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Michael Ennis calls for ‘experience’ to replace Dean Pay after ‘unfortunate’ Bulldogs exit

Former Bulldogs captain Michael Ennis says Dean Pay’s exit is “unfortunate.”

It’s been a tumultuous time for the Bulldogs but some element of clarity has been reached with the club immediately cutting ties with coach Dean Pay.
Fox League expert and former Canterbury captain Michael Ennis says the departure of Pay, a former player as well, is “unfortunate” and he understands why Pay made the call to quit after being told he won’t be re-signed after this year.
“I think for everyone involved and in particular Dean, he needed that confirmation to know whether he was either going to be able to recruit and start to move forward or know that it wasn’t going to be,” Ennis told Foxsports.com.au

“Unfortunately for Dean it was the latter and I think it’s been a pretty tough situation for them. It’s just unfortunate that the results just are what they are.
“It would have been extremely frustrating after what he’s been through over the last couple of years knowing that he’s just got the rest of the year to hold the fort and not be able to work to the future so I can totally understand him leaving.”
Panthers assistant coach Trent Barrett leads a list of potential replacements.

While Ennis didn’t give a direct name of who would be best suited to the role, he says the club needs to go with and experienced coach that can handle the pressures and outside noise of coaching a powerful club.
“I strongly believe it needs to be an experienced coach and one with calmness that can get them through this tough period.


“It’s a club that comes with a lot of expectation, a lot of outside noise, it’s a powerful club, it has a lot of wealth behind it and I think it needs someone who is able to cocoon the players from the challenges that are going to come.
“The thing about Canterbury when I got there it was really stable off the field and I think that’s important because at the moment there’s a lot of stuff coming out from the Bulldogs that didn’t happen in that time.
“That club will always have noise around it because of how big it is and how passionate the people are that are involved in it, both as members and supporters but also as board members and influential figures around the board.

Interim coach Steve Georgallis with Kieran Foran.

“The coach needs to be able to handle that noise and that’s why it’s vital that they put experience in there.”
He also suggested the Bulldogs to follow suit of the strongest clubs in the competition by employing highly regarded, younger support staff who are more in touch with how the game has evolved.
Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy has been assisted by Jason Ryles for four years. Roosters’ Trent Robinson’s right-hand man is Craig Fitzgibbon and Canberra’s Ricky Stuart has Brett White and Andrew McFadden as well as input from Ennis.
“Whilst it’s important that they get an experienced coach in it’s important that they also have people that are in touch as well with the modern game,” he said.
“The club needs to not only spend time getting the right head coach in there but they need to make sure he’s surrounded with the right people as well.”

Former Bulldogs coach Dean Pay chose to walk after he wasn’t offered a deal for 2021.

While Barrett is tipped to take the job, there’s been some rumblings of a plan that involved Ennis.
It was reported that a club powerbroker had pitched an idea to a board member which included Wayne Bennett and Ennis as his successor.
Ennis confirmed he has had no contact with the Bulldogs and while he has always been open about his desires to be a head coach one day he’s happy in his roles with Fox Sports and the Raiders.
“I haven’t spoken to anyone at the Bulldogs at all. I was caught a little off guard (about the Wayne Bennett plan) because I hadn’t spoken to anyone at all and I still haven’t,” he said.


“There’s nothing to add, I’d only be commenting on rumour and speculation.
“I’ve always said that I would like to coach at some stage, but at the same time I’m really comfortable with my job at Fox. I love what I do there, Steve Crawley and Patrick Delany have been great for me, it’s certainly where my focus is at for the moment and also with the Raiders.
“I really enjoy both roles so I haven’t even considered it to be honest. The time would have to be right for me to coach and I’m just not sure when that will be.”
One of the first tasks the new coach will face is choosing how to spend the $3 million the club will have in the salary cap next year.
Ennis urges the future coach and the club to follow former Knights coach Nathan Brown’s “patient and strategic” approach to recruiting
“It’s really important with their recruitment that they don’t go and spend this $3 million on rushed decisions and people who aren’t Canterbury,” he said.
“Canterbury need a certain style of player and they need to find those people. It doesn’t just come with talent, it comes with the person.


