@tilllindemann said in [Madge Maguire \- Mega Thread](/post/1383804) said:
Tim Sheens returning got me thinking of something.
A month or so ago when people were calling for Madge's head, and others were saying we need additional coaching staff, there was a myth doing the rounds to the effect of 'Madge doesn't want good or high profile assistants because he is paranoid about getting replaced by them'.
This is obviously rubbish, because he'd previously tried to bring Laurie Daley to the club.
Laurie isn’t a good coach.
If I had to choose between John Morris and Laurie Daley as our coach I would choose the latter.
He failed as nsw coach and hasn’t landed an NRL gig. Tells you something.
How many clubs has he applied for a coaching position with?
I’m not sure. I remember he went for a role overseas a couple of years back.
It seems to me that @Telltails argument is a fair bit stronger than yours Avo, as to whether Laurie Daley is a good coach or not.
Or maybe closer to the point is... your statement is pretty weak.
He’s never been an NRL coach. Apart from a few games for country NSW his only coaching appointment has been for NSW where he was fired. Do you have reason to believe he’s a good coach?
I have no idea if he is a good coach or not, but Madge wanted him, so that to me suggests he would have done a good job in the field Madge wanted him for.
You seem to be very strong with your negative view of Daley, but imo you dont have strong evidence to support your view.
I’m talking head coach, and I think the evidence is pretty clear. As an assistant I have no idea, might be a good halves coach.
Who knows who’s good at coaching though avo . Sometimes the dumbest dude in the room is the only one who can manages to get the message through . And the smartest , most switched on guy , can’t ever relay his message clearly , so it might as well be in faasi .
The thing that makes me agree with you though , is I can’t ever remember someone saying how astute of a RL mind Daley is . And most of the legends of the game who’ve gone on to true success , all had that “I can’t believe how switched this guy is” conversations about him.
The johns boys ,Cronk and Cameron Smith even our own Robbie , I’ve seen plenty of people have those types of convos about them . And usually people in the know .
Maybe I’m just too young , but I always remember the convos out of the Raiders being related to Stuart not Daley . Daley was the naturally talented / Kenny type . Not exactly a student of the game .
But like I said earlier , who knows who’s good or not . One thing I do know though , is many coaches are blokes who spent a lot of time on the bench , either through injury or not being good enough. I think that goes way further , having to be a student just to get a run on the field .
I agree, the best coaches were rarely the best players. I remember listening to a podcast (maybe matty John’s) where they were saying the players that weren’t as talented (Bellamy, Robinson etc) had to give it everything they had mentally and physically. Essentially when you couldn’t rely on raw talent you had to put so much extra time understanding the game.
