Great read on our season and the roster trouble we are having.
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"I really think there is zero chance of Slater being interested in a coaching gig at club level. Slater is well established with his family in the South East of Melbourne, he has a plum gig with Ch9 which allows him to dabble in coaching with his…"
"If McNamara isn't in your top 5 chief that is the best endorsement I have heard for a coach, sign him up now.
Slater isn't going coach eels so forget it Origin coach suits him as it allows him time for his commentary and his horses. His built up…"
Slater isn't going coach eels so forget it Origin coach suits him as it allows him time for his commentary and his horses. His built up…"
"Though Michael, you mention also Slater is who you would be going for. He has only coached Origin. Now i do agree with the sediments of a coach who has never coached in the NRL is not a great option, if they have been an assistant then went to…"
"If we're going with a rookie coach, Slater is who the Eels should be doing everything possible to get him.
Not much they can do if he's not interested though."
Not much they can do if he's not interested though."
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Yes it's quite sobering reading. I hope he is not on the money, because if he is, we are in for a world of pain over the next 6-7 years! He does make a very good argument though. You have to wonder whether the club has been aware of these issues as there doesn't seem to be any evidence of processes to alleviate them.
Already a blog on this mate
Sorry I didn't see it posted earlier.
Thanks for posting a link to this very informative article, The Ghost of Danny Crnkvoich. Cool name.
It is scary reading with cold, hard stats. I knew we were bad, but reading that I may have underestimated just how bad.
Nothing to do with the coaching of course, it's all the players.
Great analysis and points out what most already know. Our forwards are overrated. Our offloads don't result in any real benefit as they are late offloads as player standing and not moving and the defence has already retreated and are set so they just move up and shut down the play. Early offloads after breaking through the line are the offloads that result in line breaks and points.
Add in that Gutho has no speed and our outside backs stay out wide never helping the forwards through the middle so our offloads go to our slow as fuck hooker who gets tackled or throws a poor pass allowing the defence to time to move up and shut down the attack.
We should chase the young fullback from Redcliffe who is stuck behind The Hammer but by reports he doesn't want to leave but money talks. He is the exact type of fullback we need with great support play, speed and skill. Then get some fowards with better fitness and can do damage in both attack and defence