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Message: [QUOTE="lynx000, post: 3329010, member: 2065"] Can I preface my following comments with the observation that I really like KW as a human being, I think he is a good bloke and I think he can coach, I just do not believe he has the capability to be an elite coach. I therefore do not believe it is likely that he will get a premiership with the Broncos. I would love him to be a raging success, I am now in the camp that I do not think it will happen. In my view there are currently a very limited number of elite coaches in the game. Since 1997 the only coaches to win multiple premierships are Bennett, Bellamy, Robinson and Hasler. I would rank the first three as elite coaches and Hasler just below that. The other coaches that have won a premiership in that timeframe have either inherited a squad on the cusp of premiership success, or through a confluence of circumstances have been able to jag a premiership, but have not been able to replicate that success or in some cases have not been able to maitain a coaching career. This list includes: Malcolm Reilly Chris Anderson Michael Hagan Ricky Stuart Johnny Lang Steve Folkes Tim Sheens Michael Maguire Paul Green Shane Flanagan Ivan Cleary. Of that list, perhaps Cleary and possibly Flanagan have the opportunity to increase their number of premierships. You would think with the squad he currently has, anything less than one more premiership for Penrith would constitute a fairly significant failure for Cleary. The contrast between Walters and Robinson is fairly stark. Walters did not have a lot of success at Catalans and indeed 2010 was a disaster season for both Walters and the club. Robinson took over in 2011/12 and in both years took the club to preliminary finals. He then shifts to the NRL and wins a premiership in his first year coaching. The rest is history. Walters despite applying for a number of coaching roles in the NRL could not get a gig (including with us). If Walters was to become an elite coach, he would have done so well before now. That places him back with the pack of guys that can coach. He does not have a sufficiently balanced, experienced or talented squad at the present time to enable him to be one of the coaches that jags a premiership due to the quality of the squad at their disposal. Unfortunately, I cannot see him surviving long enough for such a squad to be assembled. The question then becomes who is the potential next younger coach that may be able to become elite? In my view one of the more likely prospects is Kristian Woolf. I hope that for once some proper succession planning is being done and management have some idea of where they are going in the future with the coaching role and who they have in mind to take over from Walters if that ultimately proves to be necessary. [/QUOTE]

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