News Why Trent Barrett is ready to be Canterbury Bulldog’s next coach

[dogzofwar]

The club seems completely focused on Barrett and i can understand why. I think he is an impressive candidate.

I hope they have a performance clause or something and don’t do something stupid like offer him a 3 or 4 year contract straight up he isn’t a proven coach

 

[MichaelM]

Regarding CHN, his manager came out and said the "fallout is astronomical"

Of course he did - The manager probably stands to earn more dollars if he shuffles him off to another club.
It’s a shame his manager doesn’t advise him to suck it up and make good on the mistake he made.
Something along the lines of
‘You made a mistake and let down your teammates, the club and supporters. You were the face of the club on promotional material and it’s no surprise people were pissed off with you. This is you chance to come back and show the world that that bad decision doesn’t define you’
You can’t out run your mistakes in life - you need to Learn from them and own them fully If you truly want grow and be respected.

 

[2144superman]

IF this eventuates we need to give Trent a decent chance, especially because for the last 3 years we've been doing nothing but shit bagging Dean Pay. Trent deserves our support and I think if he is brave enough to take on this mammoth car wreck of a situation and work with us then we need to show faith instead of debating about if he is shit or really shit before he even gets here.

 

[doggieaaron]

I like how he didn't just mope around after leaving Manly. I love how he went to the all blacks specifically to learn from the best, I didn't know that stuff. I just hope if we are going with him then we go all in and not do it half arsed. If we are professional then I can see it working and if we have the same clowns more concerned about power then it will all continue to fail.

Yep didn’t do what most do these days and play the victim he took ownership of his errors,a winner’s mentality

 

[Tassie Devil]

Moments away from being named Canterbury’s next head coach, Trent Barrett’s elevation into the box seat for the role has been met with confusion and uncertainty from fans and commentators.

“Sometimes in life Trent, you’ve got to eat a shit sandwich.’’

Wayne Beavis, one of rugby league’s original kingmakers, has a drawer full of advice.

None of them sway too far from the bleeding obvious.

Which is why, after resigning as head coach of Manly in 2018, Trent Barrett phoned his long-time mentor.

Beavis, who retired that same year as an accredited agent after 36 years, told the out-of-work coach the same thing he’d told many of his former clients including Brad Fittler, Trent Robinson, James Maloney, Shane Flanagan, Anthony Griffin and Jarryd Hayne.

So what did Barrett do? He bit down hard..

With a notepad and pen, Barrett took himself last July all the way inside the inner-sanctum of the All Blacks.

Knowing that if he ever did return to the NRL coaching hot seat, he needed to be a smarter coach than the one he was at Manly, Barrett wanted to learn, apply self-growth, but also feel reaffirmed his own coaching systems and weekly planning wasn’t outrageously far away from the greatest sporting team on earth.

In camp every day ahead of the All Blacks’ 16-16 draw with South Africa in Wellington last year, Barrett stood at the hip of former New Zealand coach Steve Hansen, watching, sitting in on coaches’ meetings, writing notes and visualising how he would adopt the world-class standards of the rugby union team at his next NRL post, should it ever arrive.

He even took notes on the meticulous work ethic, pride and passion of the All Blacks bus driver.

Barrett’s chew of the sandwich his straight-shooting mentor suggested has included opening his mind to other sports and business models that boast consistent success.

So the 41-year-old has been reading books every night.

Barrett’s current read, according to his mates at Penrith, is called Flawless Execution, a 215-pager about how the techniques and systems of American fighter pilots can help improve critical decision-making.

And then there’s the commitment to his players at Penrith where he’s an assistant coach, which also suggests more about Barrett’s desire and motivation to return to the coaching furnace.

Every week this season, Barrett spends three hours a day in his car, leaving home at 4.45am to drive from the south coast to Penrith before walking back in the door to see his four young children for the first time at 6.30pm.

Piece by piece, he is absorbing and appreciating that when he does return, he will do so with a far greater understanding of what did and didn’t work at Manly.

Moments away from being named Canterbury’s next head coach and their 35th in 85 years, Barrett’s elevation into the box seat for the role has been met with confusion and uncertainty from fans and commentators.

They point to his inconsistent results as Sea Eagles head coach: 13th in 2016, sixth in 2017 and 15th in 2018.

They also point to the turbulence and emotionally driven decisions that led to Barrett’s departure.

They include his vow to never pick Jackson Hastings in first grade after the rookie half’s altercation with star halfback Daly Cherry-Evans; Blake Green’s early release to the Warriors with no back-up half at the club, and claims that he was too “matey” with the players.

They’re all headlines that upon reflection, as Barrett told the Bulldogs hierarchy in a Zoom call last Monday, he could’ve avoided and handled better. But more importantly, he knows exactly how to avoid them happening again.

The mob also query, without even mentioning the bottom-four roster, why amid three separate factions and dysfunction at Canterbury board level, why Barrett would risk his second and almost certainly final chance at NRL coaching on the unsettled Bulldogs.

It’s a risk not even Melbourne Storm supercoach Craig Bellamy would entertain.

But what Barrett has learned — both from his time away and his experience at Manly — is that all he can and must focus on is coaching.

The Canterbury board, the factions, the tangled salary cap or even supplying his own plastic furniture if he has to, like he famously did at the Sea Eagles, are all elements out of his control.

The daily preparation of his players, instilling club standards and a game plan his charges trust and can execute, is what he can deliver. That’s what he’s paid to do.

These are some of the notes that are written down in his notebook, as well as words of advice from Hansen that arrive via text message most days.

Having become one of rugby league’s first player agents in 1984, Beavis, 78, proudly calls himself one of the game’s “great survivors”.

