Analysis: The Dragons always saw Anthony Griffin as the bridge to a brighter future but when that future never arrived the club had no choice but to move on the veteran coach.
abc.net.au/news/anthony-griffin-sacking-st-george-ilawarra/102350830The axe that was teetering so precariously over Anthony Griffin's coaching tenure has fallen with St George Illawarra announcing on Tuesday they would sack the embattled coach after two and a half struggling seasons with the Red V.
Assistant coach Ryan Carr will take over for the rest of the season but Ryles is in the box seat to lead the club into the future. If it does happen, that's an appointment the Dragons and their fans should feel very good about. The former Broncos and Panthers coach was counted as a safe pair of hands, a shepherd for the club's younger players and a bridge between a rebuild and a brighter future.
Local juniors like Jayden Sullivan, Talatau Amone, Tyrell Sloan and the Feagai twins have all cracked first grade under Griffin and, occasionally, showed glimpses of true brilliance. Apart from Ben Hunt, who was already a Test and State of Origin player, and the hard-nosed Blake Lawrie it would be exceedingly generous to say many of the club's players have significantly improved since Griffin took over.
His goalkicking success rate has dropped from 78 per cent in 2020 to just over 60 per cent this year. He is not what he should be, not what he can be and there's probably a lot of reasons for that and only Lomax knows which ones are true. But coaching has to be a part of it.Bird playing at all is a quiet success story given the horrific run of knee injuries he suffered during his time with Brisbane.
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