Coaching Staff next year?

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Id be happy if it was Sharp. He has being around for a while and is known to have good relationships with the players and good football knowledge. I think he would be good for our club.
 

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Do you think noddy will hang around with the doggies if R.Stuart gets the caoching job there next year?

I think he has said that he will. But who knows.

I wouldn't.

It's funny how Ricky seems to have kissed and made up with people now he has left the sharks. :rolleyes: (Eg Gould).
 

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Will be a good pick up as a assistant. Give flanno a bit of experience around him

Yeah, some interesting pieces on the web about Sharp. He's certainly been around a bit. I thought he had a great impact on Parra's defense last year.

I particularly liked the look of these:

Peter has been Sharp man for Ulster: Matt
By Gavin Mairs
Thursday, 11 December 2008

Ulster coach Matt Williams today hailed the influence of defence coach Peter Sharp in helping his side weather their tough start to the season.

Ulster departed for Llanelli today, ahead of their clash against the Scarlets tomorrow night, aiming to register their fifth successive win in all competitions and a first in Wales in the Heineken Cup since defeating Cardiff in January 2003.

The buoyant mood of Williams’ squad is in stark contrast to the opening couple of months of the season when Ulster lost their first four Magners League games and opening two Heineken Cup games in Pool Four.

And Williams believes that fellow Australian Sharp, who joined the coaching set-up in August as specialist defence coach having coached at the top level in Australia's National Rugby League with the Newcastle Knights, the Manly Sea Eagles, Melbourne Storm and Parramatta Eels before a two-and-a-half year stint at Hull, has had a key role.

“One of the things about this group is that I think you need old heads around,” said Williams. “Especially when you are going through tough times and with a young group you need old heads. We are so lucky with Peter.

“He has been a head coach of very high profile sports in Australia. It is hard for people in Northern Ireland to appreciate just how high-profile the NRL is in Australia. It is just like the (football) Premiership in England.

“Peter has been a head coach or assistant coach there for 15 years and I have had a long working relationship with him, dating back to 1996 when I was coach of New South Wales.

“The systems we put in place were in place here before Peter got here but he has had that time to consider nothing else but the defence.”

Williams added: “He is also a bit like Ulster’s equivalent to Alan Gaffney really. He has sons the similar age to some of our players and he knows how to deal with the guys.

“He sits down with the boys and knows how to deal with them. He is really patient and spends time talking with them, going through tapes, explaining situations and spending one-on-one time with them as well as running the sessions out here.”


Williams is set to announce his starting line-up today, with Isaac Boss set to return in place of the injured Cillian Williams (fractured cheekbone) while Paddy Wallace should return in place of Paul Steinmetz at centre.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/rugby/peter-has-been-sharp-man-for-ulster-matt-14104638.html

PETER SHARP
11 April 2006
The Parramatta National Rugby League Club wishes to advise that it has today granted a release to Assistant Coach Peter Sharp from the remainder of his contract.
Peter advised the Club that he has accepted the Head Coach position with Hull FC in the English Super League, and he will take up that role within the next fortnight.
"It is with mixed emotions that I leave Parramatta. I am very excited by the new opportunity that I have been given, but I am also exceptionally grateful to everyone at the Eels for what they have done for me and I will miss all of them," Sharp said.
"The Parramatta Club has a terrific set-up," Sharp added.
Parramatta Eels Head Coach Brian Smith is full of praise for Sharp.
"On a professional level, I will miss him terribly - he is a great help to both me and the players. On a personal level, I am delighted for him, because he has earned his shot and I know what a great job he'll do," Smith said.
Parramatta Chief Executive Denis Fitzgerald said the Club was sad to lose Sharp.
"Peter has shown in his two stints at Parramatta what a great influence he has on everyone he comes into contact with, and he will be sadly missed. At the same time he goes with our blessing and we all wish him every success," Mr Fitzgerald said.
Parramatta Eels Press Release, 2006

Smith obviously rates him. And I liked Williams' emphasis on his ability to get through to the younger players.

Also, here's an interview with him on some of his coaching philosophies:

Question RLCM: You served a lengthy apprenticeship before breaking into the top grade. Is that the best way to go?Sharp: I think so. I never actually played in the NRL so it was great for me to come up through the grades as a coach. I really enjoyed my time in the junior reps, the SG Ball and Jersey Flegg competitions.
It was a great background and I got to meet some of the top players as they were coming through. Having said that I have to admit the step up from reserve grade to first grade is worlds apart – the intensity of the game and the speed of the game are just totally different but I think the hardest part of the step up is the external pressures.
RLCM: Can you expand on that?
Sharp: You really need to be able to handle the expectation of the media, the expectation of the club and the expectation of the fans.
It’s not the actual coaching of the side that becomes the most difficult aspect but more those external pressures that you suddenly find yourself placed under. I certainly found it a difficult adjustment. The fact is at the end of the day, everybody wants to win the comp.
You can say at the start of the year that all we want to do is put some foundations down or blood some young guys but as soon as the first game is on and you don’t win it, you’re under the hammer. It comes back to the expectations of the club, fans and media.
It’s something that can be hard to come to terms with. Gaining the ability to deal with it comes with experience – you obtain the ability to block out the negativity that you get and become less sensitive.
When you first come into first grade you are mostly coming from a world of no pressure and all of a sudden you are in the spotlight so you need to learn to handle the negative press when and if it arrives – the quicker the better.
But as far as the coaching itself is concerned, your principles remain the same no matter what grade you are coaching. And I also believe there are no hard and fast rules as the whether you should serve an apprenticeship before coming into the top grade, it’s just that for me, I found it beneficial.
I think the fact I didn’t play NRL and never experienced it as a player, it was great for me to come through the ranks before taking the step up to head coach.
RLCM: Is there a step up between coaching an NRL player and coaching one of the game’s elite?
Sharp: Basically not, everyone is looking for help and some knowledge, if you can provide those then it goes a long way to providing some credibility. It doesn’t matter if it is a young guy coming into first grade or one of the elite players, everybody regardless of their standing in the game has something to learn.
The great part of coaching an elite player is the input the player can have in the side. If used correctly, the elite player can be a great coaching aid.
RLCM : The word momentum seems so important in the game today – the ability to mount and keep pressure on the opposition. How do you coach that?
Sharp: Pressure is a key ingredient in rugby league. You’ll find the sides that are in the bottom half of the competition are the sides not able to maintain pressure for a long period of time.
That’s mostly because of inexperience with young guys who haven’t obtained the ability to sustain pressure and then mount it back at them (opposition) be it offensively or defensively.
In defence for example, you can apply pressure through field position – increasing your line speed, increasing your controlled aggression at point of contact to win the ground – all these little things. You can’t do that down your own end when you’re trying to defend your try line because it’s all about survival then.
Being able to change the tempo of the game is vital as well. For me, the Broncos are the masters of it. They can go quick, and then pull it back when they need a break and then go quick again.
So as the coach you need to prepare your players to withstand that onslaught and be prepared for that speed and intensity of the game which they will find themselves in.
http://rlcm.isntweb.net/newsletter/current-issue/504-rugby-league
RLCM, 2008
 
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