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Who is the second greatest coach of all time?

Who is the second greatest coach of all time?

  • Wayne Bennett (Brisbane, St. George, Queensland, New Zealand)

    Votes: 21 51.2%
  • Craig Bellamy (Melbourne, NSW Blues)

    Votes: 4 9.8%
  • Trent Robinson (Catalans, Sydney Roosters)

    Votes: 2 4.9%
  • Des Hasler (Manly, Canterbury)

    Votes: 1 2.4%
  • Phil Gould (Sydney Roosters, Penrith, NSW Blues)

    Votes: 2 4.9%
  • Ricky Stuart (Sydney Roosters, NSW Blues)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Paul Green (North Queensland)

    Votes: 2 4.9%
  • Michael McGuire (Wigan and South Sydney)

    Votes: 2 4.9%
  • Malcolm Reilly (Newcastle, Great Britain)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Shaun Wane (Wigan)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Brian McDermott (Leeds)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Tim Sheens (Canberra, Wests Tigers, Australia)

    Votes: 3 7.3%
  • Another coach

    Votes: 4 9.8%

  • Total voters
    41
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The greatest coach of all time is Jack Gibson. His status as such is recognized by the NRL in various prizes it offers.

The second best coach should come from a cluster headed by Wayne Bennett, and consisting also of Craig Bellamy, Trent Robinson, Michael McGuire, Des Hasler, Phil Gould, Ricky Stuart, Paul Green, Ken Kearney, Malcolm Reilly, Shaun Wane, and Brian McDermott.

Some of you may wish to wait until Monday before casting your vote.
 
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To all the dedicated fans of rugby league I apologize for not including Warren ("You black merkin") Ryan, who had some success with Canterbury Bankstown, and elsewhere.

But Warren Ryan can be included in the "Another coach" voting option.

Otherwise this selection of choices is close to perfect.

Trent Robinson, like Ricky Stuart, won an NRL Grand Final in his first year as an NRL coach. This followed on from Trent's successful tenure at the powerful Catalans Dragons club.

Brian Smith would surely feature in the Most Unsuccessful Coach thread.

As I say, you can wait until Monday morning, after the 2015 Grand Final result is established, before casting your vote.
 

gUt

Coach
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It's gotta be Alan Jones. No coach in history was as intense in the locker room
 

Haffa

Guest
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To all the dedicated fans of rugby league I apologize for not including Warren ("You black merkin") Ryan, who had some success with Canterbury Bankstown, and elsewhere.

But Warren Ryan can be included in the "Another coach" voting option.

Otherwise this selection of choices is close to perfect.

Trent Robinson, like Ricky Stuart, won an NRL Grand Final in his first year as an NRL coach. This followed on from Trent's successful tenure at the powerful Catalans Dragons club.

Brian Smith would surely feature in the Most Unsuccessful Coach thread.

As I say, you can wait until Monday morning, after the 2015 Grand Final result is established, before casting your vote.

Hagan did that too then he coached QLD to 8 of the last 9 Origin wins.
 

Kiwi

First Grade
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Ricky Stuart....ok so this is another stupid irrelevant pole.

League has been around for 110+ years. If Stuart, McGuire, Green, Robinson and Wane are among the top coaches after limited time and success in the game the quality of coaches over the 110+ years has been extremely shite.
 

DiegoNT

First Grade
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Bob Fulton? 2 premierships
Warren Ryan? 2 premierships
Norm Provan? 4 premierships
Clive Churchill? 4 premierships
Harry Bath? 2 premierships
Ken Kearney? 5 premierships
Chris Anderson? 2 premierships
 
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