Nathan Brown gone

[The Insomniac]

From the NRL site:
https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/08/20/brown-to-step-down-at-end-of-2019/

"But it’s important to remember the year is not over and I look forward to finishing the season off strongly and push for a final birth."

I guess his contract(ion) is done.

#berth

Will almost certainly be coaching St Merge next year.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Not surprised about this!!

Won’t be the last the St Merge coach will be next.

 

[The Who]

I can't see why Illawarra would swap a relatively successful coach in McGregor for a proven failure in Brown.
Yes, with Illawarra's roster its 2019 season has been a disaster. I think it was derailed by the de Belin situation and with losing its best player, Widdop, for most of the season. Also, Corey Norman is a destabilising influence on the clubs he'd been at, so I'm tipping he's up to his old tricks at Illawarra.

 

[Captain Moondog]

Back2back wooden spoons in 2016-17 followed by the dizzy heights of 11th in 2018 make him a hard act to follow.

 

[HappilyManly]

Rumour now has Brown returning to St Helens replacing the new Titans coach

 

[Shoe1]

Word around the traps Craig Fitzgibbon to Newcastle

 

[master blaster]

I think they will go for Toovey. If he gets it good luck to him, hes got a great record as coach he'd be good for them. Bring some class to the joint 😉

The irony if this did happen. Keep mad dog away from him

 

[Moops]

Looks like the NRL will have to buy a few more topliners for the Knights.
The last bunch have not delivered, and everybody knows Newcastle is a bastion for RL.

Most people I speak to tell me what a great roster Brown has to work with. Honestly, when I look at their list I don’t get all the hype. Just who are their genuine top-liners? The list strikes me as quite ordinary.

 

[Moops]

At the end of the day ........

It is all about getting your players up and rising to the occasion

If you cant rise your team to be premiership contenders and make them great then you have sealed your fate

Adversity will strike along the way . Thats life

The incompetent will react with excuses and fail and the proficient will respond with solutions and prevail .



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Not everyone can win the coaching lottery, a la Trent Robinson...

 

[Bring back the.... Biff?]

Most people I speak to tell me what a great roster Brown has to work with. Honestly, when I look at their list I don’t get all the hype. Just who are their genuine top-liners? The list strikes me as quite ordinary.

They have a few solid players
Pearce
Ponga
Glasby
Barnett
Klemmer
Fitzgibbon
Edrick Lee
But the rest are pretty average...
Skd
Watson
Guerra
Mann
Are below average

Klemmer could be so much more he never offloads... ever! They have a poor 9 and 6 and thats there main problem. Brown bought watson and mann 2 utilities both butt average and hes played them unsuccessfully in multiple positions all year. Ramien having no genuine 6 feeding him good ball like us with walker was a failed outing. Hed kill it with us or any team with a good half feeding him quality ball.

 

[Moops]

They have a few solid players
Pearce
Ponga
Glasby
Barnett
Klemmer
Fitzgibbon
Edrick Lee
But the rest are pretty average...
Skd
Watson
Guerra
Mann
Are below average

Klemmer could be so much more he never offloads... ever! They have a poor 9 and 6 and thats there main problem. Brown bought watson and mann 2 utilities both butt average and hes played them unsuccessfully in multiple positions all year. Ramien having no genuine 6 feeding him good ball like us with walker was a failed outing. Hed kill it with us or any team with a good half feeding him quality ball.

Apart from Klemmer and Ponga, solid pretty much sums it up...

 

[Kiwi Eagle]

I like Brown, he is a good bloke and I think he has done a very good job building from the rubble that Bennett left there

The story seems to be that he found out that they were hunting around behind his back so he got on the phone last night and said see ya later if you won’t back me

 

[Moops]

I like Brown, he is a good bloke and I think he has done a very good job building from the rubble that Bennett left there

The story seems to be that he found out that they were hunting around behind his back so he got on the phone last night and said see ya later if you won’t back me

Agree, I think Browny would be a very effective assistant coach somewhere. Maybe under MacGregor?

 

[manlyfan76]

Jessie Raimen must be wondering what the hell has happened in 2019

 

[niccipops]

Word around the traps Craig Fitzgibbon to Newcastle

An ex rooster to coach the Newcastle roosters.

 

[madmax]

Most people I speak to tell me what a great roster Brown has to work with. Honestly, when I look at their list I don’t get all the hype. Just who are their genuine top-liners? The list strikes me as quite ordinary.

At the beginning of the season everyone was saying that “the Knights have a backline the envy of the league”. I thought wtf? Player for player our backline & forwards pi$$ on theirs! There’s not one Knights player would make it into our team apart from Klemmer & possibly Ponga as far as I’m concerned!!!!!!! Now the talk is the Knights have cash to splash & are in the market for players. Another club, along with the Eels, with an endless salary cap!

 

[madmax]

Word around the traps Craig Fitzgibbon to Newcastle

lololol........overrated as a player so can only imagine what he'll do as a coach.

 

[Cioran]

I think Fitzgibbon may make a good coach. He always struck me as a hard working and pretty understated character. Someone without a huge ego and willing to learn.

At the beginning of this year most Manly fans would have swapped the Knights backs for ours in a flash. Many fans never wanted to see Parker, Suli or George wearing maroon and white again and Garrick was an unknown and untrusted stranger. As they are right now Ponga is probably the only player worth considering - but not at 1.5 a year.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

No doubt the NRL will prop up the Knights to ensure they are a success again, so watch this space for more huge signings!!

 

[globaleagle]

No doubt the NRL will prop up the Knights to ensure they are a success again, so watch this space for more huge signings!!

But but but Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaark, the nrl said they wouldn't do that anymore!!!!!!