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Bozo - "supercoach"
It looks as though Bozo is a lay-down misere to win the coaching spot for the best ever Manly team.
What is not spoken of much when it comes to Bozo is the fact that both times he vacated the coaching position in a vicious downward spiral. It is one thing to coach a generation of champions to a Premiership, but it is entirely another to have the ability to right a listing ship and stick with a team through the process of re-building. Consider:
Won Premiership in 1987 and should have won the 1988 premiership too were it not for a dark day against wooden spooners Wests at Orana Park.
Bozo vacates coaching position to Alan Thompson and Manly endures one of its worst starts and seasons on record with a fairly similar personnel. Thompson and Vautin made scapegoats.
1995-97 3 GF in a row. Premiership in 1996 and finals in 1998. Then Bozoz oversees a losing run at 1999 before jumping ship and handing the reigns to the Sharp buffoon.
You have to have a fair bit of respect for the blokes that were responsible for rebuilding after the mess - Lowe and Hasler.
Discuss.
It looks as though Bozo is a lay-down misere to win the coaching spot for the best ever Manly team.
What is not spoken of much when it comes to Bozo is the fact that both times he vacated the coaching position in a vicious downward spiral. It is one thing to coach a generation of champions to a Premiership, but it is entirely another to have the ability to right a listing ship and stick with a team through the process of re-building. Consider:
Won Premiership in 1987 and should have won the 1988 premiership too were it not for a dark day against wooden spooners Wests at Orana Park.
Bozo vacates coaching position to Alan Thompson and Manly endures one of its worst starts and seasons on record with a fairly similar personnel. Thompson and Vautin made scapegoats.
1995-97 3 GF in a row. Premiership in 1996 and finals in 1998. Then Bozoz oversees a losing run at 1999 before jumping ship and handing the reigns to the Sharp buffoon.
You have to have a fair bit of respect for the blokes that were responsible for rebuilding after the mess - Lowe and Hasler.
Discuss.