FEATURE Why Panthers said no to Bennett and yes to Cleary in NRL coaching shake-up

Yep I agree - also the fact that he was keen to extend his contract then suddenly wanted to hold off to focus on the season. Suggests to me that the offer was out there and he wanted to see how things played out before making any decisions involving the Tigers. Certainly Machiavellian.
 
@Lauren said:
*"G’day boys. I hope this finds you well and enjoying your time off. I was writing to you in the hope of beating the press… to let you know that I will no longer be your coach at Wests Tigers.*

*"This is an extremely uncomfortable situation for me as I have genuine fondness for the club, and I have loved coaching you all… I understand that this situation has caused some pain for people that I care about, along with putting the club in an awkward situation… I do not feel good about this.*

*"I would have preferred to do this in person but time and circumstances have made that impossible.I hope we meet again soon and I wish you all the very best in the future. You have my number and I am always open for a chat if you wish. Iv*
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The Voldemort break up text..pathetic…pussy
 
I dont believe Gus wasn't involved.

You can't scratch your ass at that place without his pre approval.

Anything other than that is a lie. Simple.
 
@Swordy said:
I dont believe Gus wasn’t involved.

You can’t scratch your ass at that place without his pre approval.

Anything other than that is a lie. Simple.
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They are forcing him out!
 
Iam amazed that anyone can understand or approve what Cleary did. It was a very low and treacherous act and his integrity has been scarred for life.
It would also appear that the emperor of Penrith might be in for a power struggle and if that is the case I hope they crash and burn.

Of course on a positive note, without Cleary defecting we would not have Madge
 
@cochise said:
@Swordy said:
I dont believe Gus wasn’t involved.

You can’t scratch your ass at that place without his pre approval.

Anything other than that is a lie. Simple.

They are forcing him out!
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It’s master media play by the old coach. Coincidence this broke after a bad start to the season, game against the Tigers and Bennett on a 3 game winning streak. They are imploding unprofessionally Panthers usually are well run and keep things in house. Gus has built that entire club.

Panthers made a decision based on keeping a young player nothing more nothing less. Kept Gus out of the loop as he done a deal with Uncle Wayne.

Ivan should have never coached his son at the Panthers or the Tigers it’s not workable as a halfback and 1m dollar player it may derail his career.
 
The thing that always comes to mind with this scenario is when Nathan was his son and playing against us does anyone think he instructed us to really attck Nathan? I think Madge will have a plan to crush Nathan at every opportunity just like in the first 2 games with what RF and co did to CE and the young half that replaced SJ
 
I agree Maloney is the bigger danger because at his best he is devastating,the good news is at his worst he is diabolical.I would hope Madge is going to apply the blowtorch to Maloney
 
Any coincidence that the coach that Gould wanted is 3-0 and the coach O'Neill wanted is 1-2 and then this all comes out

Gould as usual wants to come up smelling like roses and provide a distraction to the week
 
@TYGA said:
master media play by the old coach. Coincidence this broke after a bad start to the season, game against the Tigers and Bennett on a 3 game winning streak. They are imploding unprofessionally Panthers usually are well run and keep things in house. Gus has built that entire club.
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In saying that I dont trust him, I would certainly welcome him at the Tigers for a few years.
 
Ivan is so lucky we don't have a home game against them this year. It would have been one of the greatest, if not greatest ever beat down on a coach in NRL history.

The crowd would have been savage, especially if it were at Leichhardt and you can get right up in their faces.

I wonder how much Penrith paid to make sure our home game against them was scheduled in Brisbane?
 
Something that hasn't been mentioned is that Bennett had agreed to coach the Wests Tigers and it was mutually agreed that when the Broncos weren't going to release Bennett for 2019 the deal was annulled because Wests Tigers wanted Bennett there and then and he was unable guarantee that he could coach WTS in 2019 but would be available 2020 this didn't
suit WTS and the deal was over and the search continued with Madge being appointed some how I think it all worked out well for WTS and we dodged a bullet not getting Nathan with his dad in charge I think his team mates feel he's not one of the boys having daddy in charge and he may be on the outer it will be interesting how the season pan's out for Penriff
 
Bennett agreed to coach all clubs at seems.

Im glad Madge is here.

He is the perfect mentor for us in these next fee years
 
That was the one game I was most looking forward to all year. And the NRL knew it was a big game for WT, there's no way that was a coincidence in shafting us.

For those that haven't checked, we do have a home game vs Penrith this year, and it's the round we all play in Brisbane.
 
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