If not Griffin, then who?

[Charmamba]

They signed Kearney, so I can only assume they have him in mind.

This, It's how the Broncos work.. Coach gets fired the assistant gets the gig.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Griffin is going nowhere

 

[tkday]

Come on BB, get into the spirit of the post. It was a hypothetical question. I believe the assistant coach would get the gig.

 

[subsbligh]

Great post.

You hear a lot of bullshit on here about sacking Griffin/Wallace/Prince or "WHY AREN'T WE BUYING A PLAYMAKER" but no one ever considers the logical next question of, well who would that be?

In Griffin's case, there really isn't a tried and experienced coach on the market who'd present a better proposition than Griffin.

Kearney would get the gig in the meantime I'd assume.

I'd love to see Kevvie Walters. Only concern is that he is really a talentless ex-football player coach like Stephen Kearney who, when given a dud NRL squad and tries to Bellamy-arize them that his true (lack of) ability comes through.

 

[simmo77]

Actually I wouldn't be surprised to see Benny back as coaching director and Kevvie and Locky under him.

 

[Bull Shark]

this guy ...

 

[tkday]

Hee hee hee.

 

[rnabokov]

The ghost of Jack Gibson

 

[redbur95]

Great post.

You hear a lot of bull**** on here about sacking Griffin/Wallace/Prince or "WHY AREN'T WE BUYING A PLAYMAKER" but no one ever considers the logical next question of, well who would that be?

In Griffin's case, there really isn't a tried and experienced coach on the market who'd present a better proposition than Griffin.

Kearney would get the gig in the meantime I'd assume.

I'd love to see Kevvie Walters. Only concern is that he is really a talentless ex-football player coach like Stephen Kearney who, when given a dud NRL squad and tries to Bellamy-arize them that his true (lack of) ability comes through.

Thanks for that subsbligh.

The reason I started this thread was to look at all options if Griffin was sacked. It seems that there certainly aren't any circumstances that could possibly be better than the present of Griffin was sacked. It's a free-agent coach desert out there.

 

[subsbligh]

Talk of Bennett coming home to finish his career hasn't died off yet.

There was a period where Bennett was the Broncos.

He was bigger than the club, the board, everything. A massive clash of egos with Bruno brought that to an end.

If he came back to Brisbane, he would not have the same freedom and power (or squads for that matter) that he did during the Broncos glory days.

Yes, he is undoubtedly a great coach/motivator and I would of course welcome him back as a coach to the Broncs, where he made a name for himself, but I think you can't look back, Bennett has no regrets about his time at Brisbane or any unfinished business, so he has everything to lose by a second stint.

He's only got 5 or 6 years left in him. Unless it was to mentor Lockyer (he sacked Kevvie, so I can't see that relationship working) as a coach, it's not a long term option. Locky has already said he doesn't want a part of coaching.

 

[lynx000]

On the basis of what occurred with Parra, I could not consider Kearney to be a serious contender. Nor could I recommend Sheens or Smith for the role, I think their time might be done. Of the coaches out there and available I think it would have to come down to Kevvie Walters or Rick Stone. Re Walters, from the outside looking in he seems to have responsibility for running a lot of the Storm attack and I believe we would benefit from his approach. Re Stone, I think he was developing nicely as a coach prior to Nathan's dollars attracting Bennett.

 

[vertigo]

unfinished business.

 

[tkday]

No.

 

[Bull Shark]

On the basis of what occurred with Parra, I could not consider Kearney to be a serious contender. Nor could I recommend Sheens or Smith for the role, I think their time might be done. Of the coaches out there and available I think it would have to come down to Kevvie Walters or Rick Stone. Re Walters, from the outside looking in he seems to have responsibility for running a lot of the Storm attack and I believe we would benefit from his approach. Re Stone, I think he was developing nicely as a coach prior to Nathan's dollars attracting Bennett.

would be interesting to find out what KW's coaching style / philosophy is given he was such a great little 'old school' player in attack ... watching him throw those passes to put outside backs through holes was poetry ...

the fact he had to work pretty hard to eventually earn his place in the game is another interesting thing imo, as the 'self made' types who had to work their asses off as players seem to make the better coaches ..

 

[1910]

would be interesting to find out what KW's coaching style / philosophy is given he was such a great little 'old school' player in attack ... watching him throw those passes to put outside backs through holes was poetry ...

the fact he had to work pretty hard to eventually earn his place in the game is another interesting thing imo, as the 'self made' types who had to work their asses off as players seem to make the better coaches ..

Kevvie wasn't the little battler that could. He made every Queensland under age team, played Origin early, went to Sydney early. Kevvie is a smart coach when it comes to backs. He is creative, he thinks things through and notices things that might work. His attention to detail has improved at Storm and Bellamy has taught him the little things matter a lot.

He gave up the 20's coaching gig when his mum died last week, he was back in Brisbane on the weekend to see his family who still live here. He lives in Melbourne on his own so it's a tough gig.

Billy Walters is playing Colts for Easts at the moment. Kevvie wants a head coaching role but is happy to stay at Storm until it comes along.