A very interesting statistic.

[Guest]

I don't think Smiffy was brought in to win a comp, he's a rebuilder. That's why 2010 was a mindraper, we overdid it and crashed last year. It did more harm than good to get to that grand final.

[Guest]

bennett, hasler, bellamy, sheens have won all the GFs since 2004..

and none of the other current 12 coaches have ever won an NRL title so Smith has many in his company

Things are looking on the Up for us with all these talented kids coming through, Smith has done a decent job

Bellamy?? YFK..

[supermario]

That's where you're wrong.. He has coached more than 4 clubs. Remember, I said "any" grade.

Illawarra Steelers
Hull
Dragons
Bradford Bulls
Parramatta Eels
Newcastle Knights
Us

There's also:

Newtown Jets u23's
South Sydney Rabbitohs u23's

Lets take a positive from this........Smith coached the knights........knights shouldn't win a premiership

[supermario]

Interesting statistic. Next time we choose a coach, maybe we should consult a witch doctor first to make sure we avoid such "curses"?

Where's John Saffran when you need him !

[Guest]

Yeah but Smith coached both sides of the merger, Dragons and Steelers so that's got to count for something

Yes, harsh. He has a track record in rebuilding clubs. I have a very loose connection to him and I think this is an unfair use of the stats. He has left every club in a better state than how he found it, but for some reason hasn't finished the job.

[Guest]

Please not another bagging Smithy thread. Have you been speaking to beetroot face JJ92??

I'm not really bagging him.. I like him.. I just saw this stat and thought it was really interesting and that i should share it with you guys.

[Guest]

Well guess what. The broncos have never won a premiership since Wayne Bennett coached them. The sharks have never won a comp since anyone coached them. This is a really stupid thread.

That's abit dumb to say. Bennett left broncos only a few years ago.. Whereas I'm talking about Smith's entire career in coaching.. No club that he's coached has EVER won a premiership to date. Even clubs he coached 30 years ago.

[Rooster_6]

Bradford went on to win 4 premierships, 3 world club championships & 2 Challenge Cups
Hull went on to win 2 challenge cups

[Rooster_6]

That's abit dumb to say. Bennett left broncos only a few years ago.. Whereas I'm talking about Smith's entire career in coaching.. No club that he's coached has EVER won a premiership to date. Even clubs he coached 30 years ago.

Considering you don't seem to accept their existence as a merger then this it's a touch sensationalised. 100 years from now those clubs he coached at the beginning of his career wont have EVER won a premiership.

[Guest]

That's where you're wrong.. He has coached more than 4 clubs. Remember, I said "any" grade.

There's also:

Newtown Jets u23's
South Sydney Rabbitohs u23's

Souths u23s won the 1981 premiership under Smith. In fact they only lost 2 games all season.

[Tom Verlaine's Ghost]

There's a really poorly written Wikipedia entry on Brian Smith that makes the same point.

I wonder if it's the same author?

Dear oh dear ...

[Guest]

I like Smithy. If he had gotten his way with Carney at the start of the year the season would not have been as painful as it was. Hindsight is no use but he obviously was correct. The players love him. I hope he sticks around for years to come.

[roosterproud]

probability says all will even out.


3 consecutive grand finals for easts will do 2012 2013 2014

[Guest]

Yes, harsh. He has a track record in rebuilding clubs. I have a very loose connection to him and I think this is an unfair use of the stats. He has left every club in a better state than how he found it, but for some reason hasn't finished the job.

All arousal, no orgasm. He's a cocktease.

Double Entendre!

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Considering that Smithy tends to be signed to clean out and imDprove clubs that already have issues I'm not surprised he hasn't won a GF, given the job description he's given when he starts.

Different coaches have different strengths. Smith's is his ability to cull the deadwood and deadshits (if allowed to by hierarchy) and get the best out of young blokes and lesser lights. He's what we needed when he came to the Roosters and has done what he was employed to do. So why anyone would criticise him I don't know. He's done his job, which is more that can be said for many of the players.

NC

Yes and consider he came within a good old fashioned GF stitchup of winning the comp in his first year with us.

Thats as good as, I would think...I wouldnt place too much emphasis at all on the stat that highlights this thread.