Gaylord said:
What is this Manly Association rubbish mate?? I have posted that I feel that Des is a whinger and not a 1st grade coach IMHO. That's it mate.
With a players roster that Des enjoys, I reckon Brian Smith could coach that side to a top two position. Time will certainly tell whether Des is going to be a good coach, the way I see it, he has a long way to go.
I believe if Des was in charge of the Bunnies this season, they would be nowhere near the position JT has them. That's one difference between a ordinary coach and a good one.
That's my opinion buddy.
that playing roster was there last year with the only differences being glenn stewart and jamie lyon, and we all know how everyone this year think jamie lyons been going and gelnn stewart is a great player ut hes not BK, the team is extremely similar to last years, and that team is very similar to the year before that, but manly have improved dramatically since 2005 wen they were 8th i think maybe 7th, then in 2006 they were 5th then 2007 they are 2nd. the difference has bee des hasler. he got a nothing team and fine tuned it to his style and look what hes achieved in 2007 where his efforts have come to fruition reagrdless of what happens in the finals. manly are competitive, more than competitive really considering there consistency and win/loss ratio. look to manlys buys: ben kennedy, matt orford, steve bell, jamie lyon, glenn hall, georgie rose all made by des hasler and out of them only BK could say that he played his own game (meaning the coach did not influecne his game dramatcially, he could have gone anywhere and still been as good), and he took nothing players in hall and rose and tunred them into solid 1st graders.
hes a good coach, game over.