“They need to do what Nathan Brown did to some degree at Newcastle where he was really patient and strategic with his recruiting and he went through a lot of pain at the start.
“If you look at where Newcastle are at now to where they were three or four years ago, he got a lot of those right.
“They need to be really careful and selective to have longevity of success not just turn it around next year and make the top eight. Obviously that would be ideal but they need to put a roster in place and continue to develop at the same time and invest in that nursery they’ve got there in western Sydney.
“They’ve got some really good talent there, they really do, they just need to get the right other pieces of the jigsaw together that will really elevate the squad and the way that they play.”

Canterbury’s squad is so young that Pay would have been the only coach they’ve played under since playing first grade.
Ennis says it will be a different time for those players but raised a really valid point. The focus all season has been on Pay’s performance as a coach and now that he’s left the club the attention will be only on the players.
“It will be a unique time for them but essentially for the players now the speculation and all the drama that surrounded the club and head coach isn’t there so the spotlight turns onto them and their performance.”





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July 14, 2020 2:59pm
Darcie McDonaldFOX SPORTS

Michael Ennis calls for ‘experience’ to replace Dean Pay after ‘unfortunate’ Bulldogs exit

Former Bulldogs captain Michael Ennis says Dean Pay’s exit is “unfortunate.”

It’s been a tumultuous time for the Bulldogs but some element of clarity has been reached with the club immediately cutting ties with coach Dean Pay.
Fox League expert and former Canterbury captain Michael Ennis says the departure of Pay, a former player as well, is “unfortunate” and he understands why Pay made the call to quit after being told he won’t be re-signed after this year.
“I think for everyone involved and in particular Dean, he needed that confirmation to know whether he was either going to be able to recruit and start to move forward or know that it wasn’t going to be,” Ennis told Foxsports.com.au

“Unfortunately for Dean it was the latter and I think it’s been a pretty tough situation for them. It’s just unfortunate that the results just are what they are.
“It would have been extremely frustrating after what he’s been through over the last couple of years knowing that he’s just got the rest of the year to hold the fort and not be able to work to the future so I can totally understand him leaving.”
Panthers assistant coach Trent Barrett leads a list of potential replacements.

While Ennis didn’t give a direct name of who would be best suited to the role, he says the club needs to go with and experienced coach that can handle the pressures and outside noise of coaching a powerful club.
“I strongly believe it needs to be an experienced coach and one with calmness that can get them through this tough period.


“It’s a club that comes with a lot of expectation, a lot of outside noise, it’s a powerful club, it has a lot of wealth behind it and I think it needs someone who is able to cocoon the players from the challenges that are going to come.
“The thing about Canterbury when I got there it was really stable off the field and I think that’s important because at the moment there’s a lot of stuff coming out from the Bulldogs that didn’t happen in that time.
“That club will always have noise around it because of how big it is and how passionate the people are that are involved in it, both as members and supporters but also as board members and influential figures around the board.

Interim coach Steve Georgallis with Kieran Foran.

“The coach needs to be able to handle that noise and that’s why it’s vital that they put experience in there.”
He also suggested the Bulldogs to follow suit of the strongest clubs in the competition by employing highly regarded, younger support staff who are more in touch with how the game has evolved.
Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy has been assisted by Jason Ryles for four years. Roosters’ Trent Robinson’s right-hand man is Craig Fitzgibbon and Canberra’s Ricky Stuart has Brett White and Andrew McFadden as well as input from Ennis.
“Whilst it’s important that they get an experienced coach in it’s important that they also have people that are in touch as well with the modern game,” he said.
“The club needs to not only spend time getting the right head coach in there but they need to make sure he’s surrounded with the right people as well.”

Former Bulldogs coach Dean Pay chose to walk after he wasn’t offered a deal for 2021.

While Barrett is tipped to take the job, there’s been some rumblings of a plan that involved Ennis.
It was reported that a club powerbroker had pitched an idea to a board member which included Wayne Bennett and Ennis as his successor.
Ennis confirmed he has had no contact with the Bulldogs and while he has always been open about his desires to be a head coach one day he’s happy in his roles with Fox Sports and the Raiders.
“I haven’t spoken to anyone at the Bulldogs at all. I was caught a little off guard (about the Wayne Bennett plan) because I hadn’t spoken to anyone at all and I still haven’t,” he said.


