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I like data. Data makes things easier to see clearly. So here are the season by season coaching records for each available coach who is worth mentioning. You can click on the seasons in the data to show you how the year played out.
Shane Flanagan.
Pepitide Ban
Emailing players during his suspension ban.
I like this record. He took over a very poor Ricky Stuart coached team, and year by year built them up. Note the Sharks won a wooden spoon in the years he wasn't coaching them (2014)
Overall Record
Josh Morris
Took over Shanes' team. They played well, but were never a real contender. And then spat the dummy cause they were looking for other coaches cause even the Sharks realised they were headed on a downwards spiral. A no in my book
Overall Record
Paul Green
THis data doesn't tell the full story. Neil Henry had been coaching the Cowboys and had that team in the semi's each year for the past 3 years. After taking them from bottom of the table. Paul Green was able to put the icing on top. But when he needed to rebuild the team after Thurston left, well the stats tell the story.
Overall Record
Cameron Ciraldo
Only coached the 8 games. Taking a red hot Panthers from 4th to 6th on the table.
Overall Record
ASSASSIN
One of the Kennel's own. Highly regarded junior coach with over 40 wins and 3 losses to his name. Able to identify junior talent and communications with supporters will be at an all time high due to the frequency of his postings on the Kennel. I have heard rumours that team list Tuesday will be picked via a poll on this very website and submitted directly to the NRL.
Untested at NRL level.
Other....
As the name suggests, anyone else you think you should get a go. They would want to have a pretty damn record in NSW Cup/QLD Cup/ESL
Some of those who people like to throw around
Shane Wane
Kristian Woolf (Also coached 2 games for Newcastle with one win and one loss)
Geoff Toovey
Walker Brothers (though Ben left, so only Chris is left coaching Ipswich now).
Never finished below 8th on the table. That said, there are only 14 teams. So 8th isn't always good.
Grunthos
Grunthos, a seasoned coach, has shown interest in taking command of the floundering bulldog's team.
He has 20+ years as a rugby and league coach from minis to seniors at school and local club level, and his teams have appeared in five grand finals and won three and his graded teams have NEVER missed a finals series and he believes he has the plan to bring the mighty dogs back to grand-final contention!
As well-credentialed as coach Grunthos is, he won't come cheap, weighing up some surprising six-figure offers from other top-ranked League and Rugby teams both here and abroad all clamouring for his services.
Gus Gould had better have deep pockets to snag the maestro!
Shane Flanagan.
| NRL 2010 | 14th | 7 | 17 | 0 | 354 | 609 | Ricky STUART, Shane FLANAGAN | 8 | - | Nathan GARDNER | 54 | - | Luke COVELL, Nathan GARDNER | Toyota | 10,617 | |
| NRL 2011 | 13th | 7 | 17 | 0 | 428 | 557 | Shane FLANAGAN | 9 | - | Ben POMEROY | 76 | - | John WILLIAMS | Toyota | 11,861 | |
| NRL 2012 | 7th | Qualifying Final | 12 | 11 | 1 | 445 | 441 | Shane FLANAGAN | 9 | - | Ben POMEROY | 141 | - | Todd CARNEY | Toyota | 13,237 |
| NRL 2013 | 5th | Semi Final | 14 | 10 | 0 | 468 | 460 | Peter SHARP, Shane FLANAGAN | 9 | - | Andrew FIFITA | 112 | - | Michael GORDON | Remondis Stadium | 13,774 |
Pepitide Ban
| NRL 2015 | 6th | Semi Final | 14 | 10 | 0 | 469 | 476 | Shane FLANAGAN | 16 | - | Valentine HOLMES | 164 | - | Michael GORDON | Remondis Stadium | 11,926 |
| NRL 2016 | 3rd | Premiers | 17 | 6 | 1 | 580 | 404 | Shane FLANAGAN | 19 | - | Valentine HOLMES | 219 | - | James MALONEY | Southern Cross | 14,579 |
| NRL 2017 | 5th | Qualifying Final | 15 | 9 | 0 | 476 | 407 | Shane FLANAGAN | 13 | - | Sosaia FEKI | 161 | - | James MALONEY | Southern Cross | 12,953 |
| NRL 2018 | 4th | Prelim Final | 16 | 8 | 0 | 519 | 423 | Shane FLANAGAN | 22 | - | Valentine HOLMES | 148 | - | Chad TOWNSEND | Southern Cross | 12,700 |
Emailing players during his suspension ban.
