History does tend to repeat itself, hey. Des always tends to make it a complete debacle (or it just seems to go that way) when he finishes his time coaching somewhere.
Just not sure what Des has done to you but gee you have it in for him that is for sure. I am no Hasler flag waver that is for certain and will never forgive or forget what he did to us in going to the Dogs. He is abrasive with club officials that is absolutely true - he cant stand them interfering but when you hear current and former players speak with such respect for him... ie James Graham for example - his players love him. He obviously gets offside those officials that want to meddle. Is he a perfect coach - do I agree with his selection decisions and use of the bench but I will ask again seeing from you sack them people all I hear are crickets... which coach are you bringing in that is experienced enough to deal with Penn and the rest of the egos in club administration land? I despise what Hasler did to us but I recognise that he is a very very good coach. You need to let go of the hatred and the blaming him for all that has happened. There is lots of blame to go around with Penn, Jerseygate, injuries etc.
yes so you say....I have absolutely no inside intelligence on which players he pushed for, which he didn't and which he doesn't want aside from my guess is that he didn't want Schuster at 5/8 at least not now and he lost that battle.
Because the Knights is quite comfortably the most comparable situation, Pearce much maligned and on good money, much like DCE, and primary playmakers on their sides
Awesome, if history repeats itself we have a nice deep finals run on the way next year then
The results aren’t des fault. The management of this club completely sabotaged the season with the pride jersey (well intentioned or not) and we have had a horror run with injuries. Whacking in a rookie coach won’t change ****.
yes sorry - I dont see that. I am no coaching genius. I certainly see players making ridiculous decisions in defence and with the ball and sadly with most of them - you can't coach that out of them - DCE/Taupua/Keppie for instance. I certainly don't see poor game plans or defensive structures but yes I am no coach. I see lots of injuries this year and 2020 that destroyed our chances and probably impacted on our game plans and structures. I see we have some players that need to be jettisoned - totally agree with that. Like you I had high hopes for Keppie for instance - complete dud and my assessment of him was so wrong. There needs to be a roster turnover somehow and I am not sure how that happens with the salary cap and contracts and not having to pay part of the freight to get rid of players.
Reports of Hasler personally training him now says to me that he is on board.
Yes he might be... but he has to be because there aint nobody else now... the cupboard is bare!
I am certainly not risk adverse that is for sure. I think we should play expansive footy ala 2021. I also certainly would never decry players being mongrels and giving away the odd penalty for intimidation given despite being a lock and not big... that is exactly how I used to play the game. What grinds me about say Keppie/Marty and DCE is the field position/time of the game that they do stupid things and Keppie just has a pumpkin on his head with his continued boneheadedness and forgetting almost every game to cover off on the inside in defence. Those three players are not the only ones but they are the coach killers in my mind. Nothing at all wrong with having a go and being different but you need to consider game time and field position before deciding to throw caution to the wind. Sadly with Keppie his pumpkin is fixed on those shoulders for good - not sure you can get through to that brain.
You were going OK but shot yourself in the foot with that example, the lack of discipline of those intimidating wild men has just led directly to an early exit for the Chooks .
Robinson has sent the first 2 to anger management sessions in the off season. They will come back in 2023 as:
| Team | P | W | L | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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10 | 9 | 1 | 124 | 20 |
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10 | 8 | 2 | 81 | 18 |
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10 | 7 | 3 | 70 | 16 |
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10 | 7 | 3 | 69 | 16 |
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11 | 7 | 4 | 59 | 14 |
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10 | 6 | 4 | -10 | 14 |
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11 | 6 | 5 | 107 | 12 |
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11 | 6 | 5 | -9 | 12 |
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10 | 5 | 5 | -56 | 12 |
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11 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 11 |
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10 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 10 |
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11 | 5 | 6 | -12 | 10 |
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11 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 9 |
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10 | 3 | 7 | -103 | 8 |
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10 | 2 | 8 | -81 | 6 |
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10 | 2 | 8 | -91 | 6 |
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10 | 1 | 9 | -186 | 4 |
