Dragons Meltdown: Coach Gone, No Direction & Big Questions
4/20/202644 min
The Dragons sack Shane Flanagan but the bigger problems remain, with confusion, division and no clear direction at the club.
We break down the fallout, the coaching scramble, spine issues and why this runs deeper than just one coach. #NRL #RugbyLeague
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00:00 - Intro
00:26 - R7 Recap
05:26 - Flanagan Fired
14:38 - No Interim Coach?
22:47 - Potential Replacements
34:19 - Changes to make
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First 90 secondsWarren Smith· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Good day, welcome to Kentie Blitz, your daily hit of NRL news. We are back, Kentie, and what a morning it's been [laughs].
Paul Kent· Host0:08
What, what a morning, what a day, yeah.
Warren Smith· Host0:09
What a, what ... I mean, it feels like it's midnight already, it's ... We've packed so much into the morning.
Paul Kent· Host0:14
Yeah.
Warren Smith· Host0:14
And we're gonna talk about the Dragons. Uh, but we wanted to talk a few things on the weekend first. We don't want it to be all about the Dragons, although it will be a long show today about the Dragons. I wanted to s- ask you a couple of things that you liked on the weekend and a few things you didn't like.
Paul Kent· Host0:27
Uh, obviously the, the, the big thing out of the weekend was Parramatta's response. Uh, really embarrassed the week before against the Titans, and they had a big week. They had their 40th anniversary of the, uh, 1986 Grand Final. Uh, I actually remember getting the train down to that game once.
Warren Smith· Host0:41
Do you?
Paul Kent· Host0:41
Yeah, yeah. We woke up in the morning- Yeah ... without tickets and just thought, "Bugger it, let's go."
Warren Smith· Host0:45
At the SCG?
Paul Kent· Host0:46
Uh, at the SCG.
Warren Smith· Host0:47
Yeah.
Paul Kent· Host0:47
It was the last SCG Grand Final, actually.
Warren Smith· Host0:48
Mm.
Paul Kent· Host0:49
Uh, anyway, no, second last, sorry. Um, but anyway, the, uh, Parramatta just, they just, they just found their pride. And they had their, the, the, the ... Uh, '86 team, they had dinner with them during the week. They had this big function, uh, at Rosehill Racecourse. They just ... Uh, and they went out and they just got stuck into Canterbury, uh- Mm ... like nobody expected. Uh- Very under s- under strength, weren't they? Well, they were under strength. They were just, uh, they just didn't have the talent on the field that, that Canterbury had. They were out of form. Canterbury were in form. Uh, Canterbury were coming off a massive win against Penrith the week before. Everyone thought that Canterbury had finally found their mojo.
Warren Smith· Host1:27
Yep.
Paul Kent· Host1:27
And Parramatta just got stuck into 'em, put 'em off