Nick Politis Must be sacked

[trewhella]

Nah boy sand girls,

the point of this thread was my man love for Ivan Cleary and the nutters who were bagging him when NZ were not doing so well.

Cut to 3 months down the track and Cleary has been signed by Penrith and now a Grand final coach.

Read the thread you stupid ****z.

[trewhella]

I think you will find a stack of capable people involved with the club at sponsorship and chairmanship club level.

I see Nick as a big fish caught in a net.
He has people in his ear telling him to do this and do that because they have no true insight. Reactive.
The one person Nick trusts on footy matters appears to be Gould.
Apparently,Gus never gets anything wrong.


Look, I love Nick I really dont want him to go.

Sign Ivan and but out.
Also sign his assistant who in my opinion is very clever.
Keep them there long term and punt Peter o Sullivan.

2/5/2011

[trewhella]

This is why The Doctor is an influential supporter.

It is also why we need balance to an argument or point of view.



When Nick took full control he did what Nathan Tinkler is doing now at Newcastle.
He hired the best in the business as coach. Not because of astute judgement, simply because he could afford it.

Now the next 5 years reaped benefit even though we didnt win a comp because Gould laid the foundations for years to come.

The first coach to not see out his contract was Graham Murray.
The second coach not to see out his contract was Ricky Stuart.
The third coach not to see out his contract was Chris Anderson
The final coaching mistake and in my opinion was the worst appointment was Brad Fittler.

By hiring a coach and sacking them prematurely is one thing. To sack four in a row is another. It is reactive, it is embarassing. Most importantly it leaves the club in a situation where there is a lack of a quality coach on offer.
Hence, we have our current situation.
Ask around if you know people in footy and they will tell you that Brian Smith was a good fit for us. To sign the guy for four years when he has never won a comp is ludicrous. That decision was enough for me . I wrote it before he even arrived at the club and I said it would end in tears yet again.
Why???
Because Smith is all about himself and not the players.
The polar opposite of what the players perceive Wayne Bennett to be. We know what success Bennett has had in comparison to Brian, yet both have been in the game for the same period of time.
If Smith is a user we should have used him.

Lets get back to the statistics that The Doctor used.
Since the 2002 GF win, we have made 3 grand finals and lost all three.
We have won a wooden spoon.
We are on the way to another..
We have been constantly in the papers for players misbehaving and drinking more than any other club that I can recall. Do not forget also what has been glossed over by pulling in favours.

As has been stated the major beef us long term supporters have with Nick is his involvement with recruitment.
Other clubs that have won more comps than us have had to let senior players go under the salary cap to plan for the future. Instead we offer retirement packages. As stated, Luke Ricketson, Craig Fitzgibbon, Mini etc all stayed too long.
The only reason I can see for this is Nick wanting to reward these guys for a premiership that was won in 2002.
I dont see FPN, JWH getting looked after for running second. although supporters like the doctor(who I totally respect) seem to think running second is OK.

We are stuck with Smith for another 2 years after this year.
We will remain competitive, he knows too much about footy and hasnt survived like a cockroach without reason.

The point of this thread is my frustration.
Frustration with Nick.
I actually dont really want him sacked.
I want him to do what he does well. Make money. Sign coaches wisely, take a chance and show some foresight.
Ivan Cleary will be a succeessful coach, I know it in my bones. I see it the way he works and I like it. His assistant has dealt with polynesians for years and knows how to get the best out of them.

They would make a formidable team at the chooks.
A place that Ivan calls home.

and again later but lets wait for the replies

[Guest]

Intresting??

[Guest]

You're still a farrkwit trew....

[Guest]

You're still a farrkwit trew....

Don't sneak up on me like that you cranky ****er! LOL..

[Headless Chook]

At the moment Cleary is as successful as a coach as Brian Smith. I would have waited till after Sunday's result before I started patting myself on the back.

[Guest]

Let the moron have it headless.

It's the only time he's been within cooee of being right!

[bondi-boy]

Fittler's team went ok when he initially took over...but in the next whole season didn't do so well.

Anderson, baaah...should never have been hired.

Stuart...lost the plot somewhere along the line, and had to go.

Murray...trouble with his attitude etc?...he had to go too.

Club can only hire coaches that are available...ditto players.

[Kingbilly]

Fittler's team went ok when he initially took over...but in the next whole season didn't do so well.

Fittler didn't know what he was doing and hence the opposition did not know how to play his teams, this is the single only reason he won a few games as a coach.
The opposition figured Fittler out before he figured himself out and fittler spent too much time locked in his office trying to figure out why no one respected him as a coach

[trewhella]

Let the moron have it headless.

It's the only time he's been within cooee of being right!

Sure, just for the record I am happy for you to point to point all my incorrect rambles.

Go for it.

Onya mate,

Go the chooks.

[Guest]

Don't have to.

I'd say the vast majority agree that you're a Clueless knucklehead!

In saying that, people probably think i'm a moron too!

The only difference is.....I couldn't care less!

[Guest]

I agree that the gimp is a knucklehead but clueless is a bit of a stretch.

[Guest]

He's obviously an educated man Hong Kong!

What i meant was, that education doesn't stretch to Rugby League!

[Guest]

He's obviously an educated man Hong Kong!

What i meant was, that education doesn't stretch to Rugby League!

Right you are Greedy. The bloke just makes cryptic comments and sits back nodding to himself like a wise old man. Trouble is that it is all mindless jibber.