Madge is clearly a good coach. Won an SL title, won 2 premierships, flogged Aus with the Kiwis and won origin decisively in his only attempt. You don't win this being lucky.
Let's call a spade a spade, those teams we had under him were not good. Totally forgettable players who fizzled out of the league or became backups as soon as they left us.
The fact we only won the one spoon, in the year he was sacked half way through, is actually a credit to Madge. Our best player of his tenure was Harry Grant, a guy we had loaned for a bunch of games from Melbourne during covid. He was stuck with Brooks playing 7 on a million a year. Front rows featuring the ghosts of Matulino, Packer and Tamou at different times, guys like Maumalo on the wing and overpaid guys like Mbye and Reynolds taking up significant chunks of the cap. Tons of guys who'd be playing 5-10 games a year for us that were never seen again after when they were moved on.
It's pretty clear Madge is a guy that's designed to get the best out of a talented team because it's easier to buy into his hard training when you're actually winning games. It creates a positive loop where you train harder, see results, get motivated, train harder etc. It didn't work with us because our team was full of guys who were cats or sucked, so he was basically screaming into the void.
I can imagine he'd have much more success with our current roster, even if it is a bit limited from a talent perspective. Alas, we have Benji and we need to hope he can show some improvement next year.