Firing line: Maguire, Tigers take unwanted place in the history of NRL coaching | proshenks
Michael Maguire has secured an unwanted piece of history, becoming the 40th coach to be sacked mid-season in the NRL era as Mal Meninga called for trigger-happy club officials to be held more accountable for their decisions and performances.
According to data provided by David Middleton of League Information Services, 40 coaches have been sacked mid-year since 1998. A further 26 were turned over at the end of a season, costing the game and clubs tens of millions of dollars in payouts and the hiring of replacements. The costs often blow out even further when a new coach comes into a club and demands his own assistants and staff be installed.
“That comes down to all people in the organisation, doesn’t it? The competency and the skill set of the people running clubs need to be accountable, too.“The coach is one of a big team, a football department. If your finances and commercial outcomes are driven by the commercial department, obviously the coach becomes the central figure in whatever success you may have.
Maguire has won premierships in both hemispheres, but the Tigers ran out of patience midway through his fourth year at the club.
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