Yeah well its on cards, toovs is my fav player of all time. BUT yeah seems like he does not quite have it as a coach in terms of regard.
The obvious choices are Nathan brown, trent barrett maybe even meninga or daley ( i think daley is not up to it).
Winnya how can you honestly say that. He has a record of 2 prelim finals and a GF in his first 3 years. How can people seriously suggest his inability to coach. If he was rubbish we would have gone badly the last 3 years its as simple as that. He may have got through the first year with success but he wouldnt have achieved a Grand Final berth in his second year. **** gets shown up really fast.
For anyone to suggest Nathan Brown, Meninga, Daley or Barrett needs their head examined.
Nathan Brown coached arguably one of the greatest St George teams in the modern era and got zilch. He coached in Super League to the same effect until he came into the St Helens club and won a title they had been in around 10 super league finals in the last 15 years and were due. Unlike Maguire who took over Wigan when they were barely back in super league and a shell of their former selves. Brown is a joke and has shown this over his career.
Laurie Daley was brown's assistant at Dragons when they were rubbish with a superstar team. He hasn't engineered the NSW win the players were sick of being beaten.
Mal Meninga was another dismal failure as a club coach and has every other person coaching QLD including Cameron Smith and Lockyer.
Trent Barrett????? Not even tested and quite frankly is a grade a dope. I cant believe people would even consider him.
Manly have a coach already that has support of his credible mature grown up players (Lyon, Ballin) and has guided us through 3 years and achieved fantastic results under pressure with media trying to cut him down at every turn. The only person i would accept as a replacement for Toovey is Des, other than that there is no-one else with Manly in the blood full stop.
I have heard from a source that Toovey is a great tactical coach but not the greatest man manager, well I would be happier with a dyed in the wool Manly tactician than any other muppet from another club.
If the management get rid of Tooves without having the signature of Des already as a replacement they are dumber than i thought. But it wouldn't suprise me after what i have seen so far.
When Jamie Lyon and Matt Ballin tell me Tooves isn't right I might listen until then it is white noise.