Rumour Warriors Recruitment Discussion and Rumour Mill - 2015 (Part 2)

[Jordan G]

Looking at the teams we appear to be up against I doubt we can match what most would offer. A lot would depend on how Lafai views our chances of success.

Would call this one very very unlikely.

 

[Sup42]

We will have to win a premiership before we no Longer get thrown if with every possible club signing.

Warriors and Titans get used In this regard lots.

 

[Centurion]

Drags scored big time with Timmy Lafai.

https://www.dragons.com.au/news/2015/12/11/dragons_sign_tim_laf.html

 

[bobba]

He was training here well he was injured. Hadn't seen him in ages use to hang out with him at church and stuff time to time.

Was looking real good when I saw him but that was a good couple months ago.

See if I can get any updates from him or his misses.

 

[CompletionRate]

Me and my mates just took a picture with Ivan Cleary in a pub at Mount Maunganui reckons he was in New Zealand "saying g'day to 'mates'" we were all like 'oh shit' and he did a knowing grin. A KNOWING GRIN.

 

[Defence]

Me and my mates just took a picture with Ivan Cleary in a pub at Mount Maunganui reckons he was in New Zealand "saying g'day to 'mates'" we were all like 'oh shit' and he did a knowing grin. A KNOWING GRIN.

A "knowing grin" eh?
Normally I wouldn't read anything into that but coming from old poker face cleary, it does make u wonder.

 

[CompletionRate]

We just took it as a sign that he'll be around the place in some capacity. Something's afoot.

 

[Miket12]

Like this?

You really shouldn't be posting seflie's of yourself on here without warning people first

 

[letsgonewarriors]

You really shouldn't be posting seflie's of yourself on here without warning people first

That's a knowing grin if ever I saw one!

 

[Gizzyfan]

You really shouldn't be posting seflie's of yourself on here without warning people first

The face of the Doctor waving both his hands in front of your face doing a Prostrate check.!

 

[bruce]

We just took it as a sign that he'll be around the place in some capacity. Something's afoot.

If he is signed as a mentor and Cappy loses the dressing room (as they say these days) then there is less to worry about than when Bluey lost the plot and we had to take a guy who didn't have a plot in the first place. My bet is that Cappy will be just fine.

 

[Diesel]

No harm by having Cappy, Cleary and Morgan in the coaching ranks, with Cleary as mentor/DoC

 

[Blindside]

No harm by having Cappy, Cleary and Morgan in the coaching ranks, with Cleary as mentor/DoC

That's a no from me. How much support would Cappy get from Ivan? We have already had destabalising influences in the coaching ranks and it doesn't work.
Besides, Ivan would be a step backwards. We want a proven premiership coach.

 

[bruce]

We want a proven premiership coach.

All clubs want a premiership, a proven premiership winning coach isn't the same thing e.g.Tim Sheens at the Cowboys, Des Hasler at the Dogs, and Ricky Stuart at the Eels and Canberra and of course John Monie

Phil Gould, Wayne Bennett and Tim Sheens are probably the exceptions in the modern area in that they won premierships before and after moving to new clubs.

Gould started the trend of being a premiership winning director of coaching with Ricky Stuart at the Roosters but he hasn't carried that on to the Panthers.

I think Wayne Bennett at the Knights has shown that appointing a premiership winning coach isn't the answer if you don't have the roster or overall support to work with.

There are more examples of a new coach winning a premiership e.g. Paul Green, Trent Robinson, Michael McGuire and Craig Bellamy.

All of those coaches had an outstanding support team around them from the front office to the team on the park.

Cappy had so much support from the Kiwis in the Warriors he was appointed an assistant to Kearney until he got the top job at the Warriors.

So assuming Cappy still has the dressing room at the Warriors, and also assuming that it is really JD who is running the club I don't think it matters if there is a brains trust behind Cappy.

I have always rated Ivan Cleary as a true professional. I think he has unfinished business here and if he were being brought in behind Cappy I could only see it being for the better. Just my opinion though.

 

[tajhay]

Thread closed - please see this new thread for 2016 where you may continue the discussion - https://www.nzwarriors.com/threads/warriors-recruitment-and-rumour-mill-2016.45790/