Re: Time is now up for Kevin Walters and Shaun McRae. : Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:58 pm  

Alice's Phallus wrote:

Poor Salford. Only one win out of seven. Shaun McRae is now old and fat. He has not the physical stamina and appearance that could inspire confidence in a team of trim professional athletes. Nor does he have a coach's personality. Sure he knows lots about the technical side of the game.

This is possibly the stupidest comment I've heard on why someone shouldn't be a coach. Was Wayne Bennett too old? And there are a hell of a lot of fat coaches out there. Why does a coach need physical stamina and appearance? If you think he's a bad coach, think of some relevant reasons rather than just attacking him on a personal basis.

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:25 pm  

Loop wrote:

Yeah, they should sack all 4 of 'em ........ John Dixon too

They might not be winning yet, but they're getting pretty close, give it time and it'll work for them.

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:25 pm  

Loop wrote:

Yeah, they should sack all 4 of 'em ........ John Dixon too

They might not be winning yet, but they're getting pretty close, give it time and it'll work for them. Sacking him would be ridiculous at this stage.

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:26 pm  

No Frills Viking wrote:

matterson was given time and cas have picked up some big wins this year. matterson or kear will be coach of the year for sl.

Don't rule out Agar either, they're going well at the moment.

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:35 pm  

ShayFax wrote:

Don't rule out Agar either, they're going well at the moment.

or morgan

Re: Time is now up for Kevin Walters and Shaun McRae. : Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:04 am  

Wellsy13 wrote:

This is possibly the stupidest comment I've heard on why someone shouldn't be a coach. Was Wayne Bennett too old? And there are a hell of a lot of fat coaches out there. Why does a coach need physical stamina and appearance? If you think he's a bad coach, think of some relevant reasons rather than just attacking him on a personal basis.

Wayne Bennett is old (approaching 60), but he was never fat. Wayne used his age to acquire wisdom, because he learnt from experience, which other older coaches often do not do.

Age is most relevant on many occasions if the coach cannot keep up with new methods. That is why the Sydney Roosters were glad to see the back end of dour Chris Anderson, even though he was not fat. He had no structures. Similarly John Monie, a very nice man, was living off the coaching techniques of 20 years ago.

: Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:40 am  

belgianxiii wrote:

As a dragons fan I'm unimpressed with Walters, but I can't see who we'd replace him with. No point replacing him if we don't have a replacement in line. Bobby Goulding maybe?
I don't mind losing matches if we are blooding our academy players, but we're running on rubbish imports, which seems an excentric choice at best.

michael hagan


john lang

graham murray

1 has coached a team to the nrl GF, another has taken his teams to 2 NRL GF and the other took a team of wooden spooner to the NRL GF win 2 years later.

been really disappointed with catalans

walters never did anything coaching in oz and cats have paid the price for risking too many times on unproven coaches

Re: Time is now up for Kevin Walters and Shaun McRae. : Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:42 am  

Alice's Phallus wrote:

Wayne Bennett is old (approaching 60), but he was never fat. Wayne used his age to acquire wisdom, because he learnt from experience, which other older coaches often do not do.

Age is most relevant on many occasions if the coach cannot keep up with new methods. That is why the Sydney Roosters were glad to see the back end of dour Chris Anderson, even though he was not fat. He had no structures. Similarly John Monie, a very nice man, was living off the coaching techniques of 20 years ago.

spot on here, what a shock

bennett goes on runs with his players and beats many of them

he bench presses something like 80 kg - 100 kg as well.

he shames his players on the training paddock

: Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:16 am  

Graham Murray will be in blighty in a few weeks for Leeds 99 Cup Final reunion dinner.

Struggling clubs would be foolish not to take the opportunity to speak to him.

: Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:43 am  

G1 wrote:

Graham Murray will be in blighty in a few weeks for Leeds 99 Cup Final reunion dinner.

Struggling clubs would be foolish not to take the opportunity to speak to him.

So thats ALL of them by NRL standards