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Message: [QUOTE="Broncoman, post: 2542086, member: 7803"] I don't rate Ricky as a coach that highly but I don't think he is as bad as what some seem to say. Roosters - Yes he did inherit a top quality roster and set-up but even when you've got a great side it still takes a lot of coaching input and work to get the results as countless things need to work during the season. He won the 2002 Premiership breaking a 27 year drought and made the 2003 and 2004 grand-finals and won the 2004 minor premiership which was the first in 23 years. He made Anthony Minichiello into a fullback and players like Brett Finch, Shannon Hegarty, Chris Flannery, Justin Hodges, Michael Crocker and others played their first rep matches under his guidance so he did some good for the club. Once Fittler retired it left a void that couldn't be filled followed by the retirement of Ricketson and Anthony Minichiello's injury made the void bigger. Sharks - Inherited a rag-tag roster and after an average 2007 made it into a competitive side that was one of the form teams of 2008. Paul Gallen and Greg Bird became became fully fledged rep players under him. The Sharks were a rabble on and off the field in 2009 but considering all the stuff happening of the field that year (Greg Bird's court case, racist taunt by Gallen, assault charges against board members, Reni Maitau's drug ban, financial strife, Matty Johns sex story and in-board fighting) you can't really blame all of the crap at the Sharks on him. Eels - Yeah he had a shit year and said some things that shouldn't have been said but honestly apart from that run in 2009 the Eels have been sub-par for quite a while and have possibly the worst side i've ever seen in my years of watching Rugby League and i've been watching for 14 years. Wayne Bennett could coach Parramatta and they still would struggle pretty badly. Ricky is a coach that can do some good at clubs (Roosters and Sharks) but the bad seems to always outweigh the good and he leaves clubs in a messy state with a messy exit. [/QUOTE]

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