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Post by Electric Eel on Oct 11, 2019 19:48:03 GMT 10
We will see what those same people think of the janitor next season? I dont think the Eels will excel next season. They have a long history of making the playoffs one season and struggling for a few years after. I doubt that the janitor will be good enough to change that. Lets see what the future brings and lets see those same Eels supporters who think the janitor is good calling for his head on the chopping block. The 80's really was a great era, Australia even had a decent PM in Bob Hawke back then. Just about everything about that decade was great. Maybe the future will bring another decade as good as the 80's? What goes around usually comes back around? If I remember, most Eels fans were calling for Brian Smith's head by 2006 after a decade of choking. If the Janitor goes another 5 years without a title or even a GF appearance, the fans will go after him as well. 80's again!! I'd agree to that. |
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Post by crow on Oct 12, 2019 5:08:16 GMT 10
We dont want the janitor around for another 5 years, that would be disastrous. I was calling for BS's head for 2 years before 2006. If I knew how pathetic the coaches would have been after BS's tenure, I would rethink my opposition to him. Hagan was total garbage, but there were some others as bad or even worse. I didnt mind Anderson, but he was booted a year after getting the team to the GF. What do the Eels front office think???
BRING BACK THE 80's
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Post by Electric Eel on Oct 12, 2019 14:43:56 GMT 10
We dont want the janitor around for another 5 years, that would be disastrous. I was calling for BS's head for 2 years before 2006. If I knew how pathetic the coaches would have been after BS's tenure, I would rethink my opposition to him. Hagan was total garbage, but there were some others as bad or even worse. I didnt mind Anderson, but he was booted a year after getting the team to the GF. What do the Eels front office think??? BRING BACK THE 80's Every club has experienced a drought which the Eels are currently experiencing, but BA in no way will break this drought. The Janitor will be just another coach that did not deliver a title. I'm concerned I will never see another premiership. BS should have left after the 2001 GF. That year was the final straw after many previous failed attempts. 2001 was the 5th finals appearance in a row by BS at Parra and still couldn't win. |
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Post by crow on Oct 13, 2019 3:21:13 GMT 10
you are probably right about BS leaving after 2001, but look at the line of loser coaches we have had ever since. The line up is so bad that the janitor isnt even the worst, that says a lot.
Droughts usually come and go but when we talk about the Eels it goes on for decades. It isnt easy supporting the Eels. There was an Australian PM who once said, life wasnt meant to be easy. He must have been referring to Eels supporters.
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Post by Electric Eel on Oct 13, 2019 9:37:33 GMT 10
you are probably right about BS leaving after 2001, but look at the line of loser coaches we have had ever since. The line up is so bad that the janitor isnt even the worst, that says a lot. Droughts usually come and go but when we talk about the Eels it goes on for decades. It isnt easy supporting the Eels. There was an Australian PM who once said, life wasnt meant to be easy. He must have been referring to Eels supporters. For some unknown reason, after the glory days of the 80's, Parra was a place that nobody wanted to be. Eels couldn't sign any big name players or great coaches. I seriously thought the glory days would continue, cause Parra was this successful glamour club, but I was wrong. Manly continued on with success and it's only been 8 years since they won their last premiership. Must be this Australian PM  |
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Post by crow on Oct 13, 2019 12:54:48 GMT 10
it was that PM"'s fault that Australia won the Americas Cup and the downfall of the Eels. I would put a lot of what happened to the Eels after the glory days down to Fitzgerald. I will bet he got lousy players on the cheap and said they made more than they actually made and he pocketed the rest. I remember the Eels at one time were over the salary cap or whatever else it was called back then and all they had was a bunch of second rate players. How was that possible???
