Coach (Interim) for 2014

CHOGM said:

This decision is in the best interests of the various personalities concerned but it is not in the best interests of the fans. Why? Because it gives us no chance of winning this year and thus very little chance of ever winning with our current, ageing team. Before we know it we'll be rebuilding again.

Peter Sharpe isn't this club or any others choice to coach first grade. If Flanno resigned tomorrow, would Sharpe get the job? No. Why? Because it wouldn't give the team the best chance of winning the comp. So by putting him in now, they're basically accepting that victory comes 2nd. Harsh but fair. It would be different if our assistant was an up and coming young coach ready to have a crack, like Flanno 3 years ago. But he isn't.

This is why we've never won a comp. because time and again we don't make the most professional decision.

The players want Sharpe probably. Since when do they pick the coach?

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slide rule said:

Too many generalisations and assumptions

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CHOGM said:

Wow slide rule, that's the lamest response I've heard since Ronald Reagan's "I don't recall".

If Flanno resigned tomorrow would Sharpe get the job?

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slide rule said:

Don't know, he might. That depends on a lot of things.

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CHOGM said:

You're just defending your previous statement there I think. There is not a chance in hell he would be given the job if we needed a new full time first grade coach and I challenge anyone on this forum to state otherwise. No offence to the guy, but recruitment would go down the toilet and we'd be publicly accepting that the best we'll ever do is be competitive.

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fizman said:

They say a week is a long time in Rugby League, so what does that make 9 months?

You DO NOT employ a Caretaker Coach in the NRL.

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fizman said:

They say a week is a long time in Rugby League, so what does that make 9 months?

You DO NOT employ a Caretaker Coach in the NRL.

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snowman said:

we have a 5 year window... its name is Todd Carney

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snowman said:

we have a 5 year window... its name is Todd Carney

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CrankyShark said:

I'm a massive Carney fan, but Todd's time should be in the next two to three years. Five years is a long time, Gallen, Lewis and Gordon will all be gone by then as well. On the flip side we might be even better in five years of course. This squad's time is now though (although as I've said a million times on here as has pretty much everybody, we still need a star centre)

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Stand-in Cronulla coach Peter Sharp says the players are devastated at the prospect of being without Shane Flanagan next year but will again give give a good account of themselves in 2014.

Sharp said it felt like ‘‘deja vu’’ after he was again asked to fill the breach, this time after Flanagan was provisionally suspended by the NRL for a year. The Sharks have indicated they will fight the ban and mount a defence before the January 16 deadline.

A former head coach of the Northern Eagles and the Manly Sea Eagles from 1999 to 2003, Sharp described the latest setback as a ‘‘major disaster’’. However, he marvelled at the resilience of a team that made the finals despite having the ASADA cloud over their heads all year.

‘‘Shane is a terrific coach and terrific bloke and if we can keep it together for as long as he is away, that would be lovely,’’ Sharp said.

‘‘It’s a hell of a year and it’s going to keep going on. Everybody has an enormous amount of respect for Shane so it was a big shock to them. To their credit, with me and James Shepherd moving in, it’s minimal disruption.

‘‘They are getting on with business as footy players usually do. Everyone in the organisation wants Shane Flanagan back coaching the Sharks.

‘‘It’s been tough on him as you can well imagine. He’s been through the whole gamut of emotions. At the end of the day Shane is a very good person and it’s very tough on everyone in this club. We’ll battle on and do OK.’’

Sharp said Flanagan’s provisional suspension, coupled with the ongoing ASADA probe, was taking a heavy toll on the squad. ‘‘They are a marvel, they’re a very tough team,’’ he said. ‘‘I do stress that every hiccup that takes place like the one with Shane – although that’s not a hiccup but a major disaster – has an effect on the boys with the cloud hanging over their head for those here in ’11.

‘‘That’s the concern for me, their state of mental health, that’s a fairly big burden to carry. We’ve been going 12 months now and we are no closer to resolution.

‘‘The whole [ASADA] process has been disappointing for me from start to finish and we’re not finished yet. It’s been flawed, for mine. It’s been more than 300 days and I’m wondering what evidence they have now they didn’t have three months ago.

‘‘The players here are looking for some finality to it all. It’s hard, there are blokes playing here next year who couldn’t get other clubs because this thing is hanging over their heads. They are playing here on minimal wages and that sort of stuff, but people don’t know about that, do they?

‘‘I feel for them. I’ve got two boys and I wouldn’t want them to be going through what they’re going through.’’

The former Parramatta, Melbourne and Newcastle assistant said he had no ambition to again become a career head coach.

‘‘Of course, every coach wants to do well and I’m no exception,’’ he said. ‘‘But it is very much Shane’s team and we’ve got our structures and processes in place which we’ll be continuing on with.

‘‘I’m pretty comfortable with where I’m at, I’m happy to fill the breach for Shane. I haven’t any real ambitions to be an NRL coach.’’ Sharp urged everyone in the Shire to rally behind their side. ‘‘We’ll do the best we can,’’ he said. ‘‘They are a talented and tough bunch of players and they will certainly do the best they can, I know that. I hold a lot of hope for the team.

‘‘They are a marvellous bunch, they’ve been thrown plenty of curve balls over the last 12 months and they’ve handled it pretty good.’’

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...gh-until-flanagan-returns-20131220-2zqfz.html

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