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- and says he has no problem with DROPPING his son Kyle out of first grade if he doesn't measure up
By George Clarke For Australian Associated Press and Shayne Bugden For Daily Mail Australia
06:43 21 May 2022, updated 06:56 21 May 2022
He's been out of coaching since 2018 when he was de-registered by the NRL
Flanagan said he wouldn't hesitate to drop son Kyle, who he coached previously
Former Cronulla coach Shane Flanagan has become the first candidate to publicly state his intention of taking the vacant Canterbury job, declaring there would be no issue coaching his son Kyle.
The Bulldogs appointed Mick Potter as an interim coach until the end of the season with the club expected to take their time finalising a replacement for Trent Barrett.
Potter says he has no interest in coaching the Dogs in the long run, with Flanagan the first would-be Canterbury coach putting his hand up for the role.
He took Cronulla to their first premiership and now Shane Flanagan (pictured in 2020 during his time with St George) has put his hand up to restore the Dogs to their former glory
'I haven't had any chats with the Bulldogs and I've got no idea what their plans are,' he told Sydney radio station 2GB on Saturday.
'I'd love to (coach the Bulldogs), I want to get back into coaching at NRL level.
'I think I could do a job there. At this point there's been no contact.'
The concern for Canterbury supporters will be the fact Shane would have to coach his son Kyle.
The 23-year-old halfback has endured a difficult time at the club since being let go by the Sydney Roosters in 2020 and there has been widespread speculation that Canterbury were trying to offload him over the summer.
Flanagan's son Kyle was touted as the club's long-term answer at halfback by Dogs football manager Phil Gould when he returned to first grade earlier this year - but his father says he won't hesitate to drop him if he's not the best No.7 at Canterbury
Shane, however, insisted that he would have no problems dropping his son if required.
'I coached Kyle for two or three years at the Cronulla Sharks and if he's not the best halfback in the club, he doesn't play and Kyle knows that himself,' he said.
'Just on Kyle, his best football, you haven't seen anything that he can do at the moment and I think he's probably gone a little bit backwards over the last 18 months.
'He's a better player than what he's showing at the moment ... that goes for a lot of the Bulldogs players at the moment, they're not playing well.'
Flanagan said he will speak to Phil Gould over the next week or two and see how he goes about applying for the toughest job in the NRL.
He harked back to the days when he came into first grade as a player in the late 1980s, when the Doggies were always one of the strongest teams in the competition.
'I'd love to be able to lead them back to where they were,' he said.
By George Clarke For Australian Associated Press and Shayne Bugden For Daily Mail Australia
06:43 21 May 2022, updated 06:56 21 May 2022
He's been out of coaching since 2018 when he was de-registered by the NRL
Flanagan said he wouldn't hesitate to drop son Kyle, who he coached previously
Former Cronulla coach Shane Flanagan has become the first candidate to publicly state his intention of taking the vacant Canterbury job, declaring there would be no issue coaching his son Kyle.
The Bulldogs appointed Mick Potter as an interim coach until the end of the season with the club expected to take their time finalising a replacement for Trent Barrett.
Potter says he has no interest in coaching the Dogs in the long run, with Flanagan the first would-be Canterbury coach putting his hand up for the role.
He took Cronulla to their first premiership and now Shane Flanagan (pictured in 2020 during his time with St George) has put his hand up to restore the Dogs to their former glory
'I haven't had any chats with the Bulldogs and I've got no idea what their plans are,' he told Sydney radio station 2GB on Saturday.
'I'd love to (coach the Bulldogs), I want to get back into coaching at NRL level.
'I think I could do a job there. At this point there's been no contact.'
The concern for Canterbury supporters will be the fact Shane would have to coach his son Kyle.
The 23-year-old halfback has endured a difficult time at the club since being let go by the Sydney Roosters in 2020 and there has been widespread speculation that Canterbury were trying to offload him over the summer.
Flanagan's son Kyle was touted as the club's long-term answer at halfback by Dogs football manager Phil Gould when he returned to first grade earlier this year - but his father says he won't hesitate to drop him if he's not the best No.7 at Canterbury
Shane, however, insisted that he would have no problems dropping his son if required.
'I coached Kyle for two or three years at the Cronulla Sharks and if he's not the best halfback in the club, he doesn't play and Kyle knows that himself,' he said.
'Just on Kyle, his best football, you haven't seen anything that he can do at the moment and I think he's probably gone a little bit backwards over the last 18 months.
'He's a better player than what he's showing at the moment ... that goes for a lot of the Bulldogs players at the moment, they're not playing well.'
Flanagan said he will speak to Phil Gould over the next week or two and see how he goes about applying for the toughest job in the NRL.
He harked back to the days when he came into first grade as a player in the late 1980s, when the Doggies were always one of the strongest teams in the competition.
'I'd love to be able to lead them back to where they were,' he said.
