Sack Griffin/New Coach Discussion

[winslow_wong]

at the start of season couple coaches were said to be on thin ice. those coaches were price and griffin. price has now fallen so I'm guessing griffin is feeling nervous

 

[Cult]

Kinda hoping the Dragons win their next few games by large margins so the Broncos think a new coach is an even better idea.

 

[Brett]

Dane Phillips (MOTM) is 26 years old and played 86 ISC games, sure he'd love to be called young though.
Matty Parcell (hooker) is 22 years old so in league terms he isn't young either. 40 ISC games for the Jets too.

Dane is in great form though, last four weeks in a row he's scored from his own kick, this week he chipped for a try. Parcell has been great coming off the bench and having an impact.

Well, Dane looks young to me, :laugh:.

I liked your interview with Shane Walker too. He seems like a pretty cool headed bloke.

 

[noisetheory]

i want any coach that will have us playing some football again.

 

[I bleed Maroon]

Griffin has now outlasted both Matt Elliot and Steve Price.

This is a fucking disgrace.

 

[Big Pete]

He's better than both, so no it isn't.

 

[Porthoz]

More of the same...

PRICE GONE, ELLIOTT GONE . . . GUESS WHO’S NEXT? | Rugby League Week

 

[I bleed Maroon]

He's better than both, so no it isn't.

Hardly. When you consider the squad he has to work with as compared to Price at least.

 

[Big Pete]

Price had one of the most successful teams as a platform and basically signed every big name free-agent to the side.

Yet the Dragons are worse than the Broncos and let's not forget the Broncos went into this season minus Milford who they were clearly counting on being apart of the team.

Being better than Price + Elliott doesn't mean you're good enough to coach the Broncos, it just justifies the board's decision to show more patience than the other clubs.

 

[Russell Coight]

He's better than both, so no it isn't.

Hes hardly that much better than Elliot, he has an overall win percentage of 52 griffins is what 55 or something like that, hardly that fantastic. Im hoping if we want Wayne the steve price sacking might speed things up with the griffin sacking, if the dragons are legitimately trying to get him back.

 

[Big Pete]

45.7% in the NRL.

Clearly wasn't popular at the Warriors either and the players weren't keen on him from the start.

 

[Russell Coight]

45.7% in the NRL.

Clearly wasn't popular at the Warriors either and the players weren't keen on him from the start.

so griffin had like 48% in 2012 and 42% in 13 he is hardly a step above imo

 

[Bucking Beads]

The key for our next coach is to get the best out of our players. With Barba, Milford and Hunt as playmakers we will have some serious strike power. I don't care who the coach is but if they can't get us into the top 4 with that talent in the spine they are hopeless.

 

[Big Pete]

I couldn't care less how much better Hook is than those two guys, he's a better fit for the Broncos than Elliott was at the Broncos, hence it's fine for the board to show more patience.

Unless the club turned into an utter basket case and we were copping the type of hidings both Dragons & Warriors were as often as they were, I would let Hook ride out the season before bringing a new coach in. Make the announcement before-hand but I wouldn't kick him to the curb right away.

 

[winslow_wong]

I couldn't care less how much better Hook is than those two guys, he's a better fit for the Broncos than Elliott was at the Broncos, hence it's fine for the board to show more patience.

Unless the club turned into an utter basket case and we were copping the type of hidings both Dragons & Warriors were as often as they were, I would let Hook ride out the season before bringing a new coach in. Make the announcement before-hand but I wouldn't kick him to the curb right away.

well i'm sure they'll keep being patient with hook until 2016. they will give him a chance with milford which means the fans could be suffering for a while as a lot of us have lost patience :(

 

[jd87]

well i'm sure they'll keep being patient with hook until 2016. they will give him a chance with milford which means the fans could be suffering for a while as a lot of us have lost patience :(

i dont know theres still constant strong rumours in the media that unless he can get broncos to top 4 or 5 he is gone. and yea i know media like to make up alot stories but when theres smoke theres normally fire.

in any case i just hope the new coach whoever it will be will make some strong changes to how we play. were a mobile pack yet our game plan is still 4 hit ups and a kick like as if we still had the biggest forwards in the comp

 

[rnabokov]

The key for our next coach is to get the best out of our players. With Barba, Milford and Hunt as playmakers we will have some serious strike power. I don't care who the coach is but if they can't get us into the top 4 with that talent in the spine they are hopeless.

This, and I still believe we have the team this year to make the top 4 if only we could keep some semblance of structure and discipline going for the whole 80.

 

[Russell Coight]

Got a call from Paul White today, what a stand up bloke!