Panthers announce Griffin as coach

[jarro65]

Good luck to the guy.

By all accounts he's a top bloke who genuinely cares about the players under him.

I hope he does well at Penrith.

 

[Porthoz]

There is no doubt Hook had flaws, as most have highlighted, especially the bulk program and his catering to certain players regardless of form, but not everything was bad, and were it not for a certain Gerard Beale, we might have had a premiership trophy in our cabinet under Griffin.

Between recruitment and a bit of a drought in the youth coming through, the last couple of years were severely conditioned by Locky's retirement and the lack of a proper dominant half, with Norman nowhere near delivering on his early promise, Hunt's timid trials, Prince being over the hill and Milford forced to stay in Canberra, resulting in the Hoggman experiment, which lasted way too long!
Even if Barba never reached the level he got to at the Dogs, he made a difference in the halves Hoggman never did... and should have been moved there much earlier imo.

Regardless, nothing was as bad as Henjak's tenure. That was definitely the most painful era as a Broncos supporter in my opinion.

 

[Mr Fourex]

Wouldn't it be funny if WB decided to bring Wallace back into the fold as backup to Ben Hunt?
3, 2, 1... Mr. Fourex head exploding.

Yeah....fucken hilarious !!!

 

[Morkel]

Oh the memories!!!

And who could forget the lovable Wall-P?

 

[Huge]

My prediction is that Griffin will not see out his new three year deal. He is a very poor coach as he is unable to see the bleeding obvious. He also makes stupid decisions regarding players and then thinks it's showing his determined side when in fact it shows his stubborn refusal to accept when he is wrong. His only hope is that he may have learned a few lessons and is now ready to abandon that which does not work and try new choices. Perhaps he may thrive under Gould but Griffin would have to think, at least I've got a decent paycheque coming in and I may be able to put up with Gould looking over my shoulder and second guessing everything I do. Big cracks to appear by the midpoint of Griffins second season.

 

[Porthoz]

Yeah....fucken hilarious !!!

Was it something I said? :noidea:

 

[AceAv]

How hilariously fitting. A mediocre coach to a bog average team.

Hope the Panthers like 12th place on the ladder! Because Gould and Griffin just signed the deed for it =D

 

[Super Freak]

Gould wants Panthers to be like the Broncos.

So he signs a former Broncos coach who was sacked by the Broncos for failing at the Broncos..

 

[Bucking Beads]

Gould wants Panthers to be like the Broncos.

So he signs a former Broncos coach who was sacked by the Broncos for failing at the Broncos..

He only got the sack because Wayne was coming back. If Wayne signed elsewhere Griffin would likely still be coach.

 

[Huge]

He only got the sack because Wayne was coming back. If Wayne signed elsewhere Griffin would likely still be coach.

Ha ha..rewriting history! Griffin was gone irrespective of WBs availability. He was stinking the place up and personally,I would've voted for Nashy to coach the Broncos...and he's got no idea !

 

[Nashy]

Ha ha..rewriting history! Griffin was gone irrespective of WBs availability. He was stinking the place up and personally,I would've voted for Nashy to coach the Broncos...and he's got no idea !

Yeah, that guy is useless!

 

[Bucking Beads]

Ha ha..rewriting history! Griffin was gone irrespective of WBs availability. He was stinking the place up and personally,I would've voted for Nashy to coach the Broncos...and he's got no idea !

If you say so.

 

[Cult]

And it begins, again..

 

[broncos4life]

At the very least I would like to see nashy as an assistant coach.

 

[Morkel]

Yeah, that guy is useless!

With the instructions I get given in terms of design, I'd hate to see what he does to a team.

"Run between the witches hats. No, between them. No, on each side. No, like a zig zag. So I guess around them. Or through them. No, left on one, right on the next. Actually, it was better when you were just running between them. Do that again. Yeah, still don't like it".

 

[Nashy]

I just hope there is no fade towards the end of the season.

 

[Morkel]

I just hope there is no fade towards the end of the season.

Pretty sure Griffin will instill a hard edge.

 

[Big Pete]

Let's get a guestbook going.

How many people have put a red-line through Penrith for the next 3 years?