voicefromthehill
Bencher
So I thought I would look at the facts we can access to see how sack the coach or mass cleanup actually benefits a team
First I looked at Premiership winning coaches and the years they had been with the club before they won a premiership, this is from '98 the NRL era.
Avg years before a coach won a premiership with a club - 6.4. Even removing the discredited premierships from the storm does little as they won more later in the career of Bellamy
The median (or middle number, that is line all them up in a row and what sits in the middle) - 5 yrs
Mode (most frequent) - 2 yrs
What lesson does that tell you? It can take time to get a team together. Of interest there are 3 coaches that have won the premiership in their first year of coaching at their club. Ricky and Trent at the Roosters (enough said), and Michael Hagan with the Knights in 2001. You can make your own assumptions
On another note I looked at our Premiership winning pack from 2008. It was interesting to note that 80% of the pack had been together for at least 2 years before we won that premiership.
The motto..... Don't bitch and moan and expect first year changes to deliver a premiership, there is patience and method in building a team. And guess what! every other team in the premiership is trying to achieve the same. So if all of you that want half the team dropped and a new coach for next year, if you get your wish you have to shut up and let the new team build, choice is yours.
First I looked at Premiership winning coaches and the years they had been with the club before they won a premiership, this is from '98 the NRL era.
Avg years before a coach won a premiership with a club - 6.4. Even removing the discredited premierships from the storm does little as they won more later in the career of Bellamy
The median (or middle number, that is line all them up in a row and what sits in the middle) - 5 yrs
Mode (most frequent) - 2 yrs
What lesson does that tell you? It can take time to get a team together. Of interest there are 3 coaches that have won the premiership in their first year of coaching at their club. Ricky and Trent at the Roosters (enough said), and Michael Hagan with the Knights in 2001. You can make your own assumptions
On another note I looked at our Premiership winning pack from 2008. It was interesting to note that 80% of the pack had been together for at least 2 years before we won that premiership.
The motto..... Don't bitch and moan and expect first year changes to deliver a premiership, there is patience and method in building a team. And guess what! every other team in the premiership is trying to achieve the same. So if all of you that want half the team dropped and a new coach for next year, if you get your wish you have to shut up and let the new team build, choice is yours.