Berkeley_Eagle
Current Status: 24/7 Manly Fan
Tomiratz said:Daddycool said:Just think.... a couple of years from now when the Bulldogs board decide they can no longer tolerate Des with his "my way or nothing" coaching style and sack him, someone will bump this thread and we'll all be reminded of how foolish the dogs were to take him on.
guys, you've won two Premierships with him, and if memory serves me right, you made it to the finals in another two under his watch..or was it one lost, anyway, either way he has Coached the team to great success. He isn't something to sneeze at and to disregard.
below is a copy from Wikipedia (yes i know, not the greatest of sources, but for this sort of thing it's adequate) anyway, the quick blurb says it all. he was and still is a great coach, how he attains his success is of no real concern for the Dogs, and it didn't seem to concern teh Eagles when you were flying high. Wiki quote below:
"In 2004, Des Hasler was appointed head coach of the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. In the 2005, 2006 and 2007 seasons he led the team to the semi-finals for the first time since the late 1990s. Hasler gained the experience of Geoff Toovey as assistant coach in the 2007 season. The team was a contender in the 2007 National Rugby League premiership, and finished second on the NRL ladder, losing the grand final 34-8 Melbourne Storm.
He coached Manly to a record breaking 40-0 2008 NRL Grand Final victory over the Melbourne Storm.[2]
In 2008 he was named the Rugby League International Federation's Coach of the Year at the RLIF Awards.[3]
After failing to win the 1987 World Club Challenge with Manly as a player, he won it with them as coach in 2009.
He took Manly to the finals again in 2009 and 2010, but lost a final in each year to be eliminated from the finals".
Why are you telling us things we already know ?