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Post by Electric Eel on Oct 13, 2019 14:40:38 GMT 10
it was that PM"'s fault that Australia won the Americas Cup and the downfall of the Eels. I would put a lot of what happened to the Eels after the glory days down to Fitzgerald. I will bet he got lousy players on the cheap and said they made more than they actually made and he pocketed the rest. I remember the Eels at one time were over the salary cap or whatever else it was called back then and all they had was a bunch of second rate players. How was that possible??? Fitzgerald was punted mid-way through the 2009 season. A decade later and Parra have only played in two finals (2017 and 2019). After the glory years, Fitzgerald did not deliver further success and therefore should be held accountable for 1987-2008. Since Fitzgerald's departure it has become worse, not even making Grand Finals or even finals with the exception of two out of the last three seasons. Hopefully one day a crop of superstars turn up on Parra's door with a decent coach. I guess we just have to wait for that day. |
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Post by crow on Oct 14, 2019 3:46:37 GMT 10
In the time since Fitzgerald was booted out, look at the coaches we have had, Anderson was good but booted after his second season. It has been worse after Fitzgerald has left, but not for one second would I want that jerk back. It is the fault of the voters that the club has been run by such pathetic morons. I dont know what the situation at the club is these days but I always thought voting for a CEO was a dumb idea. No corporate company has shareholders vote for a CEO, dumb idea. I dont think any other club in the NRL votes for a CEO and therefore they dont have such fools incharge. The fact of the matter is that Parramatta is pretty much a blue collar workers area and they know nothing about the inner workings of a corporate organization.
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Post by Electric Eel on Oct 14, 2019 19:40:43 GMT 10
In the time since Fitzgerald was booted out, look at the coaches we have had, Anderson was good but booted after his second season. It has been worse after Fitzgerald has left, but not for one second would I want that jerk back. It is the fault of the voters that the club has been run by such pathetic morons. I dont know what the situation at the club is these days but I always thought voting for a CEO was a dumb idea. No corporate company has shareholders vote for a CEO, dumb idea. I dont think any other club in the NRL votes for a CEO and therefore they dont have such fools incharge. The fact of the matter is that Parramatta is pretty much a blue collar workers area and they know nothing about the inner workings of a corporate organization. I think you hit the nail on the head!! A blue collar area would feel intimidated by a white collar, high flying success, like Bill Moss. Bill Moss got a payout of 40 million when he left the banking industry and lives in Circular Quay. Roosters from a rich part of town, the eastern suburbs, would welcome successful people like that. Parra would turn them down and employ people like Paul Osbourne and Steve Sharp. Andrew Johns thinks Parra can make top 4 next year and credits the janitor. I disagree with both!! What will our 2020 thread be titled? Can the Janitor win a premiership? You give the thread a name and start a new one if you like. |
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Post by crow on Oct 15, 2019 1:04:46 GMT 10
I cant watch that video, it says not available in your country.
Andrew Johns may have been a great football player but he is clueless. I think the Eels are close to having a team that is capable of making the top 4 but need a coach. The janitor just doesnt cut it as a coach.
What about this for 2020. It is 2020, no janitors aloud.
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Post by Electric Eel on Oct 15, 2019 11:01:16 GMT 10
I cant watch that video, it says not available in your country. Andrew Johns may have been a great football player but he is clueless. I think the Eels are close to having a team that is capable of making the top 4 but need a coach. The janitor just doesnt cut it as a coach. What about this for 2020. It is 2020, no janitors aloud. Why would the NRL block American viewers? No wonder nobody in the US knows anything about Rugby League. Andrew Johns tipped Parra to make top 4 next year and credited the Janitor for their "successful" season finishing 5th and the players that joined the Eels. New thread - 2020 no janitors allowed. You can create the thread. |
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Post by crow on Oct 16, 2019 2:27:55 GMT 10
the NRL is clueless when it comes to promoting a great product. As I have said before it is the most unprofessional, professional sport on the planet. Run by a bunch of amateur bums. I bet they have nobody in the hierarchy that has a background of media. I doubt there is anything about the NFL that is blocked in Australia, why would you want to block anything at all if you want to promote a sport internationally?
Andrew Johns makes himself look pretty poor saying what he has about a janitor at best. He did however win a GF with a sub-standard coach in Hagan. The Eels definitely have an awesome backline, they need a couple more forwards to maybe go to the next level, with the axing of the janitor.
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