The Daily Telegraph’s Phil Rothfield has questioned Bulldogs supremo Phil Gould’s skill to take a again seat as Cameron Ciraldo enters his debut season as an NRL coach.
Prior to Trent Barrett’s sacking final season, NRL360 co-host Paul Kent stated he was a “dead man walking” after Gould took over and ran a coaching session in April final yr.
Barrett was axed solely a month later and Gould went about discovering his subsequent head coach with Mick Potter taking on for the rest of 2022.
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Ciraldo has served a prolonged apprenticeship below Ivan Cleary on the Panthers, successful two premierships as assistant coach.
However, Rothfield believes if the Bulldogs’ 2023 marketing campaign will get off to a shaky begin, Gould could “interfere” with the rookie coach.
“The Canterbury Bulldogs will be a headline story, they’ve had a massive rebuild,” Rothfield stated on NRL360.
“The question mark is whether he can step away and let Cameron Ciraldo coach the side.
“Gus had done a terrific rebuild, he has got Kikau, Mahoney, Crichton to go with Burton and Addo-Carr, but there is a long history of when he gets bored and has done his rebuild, interfering with the coaching of NRL clubs.
“This goes back to Ricky Stuart at the Roosters, to Ivan Cleary to Anthony Griffin, Trent Barrett.”
Kent questioned if Ciraldo might be given a “grace period” and defined he believes Gould could sit again and “look at how he performs”.
However, Rothfield wasn’t shopping for it and believes historical past states the Bulldogs’ normal supervisor received’t have the opportunity to withstand getting concerned with teaching.
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“When Baz was struggling, didn’t Gus take over the coaching of the side,” Rothfield stated.
“I just look at his history and think two or three losses, how is the tension going to be and will he be able to help himself and leave Cameron to coach the side.”
Despite his considerations, Rothfield praised Gould’s rebuild of the Bulldogs after ending sixteenth and twelfth during the last two seasons.
Canterbury-Bankstown recruited Reed Mahoney, Viliame Kikau and Ryan Sutton for the 2023 season, becoming a member of Matt Burton and Josh Addo-Carr.
Meanwhile, the Bulldogs have additionally signed Panthers gun Stephen Crichton who appears set to make a everlasting swap to fullback when he arrives in Belmore in 2024.
“I’ve got no doubt, with his background, his history, record, there is a lot he can offer Ciraldo, but I still think Cameron needs clear air to put a stamp on his football team with no interference,” Rothfield stated.
“He’s done a terrific job there, but I’m just saying if they lose two or three games there will be cameras at Belmore.”
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