David Furner sacked By Raiders

[alexaki]

Raiders coach David Furner has been sacked, with assistant Andrew Dunneman to take over for the remainder of the season.
The shock move came after the Canberra board deemed the team's inconsistent performances were not reflective of the talent within the squad and have decided to pursue a different direction for the future of the club.
Furner is the first Raiders coach to be sacked since Canberra was founded in 1981 and directors noted the difficulty in the decision and said it was one of the saddest days in the club's history.
The board noted in a statement the wonderful service over many years that Furner has made to the club from his days as a player and more recently a coach and said he will leave his tenure at the club as one of the Raiders most loyal and respected figures.

 

[tigermaniac]

Timmy coming soon.

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[alexaki]

Sheens where are you!…..

 

[LaT]

Sacked by a player revolt…..sound familiar?

 

[GNR4LIFE]

I just read on fb that they've signed Sheens

 

[LaT]

God wouldn't it be great to be relieved of Sheens' contract!

 

[crusader]

I just read on fb that they've signed Sheens

Lollll. You're a classic

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[WestsSupporter]

The title rather should say "Dragon's recruitment officer David Furner sacked from his other job as Canberra coach"

(stole that one sorry)

 

[Newtown]

The title rather should say "Dragon's recruitment officer David Furner sacked from his other job as Canberra coach"

(stole that one sorry)

Or maybe "David Furner saves the day for Wests Tigers".

 

[jctiger]

Hope the board moves quickly to re-sign Sheensy before the Raiders pick him up !

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[Flippedy]

Didn't see that coming! Geez they're hard to please lol. You'd think they could've waited til the end of the season, there's only 3 games left. Maybe they're thinking it will bring a response like the sacking of Henry at the Cowboys has had - they haven't lost a game since! The Raiders can still make the 8.

 

[wtfl1981]

Certainly surprising… Sad for coaches to be seen as has beens at a relatively young age...

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[citizen_cub]

Good decision by the Raiders IMO.

The team on paper should be making the top 4 yet are looking likely to miss the 8 altogether, the buck ultimately stops with the coach.

 

[alexaki]

God wouldn't it be great to be relieved of Sheens' contract!

I wonder if the raiders will be paying out Furner's contract?

 

[steve-o]

They'll have to unless they can reach a settlement agreement. Difference is, the raiders are well off and could easily afford to pay furner off

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[Cultured_Bogan]

Would like to be a fly on the wall at the next Furner family get together.

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[Knuckles]

They should beat Manly this week if history is any guide.

 

[LaT]

Would like to be a fly on the wall at the next Furner family get together.

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Media says that Don was on a camp or something when he found out. Sounds like the board acted with the CEO in the dark. Not a great indication if thats true.

 

[nads1234]

Can we swap Tim sheens for Blake ferguson about same coin and he has a get out clause if furner is not coach

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[happy_tiger]

Something that is strange about all this is Andrew Dunnemann was only just interviewed by the Cowboys last week

Possibly something to read into ??