At which point during this phone call, his loyal wife Gail sings out from the background, “and so am I’’.

Beavis signed Barrett from Temora at the age of 15 and the pair have been solid ever since.

“We’ve never had one stink,’’ Beavis said.

Which prompts an immediate question: “If you have never had an argument together, why would you encourage Trent to take the Bulldogs job, given the turmoil at the club and in the full knowledge that if it doesn’t work, this could be his last chance as an NRL coach?”

“If the Bulldogs select him, Trent will handle this job with consummate ease,’’ Beavis said.

“He will return with no one to blame from the past, no finger pointing, no bagging anyone, but with a greater set of tools for the experience he’s had.

“It was a good life lesson for him at Manly and he’ll be much stronger, wiser and more informed than he ever was.

“The time away from the game has given him an opportunity to look deeper into the game and reflect and understand what it’s all about.’’

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/s...h/news-story/14968334aa152d140aa1bde79420ccd0

Actually a decent article by the telecrap

 

[Rod67]

I’ll only believe this when it actually happens. I don’t believe signing Barrett is the answer or the right fit for our club. Unlike Pay he’s had NO previous connection to the club, similar to him taking on the coaching role at Manly and you only have to talk to Manly supporters to see how they felt about him being their coach.

Channel Sunday Roast have basically said it’s a done deal but nothing has come out from either club to say that is true.

I’d hope they stick with Georgallis for this year and next before signing Holbrook, his Titans contract expires next year, to a long term deal. He’s a far better option than Barrett in my opinion.

 

[Malla]

What was hilarious was the media all of a sudden thinking they knew what was best for Barrett.
I am not sure if he’s the right man for the job, but end of the day if we offer him a deal and he takes it, that’s his call to make.

 

[Malla]

I’ll only believe this when it actually happens. I don’t believe signing Barrett is the answer or the right fit for our club. Unlike Pay he’s had NO previous connection to the club, similar to him taking on the coaching role at Manly and you only have to talk to Manly supporters to see how they felt about him being their coach.

Channel Sunday Roast have basically said it’s a done deal but nothing has come out from either club to say that is true.

I’d hope they stick with Georgallis for this year and next before signing Holbrook, his Titans contract expires next year, to a long term deal. He’s a far better option than Barrett in my opinion.

We gotta stop thinking ‘right for the club’ for a coach. We thought Pay was that? End of the day we need a coach that’s going to help improve junior development, and win games on the footy field.

 

[ddt192]

It’ll be good to just lock him down before the end of the season so we can move forward with recruiting. Bet our attack will be better next year with Barrett at the helm. At this point we just need potential recruits to at least know who the coach is

 

[Haddaway]

Looks like hes doing all the right things after his not so good stint with Manly.

I like that he got in there with the ABs.

 

[Dog4life77]

The only negative for me,is that he can’t approach any Panthers players directly..
And that he will still be highly focused on the Panthers run for the rest of this season..
I would like someone that can recruit anyone they like and is fully focused on the club from day dot..
I still think Shaun Wane would have been a better acquisition for us,and a huge talent pool in the ESL to pick from,being the current national coach

 

[bradyk]

The only negative for me,is that he can’t approach any Panthers players directly..
And that he will still be highly focused on the Panthers run for the rest of this season..
I would like someone that can recruit anyone they like and is fully focused on the club from day dot..
I still think Shaun Wane would have been a better acquisition for us,and a huge talent pool in the ESL to pick from,being the current national coach

We can recruit Panthers players. If we don't recruit Burton someone else will. He's not going to sit behind Luai any longer. It's basically Panthers decision this year which one they're going with.

 

[Snowmann]

I felt for him at Manly, it was those ***** that fed him the shit sandwich. Those tightarse Penn ***** never wanted to spend money on anything.

 

[Dog4life77]

We can recruit Panthers players. If we don't recruit Burton someone else will. He's not going to sit behind Luai any longer. It's basically Panthers decision this year which one they're going with.

We can right now..
But I’m pretty sure I read that if Barrett takes Dogs job,that he can’t poach any Panthers players while still there..
And he has stated emphatically that he won’t be leaving Panthers til end of season if he takes the job..
We need to target S.Crighton and M.burton now,with the likelihood that Barrett will be their coach

 

[Kempsey Dog]

Only negative to Baz coming is that we will never get Hastings... He's going to be a great coach for us, had DesBall and idiot Pay for years with forwards dictating play, it's going to be so good to have a half in charge for once.

 

[Mackdoggies]

Only negative to Baz coming is that we will never get Hastings... He's going to be a great coach for us, had DesBall and idiot Pay for years with forwards dictating play, it's going to be so good to have a half in charge for once.

Hasler was a half?

 

[piggy]

He seems very impressive and has massive wraps from gus and ivan i think hes just what we need and all this spin about factions etc hello idiots when a team isn’t winning this is what happens,Penrith had the same media bs last year look at them now,I actually think with trents player pulling power we can turn this around quicker than people think

Well his pulling power and close relationship with CHN may actually be factor that convinces him to stay with the dogs

 

[doggieaaron]

Well his pulling power and close relationship with CHN may actually be factor that convinces him to stay with the dogs

Yep id say so

 

[doggieaaron]

Hasler was a half?

Yes and part time hooker

 

[2ndphase]

We can right now..
But I’m pretty sure I read that if Barrett takes Dogs job,that he can’t poach any Panthers players while still there..
And he has stated emphatically that he won’t be leaving Panthers til end of season if he takes the job..
We need to target S.Crighton and M.burton now,with the likelihood that Barrett will be their coach

Mate they're ways around it!
If say Barrett got the job he could tell a Bulldogs official that he likes a player and he can contact their manager.
Ta daaa!!