New side enters the race for Trent Barrett

The former Canterbury mentor will have options ahead of 2023.

WRITER | AUGUST 17, 2022 - 11:41AM

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The former coach has been out of work for three months since his departure from Canterbury, however a local rival looks set to swoop on Barrett as an assistant coach - the Parramatta Eels.

White still sitting firmly in the top eight, things have gotten rocky at times for Parramatta in 2022, losing a stack of talent ahead of next season while numerous other head coaches have been linked to the club, applying pressure to incumbent coach Brad Arthur.

Both Cameron Ciraldo and Michael Maguire were reported to have spoken to the club over the last six weeks.

Linked heavily with a return to the Dragons as Anthony Griffin's assistant, the Eels have identified Barrett as a quality right-hand man for Arthur, and he certainly has the track record to boot.

Despite his poor head coaching statistics, Barrett does have some favourable stints as an assistant, most notably his recent time spent at Penrith before joining the Bulldogs.

Channel Nine's 'The Mole' reports that chats have already gotten underway for Barrett to link up with Parramatta in 2023.

Having won just two finals games in nine years as the Eels' head coach, it appears the blowtorch is well and truly finally on Arthur after a succession of underperforming seasons or soft exits in the post-season.

Whether he accepts the role or not, it seems Trent Barrett will certainly be employed by an NRL club ahead of the 2023 season.

"Some truths, some bullshit. Especially the one where we try and sign an elite talent, miss out and sign a lessor player on elite money, who would they be? On field success is our best chance of landing elite players."

"Jack Williams was our best forward last year imo, I absolutely love the way he plays. He'll get better with a year under his belt. I hope we've got him for a while because he's the type of no frills toiler we need up front to partner Paulo. But, I…"

"I think broncos are in enough of a retention hotspot to be able to entice someone away. Obviously he'd be high on their list but someone has to go, Piakura, Willison, Te Kura, with Te Kura being unproven still."

Replies

Titan August 17, 2022 at 2:16pm

Bring all the Dragons rejects, why not. Brown, Ennis, McGregor, Barrett. They all have done nothing for the red v so no better reason than to employ them here
Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown August 17, 2022 at 2:26pm

Absolute disgrace that we would even consider bringing a guy like this to our club

His energy is depressing, his body lanuage is worse, he cant even string a sensible line together and his teams are dead set garbage.

Why would we want to put his energy into our already struggling team?

This shows perfectly the shockingly low standards our club has, and it starts with the CEO.

I told people this exact scenario would happen.

This clubs a disgrace and on the serious slide.
- LB > Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown August 17, 2022 at 2:32pm
  
  Added to that, this might mean BA is here for 2023 without seeing how he ends this year.
  - Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown > LB August 17, 2022 at 2:39pm
    
    for sure he will be, hes not going anywhere, even if we came last.
    
    Because nobodies job is riding on it, theres no accountability and our CEO is a joke who is not even reactionary, he just does nothing.
    - ParraTrooper47 > Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown August 17, 2022 at 3:48pm
      
      Exactly. They're all a bunch of Con Artists laughing 😂 all the way to the Bank 🏦 at fans expense.
      - Poppa > ParraTrooper47 August 17, 2022 at 5:35pm
        
        Your a "miscreant" Trooper.....it would appear that you are so far down the socio economic pole you think the world is laughing at you at your expense........how could you possibly bring con artists into the equation and justify same?
        
        Slugg > Poppa August 17, 2022 at 6:03pm
        
        I used to be a miscreant but I got better
        
        Poppa > Slugg August 17, 2022 at 6:11pm
        
        That was all those kicks in the arse Sluggo, I think Trooper could be past redemption.
- josh jones > Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown August 17, 2022 at 3:04pm
  
  Agreed. And the fact he condoned Gus to take over that training sesh said it all. The second that's happens a coach loses the team.
- Brett Allen > Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown August 17, 2022 at 4:30pm
  
  The article does point out that despite his poor head coaching record, he is highly regarded as an assistant.
  As for his body language, he's hardly alone in the coaching industry. Ivan Cleary isn't exactly a bubbly personality.