play for me bro"
He is potentially a hard sell as somebody to play under, especially if Meninga is doing the same
Actually I'd be interested to see Meninga's win % when he was coaching the Raiders - from memory it wasn't that flash. Just highlights the differences between club coaching and rep coaching I guess."Hi, I am a kiwi legend with an NRL winning record of 21%, wanna come play for me bro"
He is potentially a hard sell as somebody to play under, especially if Meninga is doing the same
Actually I'd be interested to see Meninga's win % when he was coaching the Raiders - from memory it wasn't that flash. Just highlights the differences between club coaching and rep coaching I guess.