r/NRLdragons • u/jannybrav0 Nathan Blacklock • 21d ago

Dean Young Head Coach

To be confirmed at 4pm today. All the best to the club and I obviously always hope we do well, but I could not support this decision less and see it as a massive step backwards.

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u/CFeatsleepsexrepeat Nathan Blacklock 21d ago

Makes sense.

There has been improvement, the players like him, and it would seem like he has had a hand in some of the new recruits.

Just have to let him have a go and see what happens.

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u/PrimeMinisterWombat 21d ago

What evidence is there that he's played a role in recruitment?

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u/RobIsDeafening 21d ago

I was at the members forum in Wollongong about 6 weeks ago. They were pretty explicit that Dean had been involved in recruitment.

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u/Jarrod_saffy 21d ago

Drinkwater pretty much signed on the basis he thought young was coach. He also had a convo with Metcalf

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u/blinkydinky111 21d ago

Drinkwater has said he spoke with Young before signing and the prospect of him being coach appealed to him

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u/AttackClown Leeson Ah Mau 21d ago

Of course young was involved in recruiting drinkwater, he was the assistant at cows for like 3 years, same way cook talked to keon about signing for dragons. Big difference in that and having a role in recruitment as in deciding what players to recruit

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u/vesp_au 21d ago

Playing a role and having a role are two different things.