The Cowboys football club chairman Lewis Ramsey has poured cold water on the possibility of Payten being sacked this season. There will be an off season review (as you'd expect). There's disappointment from Ramsey about where we sit, but still seems to be a belief that Todd can turn things around.
I do think that it's important though to realise a change of coach doesn't equal a change of fortunes:
- Des Hasler joined the Titans in a blaze of publicity in 2023, and they still suck
- Wayne Bennett re-joined Souths to much fanfare this year, and they still suck
- Jason Ryles hasn't exactly got Parramatta firing yet (joined in off season)
- Craig Fitzgibbon inherited a fringe top 8 side at the Sharks in 2022, and now has a fringe top 8 side
Hasler & Bennett don't need any intro. Ryles joined Parra from the Storm, Fitzgibbon came to the Sharks from the Roosters. So both had great apprenticeships at successful clubs.
Now Bennett may yet make his mark at Souths, and Ryles is equally early into his time at Parra, so the die isn't cast there (Hasler looks a dead man walking though) And yes, Ciraldo has turned the Dogs around. But even that has taken 3 seasons, despite having a bunch of Penrith connections to draw from and a close to blank cheque book.
It's actually quite interesting to look at the current NRL coaches and their tenures. The last 3 clubs to lift the Premiership: Panthers, Storm & Roosters. All 3 have long term Coaches: Bellamy has been at the Storm for nearly 23 years, Cleary at the Panthers for approaching 7 years, and Robinson at the Roosters for nearly 13 years. Only other guy close to these 3 in terms of tenure in terms of tenure is Ricky Stuart (11 yrs at Raiders, and top of the table at the moment) - and he took the Raiders to 1 grand final and 2 prelim finals during his time.
My point is changing the coach isn't the magic fix one might hope or think, and in fact coach stability actually seems to be the secret sauce to success as a club.
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