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Darcy Swain should be urged to specialise as a blindside flanker. Mobile, tough, excellent defender – complete package. Further, he is a bit crazy and can talk under 2 metres of wet cement with a mouthful of marbles. Rennie needs to have a long chat to Darcy and to the Brumbies.

Australia's Super Rugby young guns

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4w

Under McGregor, the team has very little hope of improvement. His results over 5 years prove that he is an inept coach. His training regime, his use of one (and one only) terrible game plan, his utter incompetence regarding the reserves bench, his total mismanagement of juniors, his endless delusional excuses and his mindless, relentless selection of the two worst centres in the NRL all indicate that the Dragons are in for yet another long year.

Why your team will do better in 2020: St George Illawarra Dragons

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League
 
Jan

McGregor has failed as a coach for six years. Given the quality of the squad, he is demonstrably a terrible coach. Yet, we are constantly told that he is a good bloke, an ex-rep centre and a career coach. The Dragons are now seen as losers and the punchline to numerous jokes – poor, old McGregor should have been held accountable long before this disaster-filled 2019 shambles. Why have so many of his assistants been removed year after year and he is teflon coated? Why was he re-signed early 2019 despite 5 years of unacceptable results? So many more questions about this highly protected coach and the deals that have kept him in place. This article should get McGregor’s media drinking mates to do their job and actually analyse his pathetic coaching ability.

The brutal questions Paul McGregor has to answer

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League
 
Sep

MacGregor is in his sixth year. We already know what he is capable of. He is not the right stuff and has not shown that he is. Five SOO players and the Club is contesting the wooden spoon. His results over the 6 years? 11th, 8th, 11th, 9th, 7th and currently 14th – we already know what he is capable of……not much. You can swallow all of his excuses and then add your own. Time to get another coach – anyone will do – are you available?

Is McGregor the right man to coach the Dragons?

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Jul

McGregor has not had a solid career as an NRL coach. He has had squads that have been more than adequate and he has failed every year. He has flogged his players early every year and they have usually faded badly with the rep players exhausted. One finals appearance in 5 years is utterly inept coaching, certainly not solid. His teams have shown almost zero attack, inconsistent defence and startling selection blunders. He picks his favorites relentlessly despite them being proven not to be up to standard. He has set many records as a Dragons coach, every one of them negative. Point out his record of improving players…..that’s almost impossible. Recall your favorite moves that he has devised and implemented successfully……..that’s simply impossible. List the Juniors he has bought through over 6 long years….next to none. List the players now at other clubs that McGregor blocked…..a reasonable list of good NRL players. The man is certainly not a solid NRL coach – he should have been viewed as a failure 3 years ago but has hidden behind his “good bloke” nonsense and the thoughtless acceptance by the media of his endless excuses.

The poisoned chalice: Coaching the Dragons

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Jul