I haven’t been very active on this site for a fair while but with what appears to be Trent’s inevitable exit from the club, i felt it necessary to weigh in on the subject seeing how it has opened up a can of worms regarding the future tenure of his position; more specifically the potential of des hasler and/ or geoff toovey returning to the club to take over.
To be honest i wouldn’t want either of them by themselves, and whilst I still don’t agree with those of you who argue that a prerequisite for the role should be that they have played for manly in the past, i do actually like the idea of hasler (head coach) and tooves (assistant coach) working together again.
Individually they have shown fundamental flaws in their ability to successfully fulfil the role of head coach; but maybe they are just two seperate pieces of the same puzzle.
Tooves would help keep des’ madness in check (i.e. his player-KPI’s and all that other scientific bull**** that he started carrying on with at the dogs); and most importantly he is a chartered accountant, so he could help keep des’ spending within the confines of each year’s salary cap limit.
And on the other side of the coin, des actually listens to, and confers with his players regarding decisions that effect the team, things like: player-selections, player-recruitment/retention, in-game tactics; all the stuff that tooves has failed at in the past.
To be honest i wouldn’t want either of them by themselves, and whilst I still don’t agree with those of you who argue that a prerequisite for the role should be that they have played for manly in the past, i do actually like the idea of hasler (head coach) and tooves (assistant coach) working together again.
Individually they have shown fundamental flaws in their ability to successfully fulfil the role of head coach; but maybe they are just two seperate pieces of the same puzzle.
Tooves would help keep des’ madness in check (i.e. his player-KPI’s and all that other scientific bull**** that he started carrying on with at the dogs); and most importantly he is a chartered accountant, so he could help keep des’ spending within the confines of each year’s salary cap limit.
And on the other side of the coin, des actually listens to, and confers with his players regarding decisions that effect the team, things like: player-selections, player-recruitment/retention, in-game tactics; all the stuff that tooves has failed at in the past.