Sack Seibold Immediately

[Rocky]

It was a fiction created by our owner, CEO and coach.

Suspect it mainly came from the owner - and has created such a short term focus in the club and led us to where we are now.

Seibold was under pressure straight away on the back of this top4 window stuff, and it has led him to having short term thinking when it comes to retention and recruitment.

 

[Nordburg]

Suspect it mainly came from the owner - and has created such a short term focus in the club and led us to where we are now.

Seibold was under pressure straight away on the back of this top4 window stuff, and it has led him to having short term thinking when it comes to retention and recruitment.

Maybe during Seibold’s most successful time at the club,his job interview,he said the squad assembled and the Tigers rejects he could get access to,this is a top 4,premiership winning team and the window is wide open

 

[Cliffycomeback]

Maybe during Seibold’s most successful time at the club,his job interview,he said the squad assembled and the Tigers rejects he could get access to,this is a top 4,premiership winning team and the window is wide open

Nicely summarised. Seibs would have agreed with the top four narrative, no doubt. That was how they announced his signing. Apparently, Manly was a top four side and needed a coach who could get us to the lofty end of the competition. Seibs was a desperate man despite his talk about going away and learning from his mistakes. His casual persona always seemed like an act to me.

A Confident coach would have set Penn and his cohorts straight before signing.

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

George Mimis is the managing director of SFX Group. SFX Group manage a certain set of 3 brothers that play at Manly.

The current puppetmaster.

 

[Top End Eagle]

I'm hearing rumours, from an old playing mate, but an ex Manly premiership winner and representative player, who has been working under some first grade and rep grade NRL coaches has been informed a position on the Ashes tour might be an inconvenient time to be away despite the resume building.

 

[Wombat64]

I'm hearing rumours, from an old playing mate, but an ex Manly premiership winner and representative player, who has been working under some first grade and rep grade NRL coaches has been informed a position on the Ashes tour might be an inconvenient time to be away despite the resume building.

sounds like Ballin.....

 

[MW66]

Ballin's coaching record was um....... modest to say the least. What is wrong with someone like Hannay? Seriously we need a coach who is actually a coach.

 

[Cliffycomeback]

I'm hearing rumours, from an old playing mate, but an ex Manly premiership winner and representative player, who has been working under some first grade and rep grade NRL coaches has been informed a position on the Ashes tour might be an inconvenient time to be away despite the resume building.

/* In summary without attempted ambiguity */

I'm hearing Matt Ballin might be our next coach.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Ballin's coaching record was um....... modest to say the least. What is wrong with someone like Hannay? Seriously we need a coach who is actually a coach.

An assistant with some credentials , yes I’d prefer Hannay over Ballin , and personally I believe the “ having to have Manly DNA is bull**** “.

 

[Ohgeez]

Out of all these options Ballin just seems like the worst option to me.

 

[mickqld]

Get Willie Peters.

 

[mickqld]

Bring back Des.

 

[Brookie1973]

Bring back Des.

You know it makes sense.

 

[Budgie]

Out of all these options Ballin just seems like the worst option to me.

He's a bit beige.

Another vote for Willie Peters here

 

[Cochrane]

I have no idea how Ballin has been faring as an assistant coach, but I don't think we take too much from his early days coaching kids at manly.

Someone may set me straight here, but it wasn't a great side was it? Manly at the time were not really invested in juniors, and I say this jokingly but i liken it to he just had all the small skinny waxheads from the northern beaches area, while other clubs had islander/aboriginal speedsters and beasts just annihilating Matt's team like they were under 12's

 

[Nordburg]

I have no idea how Ballin has been faring as an assistant coach, but I don't think we take too much from his early days coaching kids at manly.

Someone may set me straight here, but it wasn't a great side was it? Manly at the time were not really invested in juniors, and I say this jokingly but i liken it to he just had all the small skinny waxheads from the northern beaches area, while other clubs had islander/aboriginal speedsters and beasts just annihilating Matt's team like they were under 12's

This is not a critique of Ballin’s coaching but you say “it wasn’t a great side….”,what’s going to be different with the First Grade squad?

 

[47MVEagle]

I have no idea how Ballin has been faring as an assistant coach, but I don't think we take too much from his early days coaching kids at manly.

Someone may set me straight here, but it wasn't a great side was it? Manly at the time were not really invested in juniors, and I say this jokingly but i liken it to he just had all the small skinny waxheads from the northern beaches area, while other clubs had islander/aboriginal speedsters and beasts just annihilating Matt's team like they were under 12's

I thought he was coaching BWSE, so would have been plenty of western Sydney type players in his squad?

EDIT: he coached the under 20s so you’re probably right!

 

[Kalvin]

He is done, but it's just a matter of whether they use 2026 as a transition year or not. I think the next few weeks will decide that.

Imo that would be just wasting the season.... if Seibold is a dead man walking & we are writing off the season then why wouldn't we just accelerate the "rebuild" and put in a new coach and give them the first season to implement their strategies whilst expectations are already low

 

[Ohgeez]

Imo that would be just wasting the season.... if Seibold is a dead man walking & we are writing off the season then why wouldn't we just accelerate the "rebuild" and put in a new coach and give them the first season to implement their strategies whilst expectations are already low

I think what he is saying is either way a new coach will be in control for 2026. It’s yet to be decided if they will keep Seibold around to do the media side of things & take the heat while someone else is coaching in the background like Tigers did with the Sheens/Benji.

The thinking is having a rookie coach just focusing on the team will help them develop quicker rather than worrying about media pressures.

 

[Brookie1973]

Imo that would be just wasting the season.... if Seibold is a dead man walking & we are writing off the season then why wouldn't we just accelerate the "rebuild" and put in a new coach and give them the first season to implement their strategies whilst expectations are already low

Exactly. Makes zero senses, which perversely means it will probably happen.