Re: Eastmond at FT : Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:15 pm  

I'd not back bringing in two ex players with zero coaching experience and who would probably suffer the same 'too close to the players' issues that Simmons is probably having.

Re: Eastmond at FT : Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:08 pm  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

I'd not back bringing in two ex players with zero coaching experience and who would probably suffer the same 'too close to the players' issues that Simmons is probably having.

Agree entirely. We should be looking at the best coaches in RL, not cobbling together some tag team of players who've never coached at any decent level.

Hopefully Royce proves himself to be a good coach and all this is just an early season blip.

Re: Eastmond at FT : Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:55 pm  

FearTheVee wrote:

Agree entirely. We should be looking at the best coaches in RL ...

What we SHOULD be doing and what we're CAPABLE of doing are two entirely different things. My guess is that if McManus had the money to purchase the services of an uber-coach he'd have got one. Which means, at least for the time being until we're in the new stadium, we're dipping into the bargain bucket.

Re: Eastmond at FT : Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:28 am  

Mugwump wrote:

What we SHOULD be doing and what we're CAPABLE of doing are two entirely different things. My guess is that if McManus had the money to purchase the services of an uber-coach he'd have got one. Which means, at least for the time being until we're in the new stadium, we're dipping into the bargain bucket.

Uber-coaches don't come to SL, assistant coaches who haven't been offered a full time role or sacked NRL coaches do.

I imagine McManus saw Simmons as the best available option given his position as Oz assistant. I'm not sure that his salary had as much to do with it as you might think.

Re: Eastmond at FT : Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:55 am  

FearTheVee wrote:

Uber-coaches don't come to SL, .

Off course there is one very notable exception to that rule

Re: Eastmond at FT : Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:00 am  

Fatbelly wrote:

Off course there is one very notable exception to that rule

yeah, cos of Tony Smith's long list of successes as a head coach in Oz?

Re: Eastmond at FT : Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:10 pm  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

I'd not back bringing in two ex players with zero coaching experience and who would probably suffer the same 'too close to the players' issues that Simmons is probably having.

Neither would I. I can just imagine it happening, that's all.