Sheens

[GNR4LIFE]

I don't know about anyone else but I'm feeling a bit nostalgic for Sheensy ATM. I was as happy as anyone when he got sacked, but in retrospect should we have given him a coaching director's role? He might have been too proud to take it.

 

[supercoach]

Never look back, Sheens did some great things but he lost the plot in the end. Both Taylor and Potter could have succeeded if they had a roster capable of playing the power game, but as the old saying goes, a coach is only as good as his cattle at his disposal..and that is why I like the idea of Cleary, he is more likely to be able to attract some quality players to the club than the last two coaches.

Time will tell

 

[Sco77y]

He was definitely a level head and probably knew the club, in a way more than anyone at the time. I think we could've gained some benefit by keeping him on board but that's in hindsight. At the time he was probably a bit stale and needed to move on.

 

[Tigertigertiger]

Sheens did a great job for us but in the end both parties needed a fresh start

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

"Everyone can play five-eighth!"

#Sheenius

 

[Regan]

I miss him to bring him back few years away would have freshen him up him would be great with this roster

 

[Nelson]

I don't know about anyone else but I'm feeling a bit nostalgic for Sheensy ATM. I was as happy as anyone when he got sacked, but in retrospect should we have given him a coaching director's role? He might have been too proud to take it.

It's just rose-tinted nostalgia. That relationship had run its course. Nothing he has done over at Salford since makes me think they were wrong to part ways with him.

 

[Flippedy]

Unfortunately I think the club has burned its bridges with Sheens, as they have with many others.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

I don't know about anyone else but I'm feeling a bit nostalgic for Sheensy ATM. I was as happy as anyone when he got sacked, but in retrospect should we have given him a coaching director's role? He might have been too proud to take it.

It's just rose-tinted nostalgia. That relationship had run its course. Nothing he has done over at Salford since makes me think they were wrong to part ways with him.

Probably. Nostalgia is a powerful emotion.

 

[jirskyr]

Oh you could bring him back, and the nostalgia would last for a few weeks, then people would remember why he used to annoy them and it would fire back up again, the old "Teflon Tim" comments.

It would be like getting back together with an old flame, only to very quickly be reminded why you broke up in the first place.

 

[barra]

He was the right person in the right job at the right time with the right squad for a while there. But his time was up eventually and his desire to re-invent the team and game rarely hit the mark.
Rowdy at 5/8, small men playing prop week in week out, players picked on name and not on performance… the list goes on.

 

[steve-o]

Yeah don't be fooled by nostalgia, sheens had to be sacked considering we were premiership favourites and we missed the top eight.

The game has moved passed sheens. The fact he has never been close to another NRL job is a case in point

 

[Flippedy]

Yeah he was a good coach in his day, but the game has changed and his day has passed. Heck he even struggled with the Australian side after his tenure with us!

 

[rialto]

Never look back, Sheens did some great things but he lost the plot in the end. Both Taylor and Potter could have succeeded if they had a roster capable of playing the power game, but as the old saying goes, a coach is only as good as his cattle at his disposal."
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Should have let Taylor see out his contract - he did enough last year for that - this season we play the top teams up front then a fairly easy run home. Next coach will have the benefit of that.

 

[simonthetigerrrr]

Sheens was the best coach we have EVER had by a mile.
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We should never have punted him. Imiss the plays and moves. IMO we were a step ahead of all the others sides.

 

[balmain boy]

The only time Sheens shold come back to the club is when we're celebrating the anniversary of our 05 triumph

 

[yeti]

Unfortunately I think the club has burned its bridges with Sheens, as they have with many others.

"Unfortunately.." Really Flip? The guy was a grade 1 clown at the end. Yes he could coach in his day. Yes he has/had an incredible knowledge of the game. But gee, some of you just don't remember some of his pig headed selections and game plans. They were appalling in the last year and a half.

 

[Flippedy]

Unfortunately I think the club has burned its bridges with Sheens, as they have with many others.

"Unfortunately.." Really Flip? The guy was a grade 1 clown at the end. Yes he could coach in his day. Yes he has/had an incredible knowledge of the game. But gee, some of you just don't remember some of his pig headed selections and game plans. They were appalling in the last year and a half.

Sorry Yeti, I've probably worded it wrongly - I didn't really mean 'unfortunately' in that context. I meant moreso that it was unfortunate that our club, overall, tends to part ways with ex-coaches, players etc on bad terms, rather than amicable ones, so that no one will ever want to return even if we wanted them to! You can see my thoughts on Sheens, as a coach, a few posts further down the page - believe me, I haven't forgotten his last few years with us and would really hate to go back to that :brick:

 

[philgood]

Could we also bring back Johnny Morris to play halfback?

#sheenius

 

[jadtiger]

By the end of 2007 he was past his "use by date".people forget his crazy selections and favouritism.
He should have been punted at the end of 2007 when a good coach should have been able to squeeze another premiership in