Re: Holbrook : Wed Aug 02, 2023 7:53 pm  

Matt King's kitten wrote:

Sorry mate, my glib comment was only because I think Holbrook is just Price revisited.

That's not what Holbrook was at saints, i dont think woolf would have led them to the superleague title the season after Holbrook left if it wasn't for the covid break, woolf started a bit like wellens did this season. Holbrook set the pieces for the Saints 4 in a row winning the LLS in 2018 and then the LLS and superleague in 2019, happily they didn't win the challenge cup to complete the treble , he was the one that turned them around, not only to be contenders but to be the best team by a long way. Woolf rode the wave to a degree IMO, certainly for the first season.

If our players buy in to his methods the way that the Saints squad did then he is an excellent choice. If they don't then we have way bigger problems than which coach we end up appointing now.

Re: Holbrook : Wed Aug 02, 2023 8:07 pm  

The one thing they all agreed on before today was that he massively overhauled the culture which Saint Cunningham had destroyed. Something that we obviously need.

Re: Holbrook : Wed Aug 02, 2023 8:27 pm  

We're assuming the coaches have been the problem all along. Despite Price's preference for boring rugby, having seen that Powell couldn't even motivate this bunch, maybe Price wasn't such a bad coach after all. In fact, he seemed to do best with a weaker squad with less Prima Donnas.

I think that unless we sort out this comfort-zone culture within the ranks, Holbrook won't be able to change a thing here.

However, IF this rumour is true, I live in hope. Four years is a big pay off when it goes wrong again though.

"Always next decade" TM

Re: Holbrook : Wed Aug 02, 2023 8:56 pm  

Holbrook is an outstanding man and an outstanding coach. He'll get the town behind the team again and the team will improve drastically. Everything will improve from your academy through to your first team if you give him the resonsibility. His knowledge of the NRL market is outstanding, as is his knowledge of reserve grades and juniors over there. So when you sign a player, you'll know he's got something. This is absolutely the best decision Warrington could make. [If true, hopes it isn't].

Re: Holbrook : Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:03 pm  

Matt King's kitten wrote:

Oh well, another ride on the magic roundabout.

Boooooooiiiiiiiiinnnnnnggggggh


Time for bed

Re: Holbrook : Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:09 pm  

For only the second time in my 40odd years of watching, we've got a head coach that's actually won something of repute, and we've not taken a punt on somebody.

There could still be some life left in the season.
There's no club that's anything special

Re: Holbrook : Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:28 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

This is absolutely the best decision Warrington could make. [If true, hopes it isn't].

you're fooling no one Warrington boy.

Re: Holbrook : Wed Aug 02, 2023 10:12 pm  

BREAKING | @AndrewVossy reports: I'm hearing Justin Holbrook has signed a four-year deal at @WarringtonRLFC. Believed to be a lucrative contract that includes big bonuses built in for trophies won.

Looks like it’s done. Welcome to Warrington Mr Holbrook.

Re: Holbrook : Wed Aug 02, 2023 10:33 pm  

Moe syslak wrote:

He's suddenly rubbish according to redvee and it was mcmanus, rush and long who were behind it all.

They said all that when Millward went to Wigan and they were right.

Re: Holbrook : Wed Aug 02, 2023 10:37 pm  

lefty goldblatt wrote:

For only the second time in my 40odd years of watching, we've got a head coach that's actually won something of repute, and we've not taken a punt on somebody.

There could still be some life left in the season.
There's no club that's anything special

Third time...Dorahy won the league and cup double with Wigan