martinwildbull wrote:
Agree Bulliac he still has to prove himself at our level. After assistant coaching at Manly and being appointed as head coach they came to within one game of the grand final but lost to Melbourne. As some would say, he inherited the team so not his success. Next season, the NRL Grand Final. So agreed, he may be a demi god as a coach in Oz, but here, in the rain and mud and a patched together plus loans squad he has had his problems. So the real test of his abilities at the level of competition and therefore players we find ourselves in, is what he does with a squad of pretty much his own choice and a pre season of more than one day.
I am not so sure that we need an NRL playoff final coach supervising the next few weeks of our squads fitness regime, as HC demands, rather our conditioning coach. Chalmers is the man in charge, not Toovey, and if he is happy to be elsewhere whilst our team go through their fitness assessment and programme design and implementation over the next few weeks, then I trust him. And Cha determines the way he wants us to play, so if Toovey does not stay he will appoint another coach that appears to match his requirements and ambitions, whether Oz demi god or Gloz full god. The idea that our success for the whole season depends upon one man being at Tong for the next few weeks is just incredulous.
I would agree with most of that. Not sure we need an Origin level coach at this level, we someone that understands the intricacies, of bog standard violent rugby league, which is what the Bulls are up against. Toovey (or whoever) being at Tong now will not make that much difference over the season, but with signings needed, it would be more advantageous if the new coach was in place asap, before players looking to move to us, sign elsewhere. The uncertainty does not look good for lads wanting to make life and rugby plans.
