Win or bust: the massive stakes in Seibold play

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Anthony Seibold is yet to beryllium confirmed arsenic the caller manager of the Manly Sea Eagles, but it seems similar a foregone conclusion.

Seibold is the likelihood connected favourite to regenerate the now-departed Des Hasler, marking a shocking instrumentality to the NRL aft 2 nightmarish seasons with the Brisbane Broncos.

The acrimonious circumstances successful which helium near Red Hill were arsenic nationalist arsenic could be, as was the soap opera that played retired erstwhile helium arrived, swapping jobs with supercoach Wayne Bennett.

The parallels successful this concern can't beryllium ignored, either. Brisbane parted ways with a beloved, premiership-winning manager to instrumentality a accidental connected Seibold, with the bulk of fans firmly against the move.

Putting speech his existing duties arsenic an adjunct for the English rugby team, if and erstwhile this assignment is made official, you person to see wherefore Manly are doing this.

Is it due to the fact that they're rebuilding for the future? Or is due to the fact that they genuinely judge that Hasler has taken them arsenic acold arsenic helium can?

It can't truly beryllium the erstwhile - Manly, arsenic a squad, are successful 'win now' mode - Daly Cherry-Evans is 33, Jake and Tom Trbojevic are 28, and 26, respectively.

Other important players, who person been developed since their precocious teens and aboriginal 20s, specified arsenic Reuben Garrick, Taniela Paseka, and Haumole Olakau'atu, are present entering their prime.

However past year's run ended, they showed successful 2021 that they tin instrumentality astir astatine the pointy extremity of the season. Seibold preached patience successful the 'project' that Brisbane were gathering successful 2019 (who could hide that paper cut-out?) earlier it each came crashing down.

The contrasting constituent is that helium deed the crushed moving with Souths successful 2018, who were successful a akin concern arsenic Manly find themselves successful now. Plenty of prima power, but a playing radical that was intelligibly not playing for their manager anymore.

Turbo unsettled by Hasler sacking

It was possibly not down to who replaced Michael Maguire backmost then, arsenic agelong arsenic helium was fto spell - but again, successful Hasler's case, this is simply a manager who is truthful beloved that the Trbojevic brothers wanted declaration clauses allowing them to opt retired should the manager beryllium fired.

Not to notation that until the pridefulness jersey saga, the squad sat successful the apical eight, adjacent without their superstar fullback.

Seibold represented everything that a prototypical 'modern coach' could beryllium - helium was analytical, well-spoken, and information driven. His sojourn at Harvard University was a portion of trivia that was often brought up.

Brisbane seeing these peripherals and falling for them was forgivable, but you person to wonderment wherefore different club, aft seeing what happened to the Broncos, is doing the same.

Perhaps it volition beryllium antithetic - the lone happening that's definite is that erstwhile you get escaped of a manager arsenic tenured and respected arsenic Hasler, immoderate you bash adjacent amended work.

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