News Pay under pressure, Dogs NRL meeting looms

[TDS-Reporter]

Canterbury coach Dean Pay leads a list of NRL coaches under immense pressure after Stephen Kearney’s brutal weekend axing by the Warriors. The Bulldogs had a frenzied finish against Cronulla …

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[boxer]

Pay should’ve been gone last week

 

[Raysie]

His expectations on this team are simply not at NRL level. To say he was proud of that performance last night shows he just doesn't get it.

 

[Sleeky]

As Alzzbulldog would say

#sackpay

 

[BomberBurton]

#Payout
Should not have had the contract extended in the first place.

 

[spiritofaslan]

If he was working in any real business and delivering such results, he'd have been out on his arse already.

6 month probation, underperform = strike 1, underperform = strike 2, underperform = thanks for your time but its not working out.

Instead we seem to piss about expecting a miracle to suddenly and magically occur.

It won't.

and whilst we apparently have a warchest of money, that is completely wasted by putting a coach so far out of their depths in charge of it.

Would be like getting the cleaner to do the accountancy work, it won't end well.

If the board can't make the decision to send him adrift (which should have been done in the covid19 downtime or offseason), then they only have themselves to blame when they are outed.


My primary concern however is looking at the clubs social media, people are blowing smoke up the clubs arse as if they are watching a completely different game where we are actually doing well.

 

[Nutboy]

Announce Pay termination.

 

[BomberBurton]

If he was working in any real business and delivering such results, he'd have been out on his arse already.

6 month probation, underperform = strike 1, underperform = strike 2, underperform = thanks for your time but its not working out.

Instead we seem to piss about expecting a miracle to suddenly and magically occur.

It won't.

and whilst we apparently have a warchest of money, that is completely wasted by putting a coach so far out of their depths in charge of it.

Would be like getting the cleaner to do the accountancy work, it won't end well.

If the board can't make the decision to send him adrift (which should have been done in the covid19 downtime or offseason), then they only have themselves to blame when they are outed.


My primary concern however is looking at the clubs social media, people are blowing smoke up the clubs arse as if they are watching a completely different game where we are actually doing well.

I wouldn't mind this cleaner as my accountant.

 

[BomberBurton]

⁹⁹

That would be the Russians and NRL HQ bots.

LOL nah, I think some fans are just happy to see signs of life for once, rather than witness a dead horse each game.

 

[BomberBurton]

That's it, there is talent within the side, yet they're lacking the off field training and guidance they need to step it up a notch or two.

 

[Is it safe yet]

Exactly right and the board is aware of it now.Tip is he will be sacked after Thursday as he has lost the dressing shed

 

[BomberBurton]

Any idea of the replacement and whether it will be an interim for the rest of the year and maybe next year, or poach someone?

 

[Kaz]

Tip is he will be sacked after Thursday as he has lost the dressing shed

Thanks for the info.

I was going to ask, what the players thought of him.

 

[Is it safe yet]

Georgallis I would say until they find a coach.Kearney sacking has made the board nervous that if they wait they won’t get who they want and also it doesn’t make them look as bad by not being the first club to sack a coach this year.
All about appearances lol

 

[Is it safe yet]

I have started the Kearney rumour.

May start a Paul Green rumour.

Never know, I could be in the know.

Green would be a good fit In my opinion,experienced and strong decision maker.All coaches fall out of favour at some time but the players seem to be happy with him

 

[spiritofaslan]

The club have to bite the bullet and sack him, because keeping him here is damaging the club threefold.

1. No player will sign with a club who safely supports a struggling coach, for anything other than money.
2. With a huge war chest of salary cap funding available, it will be wasted with Pay, and then if sacked after the fact, we'll have the same cap situation AGAIN trying to offload dead wood. That will be on the boards head.
3. With blokes like Harding, Tass, BBO, Gray, Ghantous, Topine, etc coming through, we have some real talent. But if that talent looks ahead and sees that their career will flatline under Pay, they'll go looking for options with clubs that have coaches that will develop their games. Cases in point: Moses Suli and Morgan Harper.

If I'm the club I'm looking at the coaching landscape out there:
Kearney - Don't go there.
Green / Morris / McGregor - Not officially available yet.
Bennett - Can't argue that he gets results and can nuture talent. Like Gould he isn't afraid to refer players to our club. But is he available?
Griffin - Well worth making enquiries about.
Toovey - Potentially a good pick AND can manage funds incredibly well.
Flanagan - Try as I might, I couldn't support this. His results are unsupported outside a dodgy team. Even if cleared himself of any blame in the peptides saga, the fact remains he allowed people near the players that did, and that's poor judgement in itself.

So for me it's out of 2: Griffin or Toovey, with Bennett or Green IF made available.

 

[Nutboy]

Exactly right and the board is aware of it now.Tip is he will be sacked after Thursday as he has lost the dressing shed

Is this THE Big M?!

 

[Is it safe yet]

Is this THE Big M?!

Shhhhh

 

[boxer]

Exactly right and the board is aware of it now.Tip is he will be sacked after Thursday as he has lost the dressing shed

Question is which Thursday?

 

[boxer]

The club have to bite the bullet and sack him, because keeping him here is damaging the club threefold.

1. No player will sign with a club who safely supports a struggling coach, for anything other than money.
2. With a huge war chest of salary cap funding available, it will be wasted with Pay, and then if sacked after the fact, we'll have the same cap situation AGAIN trying to offload dead wood. That will be on the boards head.
3. With blokes like Harding, Tass, BBO, Gray, Ghantous, Topine, etc coming through, we have some real talent. But if that talent looks ahead and sees that their career will flatline under Pay, they'll go looking for options with clubs that have coaches that will develop their games. Cases in point: Moses Suli and Morgan Harper.

If I'm the club I'm looking at the coaching landscape out there:
Kearney - Don't go there.
Green / Morris / McGregor - Not officially available yet.
Bennett - Can't argue that he gets results and can nuture talent. Like Gould he isn't afraid to refer players to our club. But is he available?
Griffin - Well worth making enquiries about.
Toovey - Potentially a good pick AND can manage funds incredibly well.
Flanagan - Try as I might, I couldn't support this. His results are unsupported outside a dodgy team. Even if cleared himself of any blame in the peptides saga, the fact remains he allowed people near the players that did, and that's poor judgement in itself.

So for me it's out of 2: Griffin or Toovey, with Bennett or Green IF made available.

Flanagan Is staying at St George , if green is available I’ll take green, hopefully he can convince Thurston to come and be a halves coach.