He was terrible but imo Thompson was even worseHands down Tony Williams
He was terrible but imo Thompson was even worseHands down Tony Williams
Nope Des was a great footy coach, he changed the way forwards played with a stellar James Graham. Our halves were hard working talented but not Cronk/Cleary like (they did win NSW Origin). If we had won 2012 / 2014 or at least one of them we wouldnt be that unhappy. Des is still getting coaching jobs now and better than most, our juniors got fucked but thats not entirely his fault.
Simple answer is Raelene Castle and the board that hired her.
Unfortunately Des was a one dimensional coach. He was only interested in stacking first grade so he could add a few premiership wins to his resumè. He didn't do anything to ruin our lower grades (Greenberg did a good job of that one) Des just didn't promote or have any interest in the lower grades.Nope Des was a great footy coach, he changed the way forwards played with a stellar James Graham. Our halves were hard working talented but not Cronk/Cleary like (they did win NSW Origin). If we had won 2012 / 2014 or at least one of them we wouldnt be that unhappy. Des is still getting coaching jobs now and better than most, our juniors got fucked but thats not entirely his fault.
Simple answer is Raelene Castle and the board that hired her.
Would you ever recover if grimace fucked you?Appointing Raelene Castle. She fucked Rugby Australia as well and they still haven't recovered.
That's a very big call.There are mistakes and there are monumental mistakes that take years to recover from.
Thurston leaving wasn't as bad as many realise as we still had good years after he left.
The monumental stuff up that had repercussions for many years after it was done was NOT signing Tedesco and Moses by Des.
This one decision single handedly stuffed us for years in 2 spine positions and to compound the problem, it made 2 of our rivals premiership contenders.
There is not a decision as bad as that in living memory of watching rugby league.
Both players have gone on to be one of the best in their respective positions.That's a very big call.
Chances are if we had signed them both (and let's say we didn't sign Sharon), we would've had to let one of them go anyway.
We were basing those signings off an increased salary cap that didn't eventuate. As much as I would've loved to have them, it would've crippled us even more.
And then choosing to pay the unproven Moses Mbye 900k per year as our halfback insteadThere are mistakes and there are monumental mistakes that take years to recover from.
Thurston leaving wasn't as bad as many realise as we still had good years after he left.
The monumental stuff up that had repercussions for many years after it was done was NOT signing Tedesco and Moses by Des.
This one decision single handedly stuffed us for years in 2 spine positions and to compound the problem, it made 2 of our rivals premiership contenders.
There is not a decision as bad as that in living memory of watching rugby league.
Don't disagree on the value they would've added, I just don't think it was realistic.Both players have gone on to be one of the best in their respective positions.
Teddy has been one of the best players in the game while Moses is in the top 5 halfbacks.
Hardly a big call. The big call to not get them on a package deal was already done and we have suffered in these positions since and come 2024 we still haven't resolved them.
Monumental fuck up I tell ya.
Hard to believe we crumble in 06 with him aroundLosing Thurston easily. He became one of the best halves of all time. We would have won 2-3 more comps if we kept him..
Looks like you forgot the biggest stuff-up of all ie. turning down Bennet not once but twice.Nasheed here,
Self explanatory.
What was the biggest botch?
Hasler also knew all the chit he’d hidden under the carpet at Manly for years was coming back to bite him on the ass, the timing was perfect for him to get out of there.Looks like you forgot the biggest stuff-up of all ie. turning down Bennet not once but twice.
The other big stuff up was made by the board for not keeping their eyes on Hasler and Cleal, IMHO they both hated our club and only came for the BIG money, offered to them.