Interim Coach for 2026 - Dean Young

[jodragon40]

Like any coach in any grade Young will be judged on his on field results.

Personally I can attest to this fact as a coach you can't be everyone's best mate, considered as a good bloke that listens to others opinions.

Too much outside noise especially from colleagues and friends tends to distort your decision making ability, its human nature.

Like any job, you are as good at it as you have been trained to be and through your own natural ability to do that job.

I dont like the appointment but because of the circumstances there was really no other option.

I will be there on Anzac Day, I have no expectations of a win but I do have an expectation of a vastly improved on field performance, whether we get that or not time will tell.

I wish the new interim coach the very best and I hope that he can conjure up something special both from the team as a whole and especially from the underperforming individual players.

 

[RufusRex]

There was never a split by the board on Young being interim Coach
Just media BS lapped up by the dumb eternal whinging fans.

After the announcement was made the assistant coaches were spoken too and Young was appointed, it's as simple as that
But no let's read more into it and continue the negativity

I reckon we could with a GF and some fans will complain it wasn't by enough.

As I said yesterday enjoy the double win look for the positive not the negative.

Thx Mug - appreciate the news as always.

 

[RufusRex]

Ennis goooorne

 

[Murfy]

Ennis gone aswell now according to Carayannis not sure if he quit or was told he was free to go

 

[TheRev]

I reckon Ennis was keen to get out.. been chatting with manly players... we havent won a game and the guy (Flanno) he was here to learn from is gone..

Talau + who is the question though.. needs to come in quickly.

Note.. not expecting any love from him in the media.

 

[Dave03]

Wow that's crazy. I didn't see it coming. Not that I'm disappointed but far out. Wonder what the players are feeling.

 

[Dave03]

Flanno to Manly with Ennis?

 

[Frank Facer]

Evidently Dean Young, like with his fan base, is not loved by everyone, specifically on the Dragons Board ... the Illawarra side of the merger don't really love him while the St George side do.
This is where a dual entity club is the devils advocate when both sides of our Board are not on the same page. It means plain and simple that our club is divided. No wonder we are in such a mess. If dumping the joint venture will cure this disease then so be it, as having two sides at loggerheads is only counter productive and divisive to the smooth running of our club. The entire Board should be representing the one club and every person in it, if not and that appears to be the case, then the Chairman has to remove the rot.
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I have likened it to us being siamese twins, with one body and two heads.

 

[RufusRex]

might be as simple as Young needing a fulltime assistant and Ennis unable to commit.

 

[Mug Fan]

The next step as expected, he was always going once Flanno left.
Loko may stay now.

The clean out continues.

 

[RufusRex]

Any idea how game day will work yet?

Haran was on the sidelines assisting with rotations? Will Creagh do that?
Who will help Young in the box? Talau?

What other resources are in the club to help with Match day activities?

 

[Dave03]

Red V Podcast returning this week for their take on everything happening. It's been too long...

 

[TheRev]

Red V Podcast returning this week for their take on everything happening. It's been too long...

I think its a one-off, but will be a great listen.. one of my complaints before was he kept making content all off-season even though nothing is happening.. assume it was to do with monetising it etc which is fair enough ofcourse.

 

[Mug Fan]

Red V Podcast returning this week for their take on everything happening. It's been too long...

Maybe one last Pod before he moves interstate.

 

[Illusion]

Ennis gone aswell now according to Carayannis not sure if he quit or was told he was free to go

If I'm right I think his nose was out of joint that he didn't get the caretakers role as coach and quit .......

 

[RedV01]

might be as simple as Young needing a fulltime assistant and Ennis unable to commit.

I know the Fox sport talked him up but how bad has Ennis been as attacking coach? At the time I believed it but now it looks to me like the old Flanno habit of hiring his unqualified friends. Remember he had a plumber or something like that administering (banned) supplement injections.

I suspect they demanded he quit his TV gig and take up the job at the Dragons full-time or quit the Dragons, knowing he wouldn't want to quit his TV job.

 

[redv13]

If I'm right I think his nose was out of joint that he didn't get the caretakers role as coach and quit .......

Yeah the flop has been here for 5 mins, made our attack look like under 10’s and scoring at an average of 14pts a game. How dare the club didn’t give him the interim role. That idiot can f*ck right off. Glad he’s gone.

 

[RufusRex]

can you really judge any attacking coach if they are forced into having Kyle in their formation?

 

[Peter D]

can you really judge any attacking coach if they are forced into having Kyle in their formation?

we scored 0 points when Kyle didn't play so yes

 

[Justadragon]

Ennis gone and good riddance. Our attacking structures were the worst in the league. So whilst we are at our most vulnerable you can’t have someone who spends more time at fox sports trying to steer us out of this mess which he helped create. I hoping Talau will step up to the plate but Ennis going doesn’t faze me one bit.