I have a mate who’s a member at Manly, poor bloke, he said to me after it was announced that we signed him as our head coach, “I don’t know why the Bulldogs signed Barrett as coach, he was terrible for us. We were so glad to see him go”.
Yes, he went to Penrith and was part of their success as assistant coach but as we are seeing now, when you have Gus working behind the scenes building a quality side & Ciraldo having had an impressive 9 year apprenticeship as assistant coach and successful reserve grade coach, that Penrith were desperate for him to stay. Assistants are only as good as those around them, no different to a team.
The winning formula Panthers had, we now have that formula and have rid ourselves of the rot we once had. His team selections were appalling and he was way to soft on players, especially after they cost us games.
Eels is a great fit for TBaz, more disappointment for years to come as they, unlike us, don’t have a quality coaching squad.
I will throw Eels fans a bone though, they have the nucleus of a fairly good side as seen in ‘22. Moses, Brown, Gutho, Lane, Paulo and RC-G but are now losing good players and have persisted with a losing coach for over a decade. As I said TBaz.is a great fit for the Eels.