Phil Mooney goooooooonnnnee

[Sully]

Marto just said Mooney may have been Sacked! Anyone heard anything?

On a side note Queensland for fuck sake pick a coach and stick with him!

This from Jim morton he must watch the rugby club too


Huge doubt over Phil Mooney's coaching future at Queensland Reds

 

[The Amazing Tah-Man]

Re: The Rugby Club Rumour

I hope Link likes XXXX.

 

[MrTimms]

Re: The Rugby Club Rumour

I have spoken to the only person i know in the reds, and apparently:

Media conference at 12, all will be revealed, you will be the first call I make (ie I know nothing!!)

So things should become clearer by then.

Would be good to have Link in QLD, better than his mind lost the aussie rugby, or rugby altogether.

 

[Scotty]

Re: The Rugby Club Rumour

This is getting ridiculous.

I'm hoping if he is getting the sack, it is only from a head coaching perspective, and if Link comes in as head coach, Mooney stays on as an assistant. I don't want them to completely burn him, particularly when the Reds issues seem to have a lot to do with the way the QRU has been run.

 

[louie]

Re: The Rugby Club Rumour

I think Mooney is one of the future and if he gets the sack is being given a raw deal.
Hope they keep him on in some form.

 

[disco]

Re: The Rugby Club Rumour

I think Mooney is one of the future and if he gets the sack is being given a raw deal.
Hope they keep him on in some form.

Agreed, hopefully he will be skills coach & Link can come in as head coach.

 

[Scarfman]

Re: The Rugby Club Rumour

Have you guys ever had someone put in your job had to work for them?

Well, no, me neither, but I imagine that it would suck.

 

[fatprop]

Re: The Rugby Club Rumour

In sport the do it by putting a "director of coaching" role in and changing the reporting structure.

 

[Scotty]

Re: The Rugby Club Rumour

Exactly. Connolly did it with Foley at Bath and it seemed to work well for them. No reason it can't work for Mooney, as long as he has respect for Link and they are able to work together for the same goals.

 

[Ash]

Re: The Rugby Club Rumour

Am I the only person who doesn't totally respect Link as a complete coach?

I am the first to say his work with the NSW forwards was first rate.

But - he made some batshit crazy mistakes with the NSW backline, such as choosing Turinuri on the wing vs Habana. I would hate to see Mooney axed at the Reds for Link, I don't see how that's a step forward at all.

In fact, I can't see how Mooney being axed is a positive for the Reds right now.

 

[Lindommer]

Re: The Rugby Club Rumour

Marto's tease was very unprofessional if it doesn't come to pass. If there was a review by the incoming chairman, he should've said just that. But if Mooney isn't sacked Marto should eat humble pie.

 

[Scotty]

Re: The Rugby Club Rumour

Agreed. He really shouldn't have said anything.

 

[Scotty]

Re: The Rugby Club Rumour

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,26057689-5002381,00.html

Foxsports article now saying rumours are untrue.

A senior Queensland rugby source on Thursday night denied rumours that Queensland Reds coach Phil Mooney had been sacked by the franchise.

Normally these sort of comments precede a sacking!

 

[fatprop]

Re: The Rugby Club Rumour

Goooonnnneeee!

Mooney axed as Reds coach

Phil Lutton - Brisbane Times | September 11, 2009 - 12:17PM

Queensland Reds coach Phil Mooney has been sacked.

Incoming Queensland Rugby Union chairman Rod McCall has just announced in a media conference that his contract has been terminated immediately.

"Phil's shattered," McCall said. "It's obviously something very close to his heart. He's taken the news pretty hard."

McCall said the QRU board had accepted a recommendation from a consultative group to end his tenure and recruit a new coach.

The decision was made by McCall and former Wallabies Tim Horan, Dan Crowley and Brett Robinson.

Mooney had one season remaining on his contract with the Super 14 franchise. In the moments before the announcement at Ballymore today the usually affable coach walked ashen-faced out of a meeting with QRU officials.

Rumours of Mooney's future have circulated for the past day. The former Wallabies fullback and Fox Sports commentator Greg Martin, a friend of Mooney, said on Thursday night's Rugby Club program there was talk he'd been sacked with one season of his three-year deal remaining.

The rumour has turned out to be on the mark.

Mooney was a popular local choice when he was named to take over from Eddie Jones after the disastrous 2007 season but has only managed to take the battling Reds to 12th (2008) and 13th (2009).

 

[barbarian]

Re: The Rugby Club Rumour

Great call Scotty. The question now would have to be is there anyone stupid enough to accept Australian rugby's poisoned chalice?

 

[Sully]

My 2 cents - This is stupidity! He had a year to go tell him he would not be renewed and start looking now for a coach for 2011. Gives you a good deal of time to get a coach of a good standard. And gives mooney time to get some runs on the board for his resume.

Now we have months maybe weeks to find someone to fill the role. Unless Sergeant Slaughter has already talk to an old mate of his?

Question. Does Qld have any coach at the moment? Anyone to run preseason training?

 

[Grandmaster Flash]

Unbelievable. How can this be good for the moral of the team?

The decision was made by McCall and former Wallabies Tim Horan, Dan Crowley and Brett Robinson.

 

[Newb]

so who hasn't been sacked at the reds/qru?? is anyone left?

i assume they're inserting link. didn't want to pass up the opportunity to snag him while they could... but still it seems premature. maybe mooney will get a shot with the farce when/if mitchell gets shitcanned. i hope he gets another shot somewhere that isn't europe.

 

[louie]

Re: The Rugby Club Rumour

Am I the only person who doesn't totally respect Link as a complete coach?

I am the first to say his work with the NSW forwards was first rate.

But - he made some batshit crazy mistakes with the NSW backline, such as choosing Turinuri on the wing vs Habana. I would hate to see Mooney axed at the Reds for Link, I don't see how that's a step forward at all.

In fact, I can't see how Mooney being axed is a positive for the Reds right now.

i'm with you. 100%.

 

[mark_s]

I think Link (if confirmed) would allow Qld to recruit and retain better players.

It's kind of presumptous to pencil in Link for this job though. He was born in Vic and I am sure that the prospect of being in charge of a start up team would be attractive to him.

Who else would be a candidate? I suspect they will come out of the woodwork (as they always do) and I wonder if even Nucifora might throw his hat in the ring?