I like this record. He took over a very poor Ricky Stuart coached team, and year by year built them up. Note the Sharks won a wooden spoon in the years he wasn't coaching them (2014)
Overall Record
| FLANAGAN, Shane | 1965-12-02 | 2010-13, 2015-18 | 186 | 102 | 82 | 2 | 54.8 |
Josh Morris
| RL 2019 | 7th | Qualifying Final | 12 | 12 | 0 | 514 | 464 | John MORRIS | 15 | - | Josh MORRIS | 102 | - | Shaun JOHNSON | Pointsbet | 12,224 |
| NRL 2020 | 8th | Qualifying Final | 10 | 10 | 0 | 480 | 480 | John MORRIS | 16 | - | Sione KATOA | 120 | - | Shaun JOHNSON | Netstrata | * 2,454 |
| NRL 2021 | 9th | 10 | 14 | 0 | 520 | 556 | John MORRIS, Josh HANNAY | 14 | - | Connor TRACEY, William KENNEDY | 88 | - | Braydon TRINDALL | Netstrata | * 5,970 |
Took over Shanes' team. They played well, but were never a real contender. And then spat the dummy cause they were looking for other coaches cause even the Sharks realised they were headed on a downwards spiral. A no in my book
Overall Record
| MORRIS, John | 1980-07-29 | 2019-21 | 51 | 24 | 27 | - | 47.1 |
Paul Green
| NRL 2014 | 5th | Semi Final | 14 | 10 | 0 | 596 | 406 | Paul GREEN | 15 | - | Antonio WINTERSTEIN | 234 | - | Johnathan THURSTON | 1300SMILES | 16,114 |
| NRL 2015 | 3rd | Premiers | 17 | 7 | 0 | 587 | 454 | Paul GREEN | 16 | - | Antonio WINTERSTEIN | 208 | - | Johnathan THURSTON | 1300SMILES | 17,009 |
| NRL 2016 | 4th | Prelim Final | 15 | 9 | 0 | 584 | 355 | Paul GREEN | 15 | - | Kyle FELDT | 201 | - | Johnathan THURSTON | 1300SMILES | 17,728 |
| NRL 2017 | 8th | Runners Up | 13 | 11 | 0 | 467 | 443 | Paul GREEN | 15 | - | Kyle FELDT | 102 | - | Ethan LOWE | 1300SMILES | 16,528 |
| NRL 2018 | 13th | 8 | 16 | 0 | 449 | 521 | Paul GREEN | 14 | - | Kyle FELDT | 166 | - | Johnathan THURSTON | 1300SMILES | 15,417 | |
| NRL 2019 | 14th | 9 | 15 | 0 | 378 | 500 | Paul GREEN | 11 | - | Kyle FELDT | 86 | - | Jordan KAHU | 1300SMILES | 13,658 | |
| NRL 2020 | 14th | 5 | 15 | 0 | 368 | 520 | Paul GREEN, Josh HANNAY | 19 | - | Kyle FELDT | 122 | - | Kyle FELDT | QLD Country Bank | * 8,390 |
THis data doesn't tell the full story. Neil Henry had been coaching the Cowboys and had that team in the semi's each year for the past 3 years. After taking them from bottom of the table. Paul Green was able to put the icing on top. But when he needed to rebuild the team after Thurston left, well the stats tell the story.
Overall Record
| GREEN, Paul | 1972-09-12 | 2014-20 | 168 | 88 | 80 | - | 52.4 | List |
Cameron Ciraldo
| NRL 2018 | 6th | Semi Final | 15 | 9 | 0 | 517 | 461 | Anthony GRIFFIN, Cameron CIRALDO | 14 | - | Waqa BLAKE | 131 | - | James MALONEY | Panthers Stadium | 14,617 |
Only coached the 8 games. Taking a red hot Panthers from 4th to 6th on the table.
Overall Record
| Penrith | 2018 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.0% |
ASSASSIN
One of the Kennel's own. Highly regarded junior coach with over 40 wins and 3 losses to his name. Able to identify junior talent and communications with supporters will be at an all time high due to the frequency of his postings on the Kennel. I have heard rumours that team list Tuesday will be picked via a poll on this very website and submitted directly to the NRL.
Untested at NRL level.
Other....
As the name suggests, anyone else you think you should get a go. They would want to have a pretty damn record in NSW Cup/QLD Cup/ESL
Some of those who people like to throw around
Shane Wane
| Wigan | 2012-18 | 268 | 183 | 79 | 6 | 68.3% |
Kristian Woolf (Also coached 2 games for Newcastle with one win and one loss)
Geoff Toovey
| Manly | 2012-15 | 115 | 64 | 50 | 1 | 55.7% |
Walker Brothers (though Ben left, so only Chris is left coaching Ipswich now).
Never finished below 8th on the table. That said, there are only 14 teams. So 8th isn't always good.
Grunthos
Grunthos, a seasoned coach, has shown interest in taking command of the floundering bulldog's team.
He has 20+ years as a rugby and league coach from minis to seniors at school and local club level, and his teams have appeared in five grand finals and won three and his graded teams have NEVER missed a finals series and he believes he has the plan to bring the mighty dogs back to grand-final contention!
As well-credentialed as coach Grunthos is, he won't come cheap, weighing up some surprising six-figure offers from other top-ranked League and Rugby teams both here and abroad all clamouring for his services.
Gus Gould had better have deep pockets to snag the maestro!
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