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… absolutely, I had already edited my post to reflect that point.
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| Quote Smiggs="Smiggs"I accept that but I would imagine he's the man now responsible for sorting the logistics and paperwork out regarding recruitment, not identifying players.'"
whomever is identifying players is failing, or the purse strings are getting tighter? |
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As I’ve said a proper replacement for motu Tony is crucial especially with a squad rebuild on the horizon but it looks like we’ve missed the boat
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| Quote Rocknrolla69er="Rocknrolla69er"As I’ve said a proper replacement for motu Tony is crucial especially with a squad rebuild on the horizon but it looks like we’ve missed the boat'"
Its better to have an established Aussie coach in place who can also attract overseas players. |
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| Quote bonaire="bonaire"Its better to have an established Aussie coach in place who can also attract overseas players.'"
some posters keep banging on about the "Aussie" thing, why does nationality come into it, when did we last WIN anything with an Aussie in charge? |
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| Quote MGarbutt1986="MGarbutt1986"some posters keep banging on about the "Aussie" thing, why does nationality come into it, when did we last WIN anything with an Aussie in charge?'"
Stop appointing assistants and actually appoint a proper head coach and his team and we might find out |
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| Quote MGarbutt1986="MGarbutt1986"some posters keep banging on about the "Aussie" thing, why does nationality come into it, when did we last WIN anything with an Aussie in charge?'"
Haven't the last 8 major trophies have been won by:
McDermott - British 3
Radford - British 2
Wane - British 2
McNamara - British 1
I also don't think you get many "established Aussie coaches" here if that's taken as current NRL head coaches and for those that come, more fail than succeed (obviously, only 2 major trophies up for grabs and 12 coaches  ). |
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| Quote Mrs Barista="Mrs Barista"Haven't the last 8 major trophies have been won by:
McDermott - British 3
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I also don't think you get many "established Aussie coaches" here if that's taken as current NRL head coaches and for those that come, more fail than succeed (obviously, only 2 major trophies up for grabs and 12 coaches
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The other point to note is the relative cost of these established NRL coaches and their backroom teams. The NRL has had to impose a cap on spend on football departments- excluding player salaries; the average club spend is 6.3 million Aus dollars or £3.4m. Little wonder we see so few genuine top current Aussie coaches here. Craig Bellamy for example is on $1.7m p.a.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.smh.co ... xpi4i.html
Obviously you can dip into the assistant / out of work ex coaching pool. Again, sometimes this works and if it does they're off back to Aus pretty quickly. More often it doesn't, obviously. Not to say it's a bad idea, just pointing out that making the generalisation that this would guarantee improvement is flawed. |
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The other point to note is the relative cost of these established NRL coaches and their backroom teams. The NRL has had to impose a cap on spend on football departments- excluding player salaries; the average club spend is 6.3 million Aus dollars or £3.4m. Little wonder we see so few genuine top current Aussie coaches here. Craig Bellamy for example is on $1.7m p.a.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.smh.co ... xpi4i.html
Obviously you can dip into the assistant / out of work ex coaching pool. Again, sometimes this works and if it does they're off back to Aus pretty quickly. More often it doesn't, obviously. Not to say it's a bad idea, just pointing out that making the generalisation that this would guarantee improvement is flawed. | |
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| Quote MGarbutt1986="MGarbutt1986"some posters keep banging on about the "Aussie" thing, why does nationality come into it, when did we last WIN anything with an Aussie in charge?'"
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| Quote Darrell="Darrell"1990?'"
Yeah, think so, Smith then Cleal, 29 years ago! |
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| Quote MGarbutt1986="MGarbutt1986"Yeah, think so, Smith then Cleal, 29 years ago!'"
Sharpe got us to Old Trafford. I know it’s not a tick in the win box. |
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