Who should coach the Knights in 2010?

Who should be head coach for the Knights in 2010?

  • Matt Johns

    Votes: 10 15.6%

  • Andrew Johns

    Votes: 4 6.3%

  • Phil Gould

    Votes: 11 17.2%

  • Steve Folkes

    Votes: 12 18.8%

  • Rick Stone

    Votes: 15 23.4%

  • Stephen Kearney

    Votes: 6 9.4%

  • Trent Robinson

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Graham Murray

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Brad Fittler

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Tim Sheens

    Votes: 3 4.7%

  • Other

    Votes: 3 4.7%
  • Total voters
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No to Folkes the guy's methods aren't suited to the NRL in 2010(or the last 10 or 20 years for that matter) , with him as coach we wouldn't have the ball movement and attacking set plays we do now.
 
mozza said:
No to Folkes the guy's methods aren't suited to the NRL in 2010(or the last 10 or 20 years for that matter) , with him as coach we wouldn't have the ball movement and attacking set plays we do now.
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Yep. That's why the dogs continually made the 8 and won a premiership. He must be terrible.

He will either be a coach or nothing at all. Folkes isn't the type of person you get as an assistant.
 
The great thing about Rip is that he could lure back some of our promising juniors from Parra, Callan Richardson and Jono Wright, both are quality centres, not backrowers as Trent Robinson seemed to think in Callan's case.
 
GUNNERS said:
Yep. That's why the dogs continually made the 8 and won a premiership. He must be terrible.
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Yes, but if we wanted to play in the style of the Bulldogs - ie. Folkes style - we would need to overhaul the whole club and playing personnel. Nobody is saying he didn't have some success as a coach, just that his style does not fit in at the Knights at the moment.

1988-1994 it would have done!

Liam said:
The great thing about Rip is that he could lure back some of our promising juniors from Parra, Callan Richardson and Jono Wright, both are quality centres, not backrowers as Trent Robinson seemed to think in Callan's case.
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Never understood why he did that, Richardson always seemed to play really well whenever I saw him in the centres.
 
So its pretty much down to the following 6:

- Rick Stone
- Steve Folkes
- Graham Murray
- Graham Lowe
- Shane Flanagan
- Michael Maguire

Out of that, Id go:

Head Coach: Rick Stone
Assistant: Folkes (which i doubt he would do)
 
AussieKnight said:
Kearney isn't even an applicant. Unless he said no, I find it hard to believe we wouldn't consider:

Kearney missing from list
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I know a few Storm supporters living down in Melbourne, and they've all said that Maguire is the one who is actually responsible for a lot of their success. Kearney is basically there in a mentor type role. The players all love him, and he has an especially good relationship with the Polynesian players at the club. I've been told that it's Maguire who helps Bellamy with the game plans, and he is also responsible for their defense (which is extremely good - second best after the Dragons I think?).

They used a Queensland origin example. Kearny is like Mal, where he is very good at communicating with the troops and getting the point across. However Maguire is is more like Neil Henry. He's behind the scenes but he comes up with the tactics.

They'd both be good coaches, but I would personally prefer Maguire to Kearny, even though Kearny has the better resume.
 
Flanagan or Maguire, and Stone to remain assistant for me.

Flanagan and Maguire come from strong defensive backgrounds, something a team needs to go far in this competition.
 
Woody said:
I know a few Storm supporters living down in Melbourne, and they've all said that Maguire is the one who is actually responsible for a lot of their success. Kearney is basically there in a mentor type role. The players all love him, and he has an especially good relationship with the Polynesian players at the club. I've been told that it's Maguire who helps Bellamy with the game plans, and he is also responsible for their defense (which is extremely good - second best after the Dragons I think?).

They used a Queensland origin example. Kearny is like Mal, where he is very good at communicating with the troops and getting the point across. However Maguire is is more like Neil Henry. He's behind the scenes but he comes up with the tactics.

They'd both be good coaches, but I would personally prefer Maguire to Kearny, even though Kearny has the better resume.
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Hmm, not too sure about that. For NZ last year, word has it that Kearney came up with pretty intricate game plans, and Wayne Bennett was the mentor role who chipped in now and then.

From all that I've heard, Kearney is very technical as a coach.
 
jamesgould said:
Hmm, not too sure about that. For NZ last year, word has it that Kearney came up with pretty intricate game plans, and Wayne Bennett was the mentor role who chipped in now and then.

From all that I've heard, Kearney is very technical as a coach.
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You may be right. I don't really know much about either coach to be perfectly honest. I'm just going off what I've heard off Melbourne supporters.

But I really doubt that Bennett just chipped in now and again. The positive influence he's had on that NZ team has been huge.
 
Woody said:
You may be right. I don't really know much about either coach to be perfectly honest. I'm just going off what I've heard off Melbourne supporters.

But I really doubt that Bennett just chipped in now and again. The positive influence he's had on that NZ team has been huge.
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Well that's what him and Kearney both said, anyway.
 
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