The Brad Arthur experiment. 8 years on….

[Matthew Corner]

I’ve been curious as to how long the Parra Board will tolerate basic Brad.
mental giant….nope.
effective vocabulary……nope
master tactician…..nope
inspirational speaker……nope.

yet despite his obvious deficiencies he has support from high profile people.
So much so that even after 8 years, and has zero chance of winning a comp, Parra are not looking elsewhere.
Ironically,Brad was saved due to the destabilising nature of poor management and board upheavals some years ago.
Will Parra maintain the status quo or be brave like the Sharks and target a coach who they believe can deliver a premiership?

Stay tuned

 

[King-Gutho94]

If parramatta dont win another game this year it will become untenable. It already is looking that way anyway.

Just because not much is being said publically atm doesnt mean it isn't being discussed privately.

The board i believe weren't happy with the fade out last year going off media reports after the loss to souths. And we are going down a similar route this year.

Personally i think its good our board dont leak as much anymore. If the axe is wielded out of nowhere it may brutal but its better then say the tigers with madge atm on a weekly basis like chinese water torture or us in the past where everything that got discussed in the board meetings made front page news the next day.

 

[gerg]

Who do they replace him with? There simply isn't enough quality coaches around.

Phil Gould should lobby for a 'coaches academy' for prospective coaches with a receding hairline.

 

[Mr Spock!]

Brad's certainly establishing a dynasty at the Eels like Bennett, Robinson and Bellamy.

Could he be the first coach to have a 10 year stint at one club and win sfa?

 

[King-Gutho94]

Who do they replace him with? There simply isn't enough quality coaches around.

Phil Gould should lobby for a 'coaches academy' for prospective coaches with a receding hairline.

Thats the difficult one.

The coach available i personally would go for is bennett. The new Brisbane team has been pushed back at least another 12 months so thats 3 years away. Wayne ain't going back to the broncos while ikin is there. He might take the maroons job perhaps

And parra is probably in a similar spot the dragons in the late 2000s when wayne took over they would start off fast and fade in the back end. Wayne would have the side believe they can win the comp.

Rookie coaches are no guarantee to be successful. Look at Adam O'Brien he was supposed to be the best thing since slice bread as assistant at Melbourne and the roosters and i reckon Newcastle have underperformed with that roster since he took over.

Justin Holbrook similar at titans with big wraps. They have improved their attack but i dare say their defense is still the same as it was under previous regimes and results are still mediocre.

 

[Matthew Corner]

Fair point.
who do you replace him with?

won’t be Flanagan.

Geoff Toovey
Neil Henry
John Cartwright

 

[Vee]

Fair point.
who do you replace him with?

won’t be Flanagan.

Geoff Toovey
Neil Henry
John Cartwright

John Morris?

 

[Fangs]

Fair point.
who do you replace him with?

won’t be Flanagan.

Geoff Toovey
Neil Henry
John Cartwright

Why won't it be Flanagan?

 

[forby]

Madge might be available!

 

[Chippy73]

Fair point.
who do you replace him with?

won’t be Flanagan.

Geoff Toovey
Neil Henry
John Cartwright

Geoff Toovey coaching the Parramatta Eels would be a biblical sign that the End Times are upon us.

Human sacrifice, Dogs and cats living together, Mass hysteria.

 

[Ghostface Killah]

Only Paul McGregor is shitter than Brad Arthur, that's how shit Paul McGregor was and how shit Brad Arthur is.

 

[hineyrulz]

Been wanting this for sooooooo long

 

[AlwaysGreen]

If the experiment was to see if coaching promoted hair regrowth than it was a definite failure.

 

[Perth Red]

Which coach has the longest ever run at a club without a GF appearance?

 

[Matthew Corner]

Paul McGregor.
I just couldn’t include him.
I wanted to…..I just couldn’t.
because yes…..he is sh1t

 

[Matthew Corner]

Dogs and cats hey,
is that like a new merger?
I could see that working.……the Penrith Bulldogs.
Embrace the future. SuperLeague

 

[blaza88z]

Fair point.
who do you replace him with?

won’t be Flanagan.

Geoff Toovey
Neil Henry
John Cartwright

Seibold for mine

 

[hineyrulz]

Seibold for mine

 

[Perth Red]

Im surprised given the lack of talent that no one has tried to bring Tony Smith back from SL over the years. He's a proven winning coach and is even managing to turn my perenial rabble into looking something like a professional team!

 

[Captain Apollo]

Brad Arthur planning his game plan for the Eels -

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