The Brad Arthur experiment. 8 years on….

[The Silverdale Phantom]

the problem is, who replaces him. Is there a better option out there?

Always a bit of an unknown until the next coach takes command.

Mary would love another crack and there were reports the eels were looking at him a few years ago.

 

[Jim Rockford]

the problem is, who replaces him. Is there a better option out there?

Perth Red is not a solutions man. He just rants and raves then moves on to the next subject.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

Always a bit of an unknown until the next coach takes command.

Mary would love another crack and there were reports the eels were looking at him a few years ago.

Surely hair would be part of the criteria in a coach search.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Surely hair would be part of the criteria in a coach search.

Desmond has a millennial i-mullett.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Surely hair would be part of the criteria in a coach search.

Poor old Brad needs a Rastafarian style wig.

 

[Sphagnum]

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[Sphagnum]

Did @SLRBRONCOS whip that up for you in excel?

 

[hineyrulz]

Do @SLRBRONCOS whip that up for you in excel?

Nah found it on another site, I’m sure @SLRBRONCOS could come up with something even better

 

[Sphagnum]

Nah found it on another site, I’m sure @SLRBRONCOS could come up with something even better

@SLRBRONCOS

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

No ones ever got 5 Bea Arthur’s in a row, but people have missed it a million times over.

Like McRonalds and the Monopoly jip, only one Mayfair ticket is ever printed out of 50 million and some 2 year old kid has swallowed it with his 12 mcnugget mcunhappy meal in the back of a green Toyota mcstarlet.

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

Nah found it on another site, I’m sure @SLRBRONCOS could come up with something even better

@hineyrulz @Sphagnum

wtf is going on with the website!!?

 

[Bazal]

BA has run out of ideas and deep down I think he knows it. There is no chance I'd hire Madge. He doesn't come across as being any sharper than BA. I can't see Bennett taking the gig. Plus he has apoor history of destroying your cap when he eventually leaves. Look what he did with Saints and their roster followed by the train wreck at Newcastle and Bisbane. Souths will also be weaker next year.

I'd go for Flanagan and sign him for 2 years and before anyone brings up his indiscretions you only have to look at the coach who presided over the biggest cheating scandal in the history of the NRL yet people keep blowing wind up his arse and calling hime the greatest ever.

Cap cheat
Drug cheat
Presided over some of the most boring footy ever played by a side other than the 2020/21 Bulldogs
As insightful as mud based on his commentary.

Hard no

 

[hineyrulz]

@hineyrulz @Sphagnum

wtf is going on with the website!!?
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[Marshall_magic]

Cap cheat
Drug cheat
Presided over some of the most boring footy ever played by a side other than the 2020/21 Bulldogs
As insightful as mud based on his commentary.

Hard no

had the same employer as Paul Gallen and was still the biggest sook in the joint

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Cap cheat
Drug cheat
Presided over some of the most boring footy ever played by a side other than the 2020/21 Bulldogs
As insightful as mud based on his commentary.

Hard no

In which case he’s NRL Commissioner material in waiting.

 

[Chippy73]

 

[Captain Apollo]

Hey Brad, make your halfback Park his ego and watch tapes of the halves from the good teams and see how they play
mind you, someone will still have to explain it to him

As long as they have someone of his intellectual stature there to explain it for him it would be fine - so no big words allowed

 

[big hit!]

BA has run out of ideas and deep down I think he knows it. There is no chance I'd hire Madge. He doesn't come across as being any sharper than BA. I can't see Bennett taking the gig. Plus he has apoor history of destroying your cap when he eventually leaves. Look what he did with Saints and their roster followed by the train wreck at Newcastle and Bisbane. Souths will also be weaker next year.

I'd go for Flanagan and sign him for 2 years and before anyone brings up his indiscretions you only have to look at the coach who presided over the biggest cheating scandal in the history of the NRL yet people keep blowing wind up his arse and calling hime the greatest ever.

If Bennett or any coach tells you he'll accept a job at your club for only 2 or 3 seasons, like he did at Saints, then it's guaranteed that he and every other coach will try and win the comp in those years. What would they care about the joint when they're gone? Besides, that was probably his brief from the St Merge board and supporters. WIN US A PREMIERSHIP! And he delivered. Furthermore, if Saints gave him control of managing the cap, then more fool to them. He's a football head coach, not a football manager.

Newcastle had the clusterf**k of Tinkler going broke. Club employees weren't getting paid! There was an exodus of coaching staff and players alike.

At Souths, he's a football coach. Tell us how Souths can make the prelim 3 years in a row (potentially 4) and keep all their players on the roster. They're also 4 years older. You can't keep them forever.

Yobbo put up a great post https://forums.leagueunlimited.com/threads/the-passion-of-the-kevin.483740/post-14860491 about the players Souths have gone through over several seasons.

Roster management is dynamic. You're always moving players out and bringing players in. Finding the right balance of senior players, in-prime players, and rookies and fitting it within the cap. Also thinking ahead instead of only now. This was the plan with Richo and it's continued with Ellison. They've been doing this pre-Bennett, with Bennett, and will continue to do it post-Bennett. Souths have done alright in this regard in recent seasons, even accounting for the sudden loss of its 2 greatest players this century. No premierships since 2014, but they've been mostly competitive.

 

[Matthew Corner]

Steve Price could work

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Adrian Lam will be the next Para coach.