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BA milestone

Posted by LB on June 16, 2021 at 10:43am

After beating the Tigers on Sunday, Arthur now sits at 99 wins as an NRL and Eels coach, a win against Canterbury will give Arthur his 100th career win. Despite constant back and forth of loving him and hating him, I Myself been guilty of flip flopping between two beliefs of his coaching, there is not denying this is a massive achievement, considering over 50% of NRL coaches barely get to coach 100 games then get 100 wins.After coming to 2019 season with a 46% record he has led the Eels over the last two and half years to boost his percentage to 53%, again no matter what anyone thinks of him, this is a massive achievement and if on Sunday it is achieved then he should be congratulated.

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- Brett Allen June 16, 2021 at 11:10am
  
  It doesn't mean nothing.
  - Wizardssleeves official receipts > Brett Allen June 16, 2021 at 11:15am
    
    It depends who you ask.
  - Axel > Brett Allen June 16, 2021 at 4:02pm
    
    double negative there Brett
Brett Allen June 16, 2021 at 11:09am

Well done BA. A testament to perseverance
- Frank The Tank > Brett Allen June 16, 2021 at 11:22pm
  
  Only taken 8 years.
  
  Just imagine how many he can rack up if we resign him.
SuperEel 22 June 16, 2021 at 11:25am

To put this in perspective, only four other coaches have coached the Eels for more than 100 games:

Brian Smith, John Monie, Vic Hey and Terry Fearnley.

Of that group, only Brian Smith passed 100 victories as coach. So one more win and BA becomes just the second coach in the club's history to pass 100 wins. He'll also become just the second Eels coach to pass 200 games when he gets to that mark at the end of the season.
- Bert de Naturál✌️™ > SuperEel 22 June 16, 2021 at 11:45am
  
  Nothing on the unwanted records that he also holds, Super?
  - Bert de Naturál✌️™ > Bert de Naturál✌️™ June 16, 2021 at 11:54am
    
    "Arthur also set an unwanted coaching record, becoming the first head coach in 112 seasons of the game to coach a side for seven consecutive years and fail to make at least one preliminary final"
    - Poupou Escobar > Bert de Naturál✌️™ June 16, 2021 at 12:02pm
      
      Plenty of clubs have failed to make the preliminary final for longer than that, and the worst clubs (like the Tigers) think the solution is sacking coaches. How has that worked out for them? I'm glad we have persisted with Arthur. As his win rate improves so will his finals win rate.
      - My Bob > Poupou Escobar June 16, 2021 at 12:08pm
        
        Possibly in under 36 years. Here's hoping. We can't lose our hope.