Good coaches are becoming more and more valuable by the season.
We've seen what Ivan Cleary has been able to build at Penrith, while the Storm have never had an extended dip.
Benji Marshall seems to finally have the Wests Tigers on the right path, Kieran Foran has transformed the Sea Eagles almost overnight and Michael Maguire came in a won a title with the Broncos in his first season.
Today though, we're looking at some decisions that have either gone wrong or are just outright wrong.
Typically I don't like to focus on the negatives in the game but after the week I had to endure (hello "obstructor" rulings) I believe I've earned it.
With that said, here are five of the top coaching errors of 2026 ... thus far:
1. Anthoy Seibold refusing to take a risk - Rounds 1 through 4
Shane Flanagan only needs to look to the fate suffered by Anthony Seibold and learn from his mistakes.
Seibold named the same team week in, week out, despite the very obvious fact that he had lost the locker room.
He flatly refused to play exciting youngster Joey Walsh which would have given the fans something to get excited about and a second game rookie for the team to rally around.
I don't know what Seibold was thinking, or if he even cared by the end of his tenure.
You'd have thought a bloke who was on his last legs would throw out the kid and hope for a miracle. Naming the same side wasn't working.
Whether or not Seibold would still be Manly coach even if he had shaken up the side is up for debate, but he should have at least tried.
There was only one outcome ever likely and it's the exact one that materialised ... his deserved sacking.
