Official Craig Fitzgibbon

[CrazyMatt]

Yeah its not time to turn the blowtorch on him yet. Nowhere near it. Fitz is a long term investment, there are going to be ups and downs, that’s unavoidable with an inexperienced coach.

Its round 3, not time to hit the panic button.

 

[Thresher]

I hope we lose the next 10 games so the club has to sack him

 

[Gards]

Calling it as I see it. There is a hang over from the JMO era that was falsely resolved for 3 months early 2022 then a softish draw carried us through on Hynes back.

Our forward pack isn't effective and we have the discipline of a crack addict in a drug den combined with the defensive resolve of a sponge cake.

Our attack will only take us so far

If your happy where we are at no worries and wanna give the coaching staff a pass. I'm not

JMO was a rookie coach too, he would be crucified for this level of performance

 

[HaroldBishop]

I said when we signed Fitz we'd be a contender in his third year.

Remember Panfers'fans calling for chin nuts snr to be sacked a few years ago?

 

[bort]

Calling it as I see it. There is a hang over from the JMO era that was falsely resolved for 3 months early 2022 then a softish draw carried us through on Hynes back.

Our forward pack isn't effective and we have the discipline of a crack addict in a drug den combined with the defensive resolve of a sponge cake.

Our attack will only take us so far

If your happy where we are at no worries and wanna give the coaching staff a pass. I'm not

JMO was a rookie coach too, he would be crucified for this level of performance

Are you saying it’s not his fault but we should still blame him?

 

[Gards]

Are you saying it’s not his fault but we should still blame him?

It's on him to sort it out, he hasn't. JMO did the best he could with what he had

Our squad is better, our cap is better , he has more resources and staff and has been talked up big time.

I didn't say sack him, he prob comes good, just saying as of right now it's kinda ugly and the players get bagged but the coach never gets brought up other than how amazing he is

Someone tell me why our defense still sucks , our discipline , our pack , our use of the bench

We are kidding ourselves if the coaching staff doesn't deserve some flack and to take some responsibility. That's all I'm asking. They should never be beyond critism

There have been improvements but some things have stayed the same and some weeks seem to have got even worse. There is something off post Flanno

 

[Wizard]

Calling it as I see it. There is a hang over from the JMO era that was falsely resolved for 3 months early 2022 then a softish draw carried us through on Hynes back.

Our forward pack isn't effective and we have the discipline of a crack addict in a drug den combined with the defensive resolve of a sponge cake.

Our attack will only take us so far

If your happy where we are at no worries and wanna give the coaching staff a pass. I'm not

JMO was a rookie coach too, he would be crucified for this level of performance

Im with you

 

[Western Sharkie]

Calling it as I see it. There is a hang over from the JMO era that was falsely resolved for 3 months early 2022 then a softish draw carried us through on Hynes back.

Our forward pack isn't effective and we have the discipline of a crack addict in a drug den combined with the defensive resolve of a sponge cake.

Our attack will only take us so far

If your happy where we are at no worries and wanna give the coaching staff a pass. I'm not

JMO was a rookie coach too, he would be crucified for this level of performance

I do think we are one marque Prop short TBH.
A true enforcer.

 

[bort]

It's on him to sort it out, he hasn't. JMO did the best he could with what he had

Our squad is better, our cap is better , he has more resources and staff and has been talked up big time.

I didn't say sack him, he prob comes good, just saying as of right now it's kinda ugly and the players get bagged but the coach never gets brought up other than how amazing he is

Fair, good explanation

A lot of talk about defensive resolve as something he would bring but seems to be a very attack oriented coach from what we have seen.

 

[Wilson]

It's on him to sort it out, he hasn't. JMO did the best he could with what he had

Our squad is better, our cap is better , he has more resources and staff and has been talked up big time.

I didn't say sack him, he prob comes good, just saying as of right now it's kinda ugly and the players get bagged but the coach never gets brought up other than how amazing he is

He got the team to second on the ladder last year.

You say it was off the back of Hynes, and yet he hasn’t played this year and you’re still beating it up.

Special place this joint fair dinkum.

 

[Wilson]

Fair, good explanation

A lot of talk about defensive resolve as something he would bring but seems to be a very attack oriented coach from what we have seen.

You would find that flair we’ve developed over the last couple of years would be driven from the players within the backline more than any coaching.

 

[Wizard]

Are you saying it’s not his fault but we should still blame him?

We lost to Rabbitohs and Raiders in the exact same fashion.

You want to see improvements

We had a VERY soft draw last year, it is not wrong to point out concerns

Raiders didn’t have Papali - Rabbitohs didn’t have Tatola and we still got smothered

The only difference in those games this year was Trindall coming up with very good plays at crucial times otherwise we wouldve not been as close

 

[Blue_Eyes84]

I do think we are one marque Prop short TBH.
A true enforcer.

Agreed.

 

[bort]

You would find that flair we’ve developed over the last couple of years would be driven from the players within the backline more than any coaching.

well we ain’t a good defensive side so if the attack is purely thanks to the players coach can’t be doing much

 

[Flanno]

We lost to Rabbitohs and Raiders in the exact same fashion.

You want to see improvements

We had a VERY soft draw last year, it is not wrong to point out concerns

Raiders didn’t have Papali - Rabbitohs didn’t have Tatola and we still got smothered

The only difference in those games this year was Trindall coming up with very good plays at crucial times otherwise we wouldve not been as close

There is some merit in what you’re saying but he is a rookie first grade coach, who came 2nd in his first year and we’re 3 games into our second season.

We are in it for the long haul with Fitz and should be prepared to ride the waves. We aren’t the only team that are going to be up and down throughout the season. We also have our best player due back next week.

 

[Wilson]

well we ain’t a good defensive side so if the attack is purely thanks to the players coach can’t be doing much

Coach out there making tackles is he?

 

[Flanno]

Calling it as I see it. There is a hang over from the JMO era that was falsely resolved for 3 months early 2022 then a softish draw carried us through on Hynes back.

Our forward pack isn't effective and we have the discipline of a crack addict in a drug den combined with the defensive resolve of a sponge cake.

Our attack will only take us so far

If your happy where we are at no worries and wanna give the coaching staff a pass. I'm not

JMO was a rookie coach too, he would be crucified for this level of performance

Fitz is the one who brought Hynes to the club don’t forget

 

[Wizard]

There is some merit in what you’re saying but he is a rookie first grade coach, who came 2nd in his first year and we’re 3 games into our second season.

We are in it for the long haul with Fitz and should be prepared to ride the waves. We aren’t the only team that are going to be up and down throughout the season. We also have our best player due back next week.

I hear you… we are investing in him for sure but we also don’t know if it’s definitely going to work out

Trends are real and there is a trend - he needs to get on top of it before it gets deeper

 

[Walley_01]

His bench rotation is ordinary

You can clearly see Rudolph is exhausted towards the 20 min mark and he stays out there longer

 

[Milkshark]

I hear you… we are investing in him for sure but we also don’t know if it’s definitely going to work out

Trends are real and there is a trend - he needs to get on top of it before it gets deeper

Isn’t Fitzgibbon a defence minded coach?

Keeping that in mind, would you say sharks have improved their defence in 2 years (well, 2 off seasons).