Matt Ballin for coach?

[TheSoaringEagle2023]

I think its time to have the Manly DNA back in the coaching team.

My take would be to have:

Head Coach: Matt Ballin
Assistant Coaches: Brett Stewart + Anthony Watmough

Im resigned to the belief that we wont win a premiership with the T brothers.
Time to start rebuilding. I would also let go of Luke Brooks since his best days are also behind him.
Bring in a heap of the best juniors and let them gel through winning and losing.
Its a big call but I would let go of all 3 of the T brothers and start a rebuild.
They've been great for the club but other clubs have better juniors coming through now and making our team look old. A lot of our recent signings over the years have been around 30+ years old. We are an old team.

 

[Disco]

Brooks best days behind him?

He had one of his better seasons last year. Has 5 try assists and 7 line break assists this year.

Brooks aint the issue.

The need to find a scapegoat....is it a coping mechanism?

 

[TheSoaringEagle2023]

Brooks best days behind him?

He had one of his better seasons last year. Has 5 try assists and 7 line break assists this year.

Brooks aint the issue.

The need to find a scapegoat....is it a coping mechanism?

We aint going to win a premiership with Brooks...period. He had a better season, but whats in the trophy cabinet?

 

[Disco]

We aint going to win a premiership with Brooks...period.

Reductive argument

 

[TheSoaringEagle2023]

Reductive argument

How so? DCE is leaving and then he will be the no.1 option in the halves. He was no.1 option at the Tigers and that didnt equate to even a finals appearance.

 

[Disco]

How so? DCE is leaving and then he will be the no.1 option in the halves. He was no.1 option at the Tigers and that didnt equate to even a finals appearance.

The "we aint going to win a premiership with Brooks...period" is a reductive argument. It is over simplified.

Many worse a player than Luke Brooks have won a comp.

Also Brooks issue has been having the responsibility of controlling and organising the team. That is what Fogarty has been signed for.

Our issue is the pack.

 

[TheSoaringEagle2023]

The "we aint going to win a premiership with Brooks...period" is a reductive argument. It is over simplified.

Many worse a player than Luke Brooks have won a comp.

Also Brooks issue has been having the responsibility of controlling and organising the team. That is what Fogarty has been signed for.

Our issue is the pack.

Disagree. Brooks was recruited to be the no.2 guy behind DCE with the intention of winning a premiership in the window DCE was still staying with us. Now that DCE is gone, Brooks being the no1 option is a failsafe way to ensure we dont win a premiership, now that is even more apparent with the Fogarty signing. We are wasting years on developing young talent, on two halves that are on the wrong side of 30. Even if we have a decent pack, we aint going to win with a Brooks/Fogarty pairing.

 

[Nambawan]

Brooks best days behind him?

He had one of his better seasons last year. Has 5 try assists and 7 line break assists this year.

Brooks aint the issue.

The need to find a scapegoat....is it a coping mechanism?

Yep, Brooks has mostly been playing quite well. Definitely not the problem with this side