From one anonymous muppet to another anonymous muppet
@Cameron , you just have a different hand up that arse of yours (and it seems to have plenty of lube). Des Hasler had a great run, where his strategies, team building and culture was fantastic. NO-ONE is questioning that (and I mean absolutely no-one). The way he rebuilt the club was second to none.
But those strategies, those team cultures, those team building exercises have become out dated and dormant, so I would say Des patterns at the Bulldogs, then carried forward to his results here at Manly (indicating trend) are absolutely pertinent to assess his ability as coach.
Just like players, coaches, owners in any sport in any country, people's form can drop off a cliff. I don't believe the actions/behaviours of some of our current players would have been accepted or tolerated back around 2006-2012 (for example) - Des wouldn't have tolerated it, the playing group wouldn't have tolerated it.
But forget all that. If you want to ignore Des falling off a cliff form wise towards the end of his Bulldogs career (that's cool, too). But that form continued south for the next five years (in fact, regressing further as the years rolled on (apart from one, where Tom exploded and dominated the league).
Your complete theory is about hanging onto decade old results and culture, to summarize a coaches ability (on the whole) who's dropped off a cliff statistically (as I stated sub .500 for 6 years) now!!
Statistically Bozo wins. Consistency wise, Bozo wins. Leadership wise, and culturally, Bozo wins. Bozo was the Australian coach (Des isn't in the picture for NSW), Bozo wins. Bozo never put the knife in our back, and ran off to another club as a coach, Bozo wins.
Lastly, every time you throw out an insult, I'll reply in kind, exposing your inane opinion.
