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How about Matthew Ridge being a Manly coach? Does he coach? Assistant coach to 2V?
Get Tooves back - the fans demand it
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Ryan, your insights are always inspiring but on this we can disagree. sure the roster isn't what to needs to be and the cap debacle has hurt us too. but the events of recent weeks and the current cue in rack on field performances, plus player fines indicate a way more serious set of issues than just thin roster. if Barrett has one key role it's to manage the players. the signs are he clearly isn't up to that. maybe Hastings is a tricky customer but so be it: manage him. the pranking/bullying culture is a serious problem - the one on the receiving end of a "prank" is set apart, isolated and very likely to be seriously hurt by this kind of crap. pranking is cruel. again Barrett not on top of it. he has to go, simple.
It is obvious that the players don’t respect Barrett otherwise they would not have gone to the strip joint. He has definitely loss the dressing room.
Peter C
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Ridge is good at coaching other men's wives
manlyfan76
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And there it is. Lol
good work fluffy - nothing like stating where you stand...oh ....that's right you don't say.....so, where do you stand on this - it's ok it's only a forum, nothing legal involved...
Terry Zarsoff
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Three - Des, Geoff and Ivan Ivanovich. But he couldn’t wait to leave back in 1993.
I don't want Tooves back! Nor do I want De$ back. I want a hard arse coach who's not going to be making excuses. We are still giving away too many penalties and showing no signs of improving it. Watching them allow a try like the one just before half-time shows a lack of enthusiasm and motivation. Sure our roster is depleted, but it is what it is. Deal with it!!!
I listen. Not always impressed, but I listen.
I actually demand it doesn't happen. I demand it, damn it.
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True, he may not be a proven coach as he hasn't been in too many different scenarios (had a stable team that rarely played poorly), although they still played with heart. I reckon that's the bare minimum and would love to bring that back. He's got to be the best option, although it won't happen sadly
Basically we've got club that has lost it's soul. We've currently got a dud team that plays with no cohesion or passion and is essentially a team of cast offs and players with supposed "potential" that is not being fulfilled. In the short term there is no coach that could change that. We are basically back to square one with a rebuild. Year 0 of a 5+ year rebuild plan. Nothing against Trent Barrett but after 2 and a bit years it is very clear that he is not the man for the job. Not even close. I bet he doesn't get the sack though.
Far out some people around this joint are dumb as.
Okay so we all love Toovey, manly legend. But my gosh, he inherited a champion team full of once in a generation players, of course he was going to do half decent at least.
But once the going got tough it was clear that he wasn’t cut out to be coach.
He didn’t have a tactical mindset, his recruitment was sub par with some players and he lost the dressing room.
Stop living in the past everyone and move forward. Barrett has walked into a **** storm from the very minute he got to the club. From match fixing investigations, to salary cap investigations. None of it his doing.
Then the injuries that we have had to contend with the past 3 years have been the most rotten luck that I’ve ever witnessed regarding injuries to a team. There’s barely another reserve that can be picked at the moment.
I agree with @Ryan if those players were still on the park we’d be sitting pretty in the top 4 with ease. The loss of siro is huge. Same thing as last year, he got injured and the team instantly went from top 4 and premiership contenders to just battling to hold on to a top 8 spot.
Okay so we all love Toovey, manly legend. But my gosh, he inherited a champion team full of once in a generation players, of course he was going to do half decent at least.
But once the going got tough it was clear that he wasn’t cut out to be coach.
He didn’t have a tactical mindset, his recruitment was sub par with some players and he lost the dressing room.
Stop living in the past everyone and move forward. Barrett has walked into a **** storm from the very minute he got to the club. From match fixing investigations, to salary cap investigations. None of it his doing.
Then the injuries that we have had to contend with the past 3 years have been the most rotten luck that I’ve ever witnessed regarding injuries to a team. There’s barely another reserve that can be picked at the moment.
I agree with @Ryan if those players were still on the park we’d be sitting pretty in the top 4 with ease. The loss of siro is huge. Same thing as last year, he got injured and the team instantly went from top 4 and premiership contenders to just battling to hold on to a top 8 spot.
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Honestly don’t think Tooves looked like a successful coach. Personally I would look at Graig Bellamy or Des Hasler.
Simonmyers11
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Have to agree tooves was a pretty poor coach. Lost the playing group, players didn't respect him, didn't have any tactics or could improve a players ability.
Don't be so sensible after only 111 posts. First and final warning.
Why would Penn sack Twenty? Its a results orientated business and we are obviously meeting Penns kpis.
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