It was Des all along coaching thread

[Bearfax]

You need an assistant coach for defence, an assistant coach for attack, an assistant coach for strategies, and an assistant coach for getting the coach his chair and tables. That's where Barrett was let down.

 

[cherry_poppins]

Assistant Ikea manager I reckon

 

[40 years an eagle]

Barrett is as good as gone come nov 4,
He blinked first and showed his hand. His legal team offering a deal yesterday proved he either has a job to start or doesn't want to front on nov 5 at Narrabeen.

Penn has played this right and the money saved will pay for a few of our real Manly guys to come on board.

Best value swap ever.

 

[Harvies elbow]

I'd love to know who voted for Taylor...

 

[Clint]

Is it too late to vote?
I can't decide between Cartwright, Henry and Other.

 

[XV-1]

I'd love to know who voted for Taylor...

he voted for himself 😀

 

[HappilyManly]

We can do something special say Sea Eagles
... but Walker and Trbojevic will miss coach Barrett

Jon Geddes

Des Hasler this week.

SEA Eagles stars Dylan Walker and Jake Trbojevic have spoken for the first time about the appointment of Des Hasler as coach, admitting they do not really know what to expect.

“It’s all new again. You’ve got a new coach, he’s got a new way of how he does things and that’s what you’ve got to figure out and make that relationship work,” Walker said at the Golden Eagles Charity Golf day at Long Reef yesterday.

“I don’t know what to expect but I’ve only heard good things. Des’s record speaks for itself. He’s taken Manly to four grand finals and won two and he’s taken the Bulldogs to two grand finals.” Walker said from an outside perspective Hasler was a very hard marker. “I’m pretty excited with the team that he has got here. We think we can do something special,” he said. Trbojevic said: “I’ve never played under Des. It’ll be completely different.

“We just want to improve on last season, obviously we have great players and we know we can do better.

“And this is going to be a new challenge and obviously you always look forward to the new season.”

Both players were full of praise for this year’s head coach Trent Barrett.

Trbojevic said: “I enjoyed playing under Baz. He was a great coach, a great man and we will miss having him around. I learnt a lot playing under him the last three years.”

Walker described Barrett as a good people person who cared about his players. “He was an awesome mentor for me,” he said.

 

[Seagalatos]

"He’s taken Manly to four grand finals and won two and he’s taken the Bulldogs to two grand finals.”

My father always said there are 3 types of people in this world - those that can count, and those that can't.

 

[eaglebuzz]

"He’s taken Manly to four grand finals and won two and he’s taken the Bulldogs to two grand finals.”

My father always said there are 3 types of people in this world - those that can count, and those that can't.

An argument could be made that Des was a huge factor in our 2013 grand final appearance, even though he was gone by then.

 

[HappilyManly]

Des played in 3 GFs 1987,1995,1996 and won 2

http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/Custom/MTQtLS0tLS0tLTI2MC0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0=?page=2&

Des coached 3 Manly GFs 2007,2008,2011 and won 2

Des coached 2 Dogs GFs 2012, 2014 and lost 2

8 GFs for 4 wins for Des the player and coach

 

[Harvies elbow]

"He’s taken Manly to four grand finals and won two and he’s taken the Bulldogs to two grand finals.”

My father always said there are 3 types of people in this world - those that can count, and those that can't.

To be fair Dylan would have answered that question off the cuff.
He would've been going on memory and fairly young during Des's Manly years.
A good reporter would have given him the option of correction.