“There’s nothing to add, I’d only be commenting on rumour and speculation.
“I’ve always said that I would like to coach at some stage, but at the same time I’m really comfortable with my job at Fox. I love what I do there, Steve Crawley and Patrick Delany have been great for me, it’s certainly where my focus is at for the moment and also with the Raiders.
“I really enjoy both roles so I haven’t even considered it to be honest. The time would have to be right for me to coach and I’m just not sure when that will be.”
One of the first tasks the new coach will face is choosing how to spend the $3 million the club will have in the salary cap next year.
Ennis urges the future coach and the club to follow former Knights coach Nathan Brown’s “patient and strategic” approach to recruiting
“It’s really important with their recruitment that they don’t go and spend this $3 million on rushed decisions and people who aren’t Canterbury,” he said.
“Canterbury need a certain style of player and they need to find those people. It doesn’t just come with talent, it comes with the person.


“They need to do what Nathan Brown did to some degree at Newcastle where he was really patient and strategic with his recruiting and he went through a lot of pain at the start.
“If you look at where Newcastle are at now to where they were three or four years ago, he got a lot of those right.
“They need to be really careful and selective to have longevity of success not just turn it around next year and make the top eight. Obviously that would be ideal but they need to put a roster in place and continue to develop at the same time and invest in that nursery they’ve got there in western Sydney.
“They’ve got some really good talent there, they really do, they just need to get the right other pieces of the jigsaw together that will really elevate the squad and the way that they play.”

Canterbury’s squad is so young that Pay would have been the only coach they’ve played under since playing first grade.
Ennis says it will be a different time for those players but raised a really valid point. The focus all season has been on Pay’s performance as a coach and now that he’s left the club the attention will be only on the players.
“It will be a unique time for them but essentially for the players now the speculation and all the drama that surrounded the club and head coach isn’t there so the spotlight turns onto them and their performance.”





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Finally some common sense commentary.
 

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I can't wait to see Michael Ennis as a head NRL coach one day down the track. You just know he'll bring a lot of drama and say it how it is no matter what.

I find that very funny.
 

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He is very articulate in his response. He is an asset to Fox and the Raiders.
 

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Finally some common sense commentary.
Made some decent points, and again not to shit on Pay, but Ennis would know a lot more of what the club stands for then Pay who hadnt stepped foot at the club for 23 years before he returned.

I just hope the board and CEO has the same thinking in the recruitment of a coach and players to get us out of this rut.
 

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A lot of people give Ennis shit, but he is quite articulate most of the time.
 

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Get Ennis as an assistant and Graham as a specialist forwards coach. I don't care about Bulldogs DNA but I think both would be great in those roles regardless of where they coached.

Them having the passion for the club helps and having the personality of calling people out for not playing to a certain standard or effort level is something we desperately need.
 

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I can't wait to see Michael Ennis as a head NRL coach one day down the track. You just know he'll bring a lot of drama and say it how it is no matter what.
No he won't, after he's been fined $10k every time he opens his mouth he'll quickly learn how to be politically correct like the rest of them.

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Could do worse than bring Ennis into the coaching ranks, and Brown into recruitment. Although not sure Brown would accept being under Barrett...
 

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I'm not convinced he'll make a great coach, very easy to give you're two cents worth on stuff after it happens which is what he does.

Put him alongside some of the meatheads fox employ and he definitely looks like a professional by their standards.

Anyone who thinks he loves the club is kidding but some fans are easily hoodwinked, take for example when fans were booing him at Belmore then he walks over and waves and all of a sudden he's the favourite son.
 

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Ennis makes sense. Positive stuff from an ex dog player. I agree we should get an experienced Coach we need to be patient in coach selection and spending our War Chest. We have put up with a inexperienced Coach, Team and Board for too long now at least if we can a get a Proven Coach we can get out off this mess. Not sure what this Board is doing but beginning to think there are too many on there which have no contribution to our club. They better get there finger out and earn my vote because it wont come easy next time
 
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