Bellamy never purchased complete immortals or superstars, just like for example the Roosters.
Bellamy brought up Smith, Cronk and Slater as teenagers and over the years with his coaching, systems in place and other forces and factors, turned them to what they were/are.
He is doing very similar things with Munster and Papenhouzen.
Bellamy is a club/career coach and not a representative coach, where they get to choose the best from the best
To say he will be questioned because he had 3 immortals is rubbish. It's rubbish because he created these immortals, from their NRL debuts to pretty much there last game of 1st grade footy (obviously Cronk moved away at the end of his career for a nice piece of meat)
Since some continue to deliberately misinterpret what I post. let's try the reverse.
So what
you are saying is Cronk, Slater and Smith were complete turds and Bellamy magically polished them into diamonds.
That without Bellamy coaching them they would have been nobodies, never even made it to NRL level.
That when Inlgis was no longer coached by Bellamy that he was hopeless,faded into obscurity.
Ditto Cronk, totally lost it without Bellamy coaching him.
That we sent Kasiano to Bellamy and he did the same, magically turned him in to a diamond (sic).
With all that magic ability to turn rocks into diamonds, yet he has only won 2 premierships in his 16 years (without the highest ever level of cheating).
I could go on, but that's what taking what someone says and blowing it out of proportion. Cronk, Slater, Smith and Inglis all had extraordinary abilities and Bellamy recognised and harnessed that. If he wants to be recognised at the Bennett, Sheens, Gibson level (winning premiership with more than one team) or even the Proven level (robbed of it at the Sharks) then he has to coach another team to an NRL premiership. That's my view, one that is shared by many.
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