HoldenV8
Journey Man
You know something? What all of this has done has proven to me that I was right all along about Gould and Barrett.
I fully believed then as I do now that Gould sold Barrett's virtues as a coach to Bozo when we were looking for a replacement for Tooves simply because Gus wanted Trent to get head coaching experience somewhere away from Penrith where it couldn't potentially hurt the Panthers. And when Barrett had served his "apprenticeship", the plan was to bring him back to coach at Penrith.
Hook was sacked partly because Barrett was supposed to be Penrith coach in 2019. It wasn't the entire reason, but it was definitely part of it.
Then of course, it all came out that Nathan Cleary wants to be coached by his dad. And with Penrith so desperate to keep Nathan, that meant having to go after Ivan and try to get him back. And that in turn left Barrett out in the cold because he had, rather stupidly, resigned from Manly mid-season before he had signed anything with the Panthers.
There are two things out of this that are crystal clear. Phil Gould is a lying PoS because while he was trying to tell everyone that Penrith weren't interested in Barrett, it was the opposite that was actually true. And Barrett is an idiot because even in rugby league, you never.....never quit one job before you are guaranteed to have another to walk straight into. As a player that is OK because there will generally be an offer from somewhere. As a coach its sheer stupidity.
On one hand I do actually feel some sympathy for Barrett because Gould and Penrith really have screwed him over. But on the other hand I say more fool him for going about it this year how he did (i.e. resigning mid-season) and that sympathy is canceled out because they were all trying to screw over Manly.
I fully believed then as I do now that Gould sold Barrett's virtues as a coach to Bozo when we were looking for a replacement for Tooves simply because Gus wanted Trent to get head coaching experience somewhere away from Penrith where it couldn't potentially hurt the Panthers. And when Barrett had served his "apprenticeship", the plan was to bring him back to coach at Penrith.
Hook was sacked partly because Barrett was supposed to be Penrith coach in 2019. It wasn't the entire reason, but it was definitely part of it.
Then of course, it all came out that Nathan Cleary wants to be coached by his dad. And with Penrith so desperate to keep Nathan, that meant having to go after Ivan and try to get him back. And that in turn left Barrett out in the cold because he had, rather stupidly, resigned from Manly mid-season before he had signed anything with the Panthers.
There are two things out of this that are crystal clear. Phil Gould is a lying PoS because while he was trying to tell everyone that Penrith weren't interested in Barrett, it was the opposite that was actually true. And Barrett is an idiot because even in rugby league, you never.....never quit one job before you are guaranteed to have another to walk straight into. As a player that is OK because there will generally be an offer from somewhere. As a coach its sheer stupidity.
On one hand I do actually feel some sympathy for Barrett because Gould and Penrith really have screwed him over. But on the other hand I say more fool him for going about it this year how he did (i.e. resigning mid-season) and that sympathy is canceled out because they were all trying to screw over Manly.
