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Message: [QUOTE="Coxy, post: 2426047, member: 1764"] [b]Re: Griffin emerges as new supercoach[/b] Nice stats, but also have to look at the respective teams when those coaches had their starts. Bennett at Canberra in 1987 - first year they really became a force, and then Brisbane in 1988, their debut year. Sheens at Penrith in 1984-85 - fairly ordinary team at the time Brian Smith at Illawarra in 1984-85 - had only been in the comp a couple of years and were still easybeats of the competition Craig Bellamy at Melbourne in 2003-04 - just the start of the likes of Slater, Smith etc taking over from Mark Murray who sent them backwards in 2001-02 Des Hasler - Manly 2004-05 were still a very raw, average team That's not degrading what Griffin's achieved. He took on a team with a mixture of raw youngsters and superstars like Lockyer, Thaiday and Hodges and turned around the rot that set in under Henjak in 2010. Of the comparisons, I think Melbourne is probably the best, because similarly they had some experienced players and some upcoming superstars in 2003, and that was the start of their finals run after missing out the previous 2 years. I'm sure Hook, if he saw this article, just laughed it off. [/QUOTE]

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