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Ricky Stuart is best known for his excellent playing career where he excelled at the Canberra Raiders in their glory years.
He also represented the Blues and Kangaroos for a total of 20 matches. There is no doubt Ricky Stuart was a top notch player.
However, being a coach is another story.
Ricky’s coaching career started at Sydney Roosters, where he coached 130 games and lead them to a total of 79 wins, 50 loses and one draw. That’s a total winning percentage of 61%.
At the Cronulla Sharks, Ricky had a dreadful three years before he resigned from the team.
Ricky coached 74 games where the Sharks only won 33 and lost 44.
Needless to say the lowest point of his career, as he stood down from coaching the Blues full time, was coaching the Parramatta Eels to a wooden spoon.
The Eels only won five games and lost 19 games in the 2013 season.
Yes Ricky Stuart has his glory days with the Roosters and the New South Wales Blues in 2005.
But since then he hasn’t been able to coach a side to achieve anything, only getting close with the Blues in 2012.
And after only one year at the Eels, Stuart left his highly paid contract to go coach his old club, the Canberra Raiders.
The Raiders have looked promising this year in the pre-season. The Raiders will be very strong this year, but not strong enough. Stuart will try his hardest and be furious in the coaching boxes as we all love to watch but the Green Machine just don’t look like finals contenders.
Yes they do look good on paper, however it’s a long season and there is always injuries and State of Origin time.
With Ricky’s coaching record at the Sharks and Eels, don’t expect the Raiders to make it into the finals when September rolls around.
The Raiders have shown heart before and always have a late surge into the finals, but don’t be surprised if they quickly fall down the ladder.
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