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Re: Dunning Sacked : Mon May 08, 2023 1:55 pm  

I don't care who comes in but they need to identify what's causing the capitulations and rid ourselves of the rot. This madness started under Kear and hasn't properly gone away since. Is it one or two bad apples dragging the full group down?

Re: Dunning Sacked : Mon May 08, 2023 2:18 pm  

Sorry for Dunning. He did a good job of ship-steadying initially and then got shut of most of the overweights, with the others returning very much trimmer this season.

Odd that he was in charge for the signings of Segeyaro & Baitieri then not afforded the time to see if they effected an upswing in results.

Re: Dunning Sacked : Mon May 08, 2023 2:36 pm  

I must say it is one of those times where despite calling for a new coach, I still feel disappointed. I've never met Mark Dunning but he does come across as a decent guy who did his best for the club but was ultimately let down by the players.

I do think the board have to be accountable as well. They did a fantastic job of convincing some supporters that it was all John Kears fault. But they appointed a rookie coach to appoint him who didn't exactly set the world alight during his interim period. I can't say I feel that confident they will make a better decision this time around.. but we can live in hope. We've certainly had our fair share of dross despite a reasonable Championship budget to work with.

If there are some bad apples in the squad, they ought to be following MD out the door.

Re: Dunning Sacked : Mon May 08, 2023 2:47 pm  

Bully_Boxer wrote:

I must say it is one of those times where despite calling for a new coach, I still feel disappointed. I've never met Mark Dunning but he does come across as a decent guy who did his best for the club but was ultimately let down by the players.

I do think the board have to be accountable as well. They did a fantastic job of convincing some supporters that it was all John Kears fault. But they appointed a rookie coach to appoint him who didn't exactly set the world alight during his interim period. I can't say I feel that confident they will make a better decision this time around.. but we can live in hope. We've certainly had our fair share of dross despite a reasonable Championship budget to work with.

If there are some bad apples in the squad, they ought to be following MD out the door.

I’m one of the people who thought he should never have got the job. I have no doubt he’s a nice guy and loves the club. But he was out of his depth and needed to go. You say the players have let him down, and I partially agree. But if that’s the case, where were the changes? Being nice gets you nowhere. He unfortunatley didn’t have the tactical nouse to change things for the better. He was a great youth coach so I am sad he’s not continuing in that sort of capacity as he would have been a good asset in that respect.

On paper we have a very good squad (albeit some injuries). The new coach needs to get the best out of them. How long are Holmes and Lawrence out for?

Re: Dunning Sacked : Mon May 08, 2023 2:48 pm  

dddooommm wrote:

What’s Richard Marshall doing these days?

Assistant coach at Warrington.

Re: Dunning Sacked : Mon May 08, 2023 2:51 pm  

Bulls Boy 2011 wrote:

Tbf I thought McDermott had only got a consultancy gig so might be tempted by a coaching one. Whoever it is, needs to be the right one.

McDermott’s title is ‘Senior Assistant’ at Newcastle Knights so i doubt he’s heading back over here for a while.

Danny Ward is wanting to get back into RL apparently and applied for the Cas job. He looks the best bet out there.

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Re: Dunning Sacked : Mon May 08, 2023 3:18 pm  

Whoever comes in will have to deal with a number of issues. First and foremost is the club business model that means there is an over reliance on loans and dual reg that causes inconsistency. Second is the fact that we have an over reliance in certain players at halfback and hooker who are either past it, not good enough or not prepared to put the effort in.

Sadly I think we'll continue with Greenwood in charge and see no visible improvement on the field.

The post match interview yesterday was pretty scathing so it's not a surprise he's gone. I don't blame him for giving the players both barrels. They've let him down.

Re: Dunning Sacked : Mon May 08, 2023 3:26 pm  

I think whoever it is, it needs to be a coach with proven success of coaching in the Championship.

Re: Dunning Sacked : Mon May 08, 2023 4:13 pm  

Bully_Boxer wrote:

I think whoever it is, it needs to be a coach with proven success of coaching in the Championship.

not so sure I quite agree….fev have done well without

Re: Dunning Sacked : Mon May 08, 2023 4:28 pm  

Its ok because Tom Cobley from Vic Rangers 12th team has beat out a host of applications from around the World.