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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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- Frank The Tank > My Bob June 16, 2021 at 11:25pm
  
  Would he? I'd trade all of his for a premiership.
Poupou Escobar June 16, 2021 at 12:21pm

His three year rolling win rate is excellent this year, and has shown consistent improvement outside of the horror show of 2018:

3 Year Rolling Win %:

2012-15: 42.6%
2014-16: 47.2%
2015-17: 51.4%
2016-18: 47.3%
2017-19: 48.7%
2018-20: 50%
2019-21: 66.1%
- Longfin Eel > Poupou Escobar June 16, 2021 at 12:48pm
  
  Yep and to win a premiership you need to show consistency. To show consistency you need to have a team that knows what it needs to win. To have a team that knows what it needs to win you need to have a coach that drums this into them and eliminates the weakest links.
  
  We are a much better side than we were just a few years ago, and that is heading in the right direction.
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    - CarloEEL2 > Poupou Escobar June 16, 2021 at 1:32pm
      
      The only way was up wasn't it 🤷‍♀️
      - MeelK > CarloEEL2 June 16, 2021 at 1:40pm
        
        We could have flatlined, and stayed on the bottom of the ladder for an extended period of time.
        
        Longfin Eel > MeelK June 16, 2021 at 1:44pm
        
        Exactly, and we have seen that happen many times in Parra's past, or to get close and falter again in a few years.
      - Brett Allen > CarloEEL2 June 16, 2021 at 7:24pm
        
        We could've gone sideways
    - Poupou Escobar > Poupou Escobar June 16, 2021 at 4:51pm
      
      Yep, why even bother playing regular season games.
      
      If a team can't win consistently during the regular season they're not going to threaten in the finals. We are only now becoming a team that wins consistently year after year. Assuming we make the finals this year it will be our third consecutive finals appearance. The last time we achieved that was '05-'07. Before that it was '97-'02 (six consecutive years).
      - Coryn Hughes > Poupou Escobar June 16, 2021 at 6:14pm
        
        Correct.
        
        We have unfinished business.
        
        Its funny how the narrative changes before Arthur what were the Eels doing exactly 😂 he dealt with all the back round BS unlike what previous coach's cough Kearney cough Sticky cough Andersen.
    - Brett Allen > Poupou Escobar June 17, 2021 at 7:01am
      
      It's not that finals only matter, it's that finals are the ultimate test. So yes, we have failed the finals test up until now, however before you can be a great finals team, you have to be a great regular season team. We are now that. Can we take the final step under BA ?
      
      We'll soon find out.