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August 15th, 2022 9:55 pm
Michael Maguire may not be out of a job for long with the Bulldogs looking to add experience to their coaching staff after the appointment of rookie Cameron Ciraldo.
However Maguire is keeping his options open with reports he met with Eels head coach Brad Arthur.
The Bulldogs announced Ciraldo’s five-year deal on Sunday — a move that News Corp journalist Paul Kent has called “mind-boggling” given Anthony Seibold’s five-year deal with the Broncos “ended in tears.”
But Ciraldo may have a premiership-winning coach heading to Belmore to help him rebuild the club.
Kent acknowledged there’s “risk” in going all in on a rookie NRL coach but believes
“He will have Phil Gould there and that’s a real asset to have because he’s someone he can bounce ideas off,” he said.
“Ciraldo knows his footy but as we’ve seen the big problem with assistants going into the head coaching role is the other stuff like dealing with managers, trying to get your roster right, trying to get your salary cap right — and Phil Gould is going to handle that for him.”
But Kent raised the question of what has changed since Gould said after Trent Barrett’s axing that the Dogs’ next coach needs to be experienced.
He also wondered, however, if Gould just played “the old two-card trick.”
“What about Gould saying earlier in the year that Canterbury is a job for an experienced coach,” Kent said.
“What’s changed, I don’t know? Something has changed though.
“Shortly after Barrett was sacked he came out and advised Ciraldo to knock back the Tigers job, who also offered him five years and to stay at Penrith, he said Canterbury is a job for an experienced coach and all of a sudden Ciraldo is at Canterbury.
“Maybe it was the old two-card trick.”
August 15th, 2022 9:55 pm
Michael Maguire may not be out of a job for long with the Bulldogs looking to add experience to their coaching staff after the appointment of rookie Cameron Ciraldo.
However Maguire is keeping his options open with reports he met with Eels head coach Brad Arthur.
The Bulldogs announced Ciraldo’s five-year deal on Sunday — a move that News Corp journalist Paul Kent has called “mind-boggling” given Anthony Seibold’s five-year deal with the Broncos “ended in tears.”
But Ciraldo may have a premiership-winning coach heading to Belmore to help him rebuild the club.
Kent acknowledged there’s “risk” in going all in on a rookie NRL coach but believes
“He will have Phil Gould there and that’s a real asset to have because he’s someone he can bounce ideas off,” he said.
“Ciraldo knows his footy but as we’ve seen the big problem with assistants going into the head coaching role is the other stuff like dealing with managers, trying to get your roster right, trying to get your salary cap right — and Phil Gould is going to handle that for him.”
But Kent raised the question of what has changed since Gould said after Trent Barrett’s axing that the Dogs’ next coach needs to be experienced.
He also wondered, however, if Gould just played “the old two-card trick.”
“What about Gould saying earlier in the year that Canterbury is a job for an experienced coach,” Kent said.
“What’s changed, I don’t know? Something has changed though.
“Shortly after Barrett was sacked he came out and advised Ciraldo to knock back the Tigers job, who also offered him five years and to stay at Penrith, he said Canterbury is a job for an experienced coach and all of a sudden Ciraldo is at Canterbury.
“Maybe it was the old two-card trick.”
