Kearney denies being pushed
Steve Kearney has confirmed he is stepping down as Parramatta NRL coach.
Kearney said he hasn’t spoken with chairman Roy Spagnolo and chief executive Bob Bentley about when he will officially finish up with the club, however it appears likely he will coach the side in Saturday night’s clash with Melbourne at Parramatta Stadium.
He denied being pushed and said the resignation was his own decision.
The decision to axe Kearney was reportedly made late on Thursday and Eels captain Nathan Hindmarsh confirmed players didn’t find out about the announcement until it had been reported in the media on Thursday night.
Kearney said announcing his departure was a huge relief and he would concentrate his efforts on coaching the New Zealand Test team who are preparing for a World Cup defence next year.
The 40-year-old declined to point fingers over his resignation and said he was proud of improvements he’s made in junior development.
About Time…
Ricky is the coach. Does not want to move to canberra, as daughter is setteled here. Dean pay will be 20′s coach. Great news. Look for lewis to change mind now.
won’t happen
poor guy i honestly think he can lead them out of this rut, but it’s all up to the players to perform on a consistant basis. All the best to him, i do hope he gets another crack for a head coach position one day
The coach aint the problem at parramatta…. Whoever takes over will have some high expectaions and an overated roster to deal with.
HINDY FOR COACH NEXT YEAR.
Kearney is not a bad coach at all, it’s the players relying on hindmarsh, hayne and Sandow way to much
Chris Anderson is an absolute poison for any club or anything rugby league. Even as a rival supporter whose club is renowned for incompetence and idiocy i cant beleive anyone would hire him.
I hope you do get ricky but dont worry his love child beau scott will be in knights colours next year.
Thats right Beau will be in Knights colours next year woo hoo
royce simmions at parra stuart to the dragons and bellamy to coach nsw.
Firstly if you want a competitive team get a bloody hooker. Keating is useless. Should’ve got Ballin or Segeyaro when you had the chance. Your spine is useless and for any good football team it must be strong. Coach sacking is a move in the right direction as long as your replacement is better. Get new halfback. Yes Sandow is there but get a cheapie but a good player. That’s another problem that needs fixing. Try cheapie buys like Lama Rasi and Mose Masoe they are giants. Go for Ukuma Tai’i or David Stagg as well but I think it will be back to back spoons.
Wvery club has strenghten their pack apart from you. Tour well behind. A bench player from Manly doesn’t replace Hindy.
Good points there East, they should have gone for Nafe Seluini, it seems some clubs have talent in abundance, while others fail to identify talent!!
Man what the hell is going on out west its supposedly the heart of rugby league instead its acting like the anus. If i was a parra supporter i wouldnt get my hopes up stuart is shit will ruin the club even more , if thats possible. Anyway it is more than obvious the coach is not the problem. i have never seen a board that is so lost and players so spoilt. they are running out of coaches to keep up with parras demand.
so the old rumour going around months ago about gus and parra might have some truth, rumour had it kearny would be sacked and gus would move in…… i dont think the coach is the issue. they need to look at the club admin. they have to much control and parra wont get a title while the club is off balance. who ever the new coach is he needs to step in and take the control away from the front office.
Y don’t u try and get some good experienced players for ur younger players like Mick Crocker is off contract, Aaron Payne, and get some young talent like Lama Tasi and Travis Waddell, teach the younger players the real way
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Is travis waddell young talent, he plays like crap for the raiders.
5 coaches in 6 years for parra should have never let anderson go tbh