Leeds: Former Parramatta coach Brad Arthur says he’s a better coach now than the one who was sacked by the Eels last year, admitting it was time for both him and the club to go their separate ways.
“A lot of people said I looked relieved and happy, and I felt like I was at the time,” he said about his mid-season sacking
“I was grateful for the opportunity they gave me. Eleven years, it was a great life and my family got to live a great life. There were negatives with it, but there were plenty of positives with it. I wouldn’t change any of it at all. Probably there’s some lessons there that I maybe knew or some things that I knew I needed to change or got wrong. But sometimes you don’t make those until you get sacked or terminated.
“I’ve looked at it from a perspective of ‘it is what it is, I’ve had a good life and enjoyed it, but what can I learn from it’? So if I got any opportunities again moving forward, is there anything that I could do differently? But I feel a lot of that just comes with time and experience. You don’t learn from anything unless you make mistakes. It’s just making sure you don’t make them over and over.”
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Oh he cracks me up. Comedy of the day 'he was glad the Eels sacked him'. What a stupid statement!
He milked the place for all he could and for as long as it was on offer.
He gave overs to a number of players and so they 'respected him'. They knew full well when BA goes they will too so they just did enough week in week out until he got unceremoniously dumped.
He should be marked at all NRL clubs 'never to be allowed anywhere near the joint'.
Yep that's why he said he had a good life - deep down he knows it will take a miracle to get another head coach role.
Unless that club is suffering from a severe case of the Stevie Wonders.
That read like a plead for a new job 😂😂.
Mate no body is brave enough to hire you because they understand that it would be a package deal.
Frank it says enough that Meninga beat him to the job in Perth. Like Meninga's coaching skills are about as good as his political skills. Do you remember his attempt at trying to become a federal politician. He walked on his first interview never to return. Lol A blind ferret with arthritis and a hernia could have done a better job.
21 seconds. Shortest political career in Australian history... haha
Would have thought BA was a shoe in for that Perth position. Guess we will never know.
There was someone on fb who commented that if we win a comp in next 5 years BA should get some credit for laying foundations. Well that's not happening with how much Ryles has gutted the joint, for good.
This is not a Kevin Walters situation.
That's rubbish, neither he or Walters deserve credit in either circumstances. Only a flop would credit a coach 5 years on even if the team were 100% Arthur recruits.
lol Arthur and MON tried to get rid of Moses in 2018
Haha and if I get gonorrhoea in the next few years, I'll blame my first girlfriend for giving it to me in 91.
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