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Phil Gould should call off the search - the Bulldogs have found their new head coach, writes PAUL CRAWLEY.
June 13, 2022 - 6:33PM
News Corp Australia Sports Newsroom
Phil Gould should call off the search. The Bulldogs have found their new head coach. All they have to do is give Mick Potter the job.
Stop wasting more time searching for a better solution.
Potter ticks every box.
He has the Dogs’ DNA. A two-time premiership winning player and a champion of his era.
He already has Gould’s respect because Gus appointed him as interim coach after Trent Barrett was punted.
And he can obviously coach.
That performance against Parramatta was the best the Dogs have played in years.
Every week this squad has played under Potter you could see subtle changes being made but until now it just hasn’t clicked.
But that 34-4 spanking of the Eels was the culmination of all the work that has gone into making these players not only take accountability but to start believing in themselves again.
Matt Burton and Josh Addo-Carr were tremendous. Tevita Pangai was enormous. It was Potter’s call to move Jake Averillo to fullback. Kyle Flanagan suddenly looked a footballer again. Jacob Kiraz. Max King. You could name the lot of them.
Mick Potter is the man to lead the Bulldogs. Picture: Jason McCawley/Getty
Potter is one of the most humble men you will ever meet but he is no mug.
And he would have learnt a hell of a lot about the politics of the game from his time at the Tigers, where he walked into a hornet’s nest and got blamed for a series of disasters not of his making. That was not his fault as you’ve seen with the coaches that have come and went since.
But he’s had seven years to mull over what he could himself do differently, and when Gus came knocking it gave him the opportunity to put that into practice.
Gould has said previously this is not the job for an inexperienced coach.
And for all the hype about Cameron Ciraldo and his obvious talent, it would still be a huge gamble for him and the Dogs to make this his first head coaching gig.
But Potter would fit like a glove.
The only thing he doesn’t do is talk himself up.
But that win over Parra just did it for him.
June 13, 2022 - 6:33PM
News Corp Australia Sports Newsroom
Phil Gould should call off the search. The Bulldogs have found their new head coach. All they have to do is give Mick Potter the job.
Stop wasting more time searching for a better solution.
Potter ticks every box.
He has the Dogs’ DNA. A two-time premiership winning player and a champion of his era.
He already has Gould’s respect because Gus appointed him as interim coach after Trent Barrett was punted.
And he can obviously coach.
That performance against Parramatta was the best the Dogs have played in years.
Every week this squad has played under Potter you could see subtle changes being made but until now it just hasn’t clicked.
But that 34-4 spanking of the Eels was the culmination of all the work that has gone into making these players not only take accountability but to start believing in themselves again.
Matt Burton and Josh Addo-Carr were tremendous. Tevita Pangai was enormous. It was Potter’s call to move Jake Averillo to fullback. Kyle Flanagan suddenly looked a footballer again. Jacob Kiraz. Max King. You could name the lot of them.
Mick Potter is the man to lead the Bulldogs. Picture: Jason McCawley/Getty
Potter is one of the most humble men you will ever meet but he is no mug.
And he would have learnt a hell of a lot about the politics of the game from his time at the Tigers, where he walked into a hornet’s nest and got blamed for a series of disasters not of his making. That was not his fault as you’ve seen with the coaches that have come and went since.
But he’s had seven years to mull over what he could himself do differently, and when Gus came knocking it gave him the opportunity to put that into practice.
Gould has said previously this is not the job for an inexperienced coach.
And for all the hype about Cameron Ciraldo and his obvious talent, it would still be a huge gamble for him and the Dogs to make this his first head coaching gig.
But Potter would fit like a glove.
The only thing he doesn’t do is talk himself up.
But that win over Parra just did it for him.
