Yeah his track record is pretty aweful.
Roosters, Cronulla, Australia, NSW - He has coached some good squads and has been a failure.
The Roosters were a sucess but that team was built by Graeme Murray and must have been very close to being over the cap. As soon as Fitler retired, they went down in a screaming heap.
He was an absolute failure at Cronulla and lost Australia the world cup when they were clearly the best side.
People were screaming from the roof tops after origin 2 that he had pulled off the greatest coaching performance of modern memory - but had he really?
I said after that game that I hadnt seen Queensland play that poorly in years. They looked lethargic and un-interested. The blues got up but if Ingliss had of caught that bomb the series would have been over right there and then. Add that to the fact that Paul Gallen played the greatest MOM performance.. probably ever and it wouldnt be such a stretch to say that Stuart got lucky.
Did he he take that in his stride and improve upon it? You bet he didnt!
He became a prima donna - demanding players stand down from their club committments, he tried to assassinate Meninga through the media, he said Gallen was the best prop in the world despite being outplayed by Scott and Petro in game 1\. He tried to say that Pearce was the worlds best halfback when his opponent clearly owns that title and has worked hard over many years to achieve that ranking. He and that moron Gould just talked absolute crap for 2 weeks straight and their rubbish was taken in and used against them.
Effectively, what he did was make the QLDers apparent underdogs when they had everything to play for on their home turf.
When the boys hit the field last night, QLD were immediately on fire and played at such a high level that no NSW side in history would have been able to contain them in the opening half hour. They were absolutely magnificent.
Stuart and Gould played a role in this. In stark contrast, the side he prepared played well below expectations. They were leaderless and rudderless. It took an uncommon series of fumbles for them to finally score.
People say that NSW have turned a corner….I disagree...the qlders were average in game 1, less than average in game 2 and then when the chips were down they showed just how dominant they are in game three.
