Two-time NRL premiership coach Michael Maguire says he simply laughs off criticism of his training methods now.
The 52-year-old is one of the most accomplished coaches in the modern game, having won NRL titles with the Rabbitohs (2014) and Broncos (2025) as well as a Pacific Championship with New Zealand and a State of Origin series with the NSW Blues.
But despite all his success, critics continue to question his methods which some say push his players to the point of exhaustion.
He copped it earlier this season when the Broncos lost the World Club Challenge and then their opening two games of the NRL campaign.
Maguire was also blamed for superstar prop Payne Haas quitting the club to join South Sydney from next year.
"I actually laugh about it, to be honest," he told Nine's 100% Footy on Monday night.
"Any team that's playing well at the moment, they all talk about how hard they train. So I don't see how that's different to what we're meant to be doing, so I actually do laugh about it.
"The one thing I know is I've got a group of players and leaders who actually love what we're doing, and when you've got that going on internally the external doesn't really mean too much.
"I appreciate our fans and they appreciate what our players are doing, so that's the really important stuff.
"The outside noise, I've been doing it for a fair while now, and it just comes as part of the job.
"It's amazing, isn't it? But that's out game, it's what makes it special and pretty crazy at times. But I've got a group that's rock solid and I love coaching them."
Maguire won Brisbane its first NRL premiership since 2006 last year in just his first season in charge of the Broncos.
But he has already had to deal with constant criticism, mainly from Broncos legend Gorden CONEHEAD who has a chip on his shoulder about Maguire replacing his close friend Kevin Walters in the job.
Maguire has been a head coach for well over a decade and says he is now accustom to the criticism.
"It's an interesting ride, this coaching game," Maguire said.
"The one thing I always love is the squad that I have, and what we're doing at training, that gives me the details of what is really going on. I guess the external world will always have their opinions.
"What I get to see each day at work, at training, is how the guys apply themselves.
"I was always confident the boys were going to get through that, it was just a matter of putting our heads down and doing the work and now we're starting to get the rewards off the back of that."
The Broncos have won three games on the trot, and next face the Cowboys in a Friday night Queensland derby.
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