Interim Coach for 2026 - Dean Young

[Mailroomsgi]

Small sample size with Ennis as attack coach but man what a let down

I was told by someone in with manly that the players there rated him highly particularly the turbo bro’s

Separately, I’m keen to see which players (particularly young guys) decide to stay or are happy Flanno is out. Thinking Tsougranis/Ah Kee who had concerns might be happy now?

 

[Peter D]

Apparently Young sacked Ennis so as far as i'm concerned he is off to a good start.

 

[redv13]

Small sample size with Ennis as attack coach but man what a let down

I was told by someone in with manly that the players there rated him highly particularly the turbo bro’s

Separately, I’m keen to see which players (particularly young guys) decide to stay or are happy Flanno is out. Thinking Tsougranis/Ah Kee who had concerns might be happy now?

Flanno played his favourites and gave a few young blokes mixed signals/got offside. What he says then does is definitely 2 different things. Don’t think many of the young blokes (if any) will be too upset to see Flanno go to be honest.

Deano just needs to play the best available, regardless of age. Don’t think that will happen today at 4pm but after the bye it’s a clean slate and everyone is on notice for all spots 1-19.

 

[TheRev]

Apparently Young sacked Ennis so as far as i'm concerned he is off to a good start.

I just heard that on MMM... but they just keep guessing.. and guessing again.. and then making guesses based no previous guesses..

They did say something about Young wanting to do away with a defensive and offensive coach.. and do something different.. might be just words... dont think the roles are that clearcut anyway.

tbf probably if we answered more phone calls we could set things straight so they didn't have to guess... but i think its more just because its a 24/7 news cycle and we make good content to just go with anything, accuracy irrelivent.

 

[Illusion]

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I respect the opinion of any Dragons fan in matters relating to the the team and club as a whole. But hasn't the negativity just exploded? At a time I'm finally feeling a little positive.

Lets hope the start pushing ahead now as a unit .......

 

[Frank Facer]

I have lost count of the number of times I have heard people in the rugby league world say Dean Young will be a coach one day. They have been saying it for about 14 years now and I am not talking about people on rugby league forums or social media, I am talking about people who have jobs in rugby league. But he still hasn't landed a head coaching role. He must be the most spruiked potential coach to never have got a head coaching role.

 

[Mailroomsgi]

Neil breen on radio saying Tom Eisenhuth is one of the assistants now. He was already in a development type role but it’s interesting to hear

I’d love to get some clarity on what really happened with Ennis lol. I’ve heard 3 different takes on it already

 

[Dragon David]

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.

Nor I! Not that I matter.

 

[Dave03]

talau and eisenhuth assistants, dunno if talau will continue nsw cup coaching or someone else takes over. ennis legit thought he was a chance of being an interim coach lmao. the bloke hasn't been an assistant coach for 5 mins let alone head coach. some egos...seriously.

 

[Illusion]

https://www.zerotackle.com/michael-ennis-drops-dragons-bombshell-after-interim-snub-232891/

 

[Dave03]

i really hope willie talau goes well as an nrl assistant coach, he's got the ear of the young fellas & from all reports is a great communicator.

 

[Mailroomsgi]

Well it’s 2 younger guys that are really running the show with Young and Talau now

Suddenly my interest has Piqued

Wouldn’t it be good after I’ve bagged young all this time that he ends up being brilliant haha

Fingers crossed

 

[Illusion]

Well it’s 2 younger guys that are really running the show with Young and Talau now

Suddenly my interest has Piqued

Wouldn’t it be good after I’ve bagged young all this time that he ends up being brilliant haha

Fingers crossed

X2 .......

 

[RufusRex]

Talau is a very young 50 year old

 

[jodragon40]

Well it’s 2 younger guys that are really running the show with Young and Talau now

Suddenly my interest has Piqued

Wouldn’t it be good after I’ve bagged young all this time that he ends up being brilliant haha

Fingers crossed

Don't forget still playing with the same deck of cards Flanagan had

 

[RufusRex]

Yeah .. but have discarded the joker.

 

[George Sancti]

I don’t know the story behind Ennis’ exit, but if it was his call because he didn’t want to be tied to a club sitting at the foot of the ladder, then I hope the record shows what happened next, the real improvement came after both Ennis and Flanno were out of the picture

 

[Murfy]

Is there any way to watch the press conference from today?

 

[Dave03]

Is there any way to watch the press conference from today?

 

[Illusion]

I'm starting to warm to him after hearing this .......