Former Wests Tigers ... coach Tim Sheens labels the pressure placed on NRL coaches as ridiculous. Source: Kym Smith / News Limited
Kangaroos coach Tim Sheens has labelled the pressure placed on NRL coaches as "ridiculous".
With St George Illawarra coach Steve Price, Warriors boss Matt Elliott and Brisbane's Anthony Griffin identified as under pressure, Sheens has slammed the scrutiny which has come after just three rounds.
Sheens says the long-term future of a coach lies solely in the board’s belief in your ability.
“You have to have people at board level and management that could hold their nerve and I think a few of them today can’t hold their nerve,” Sheens said on NRL360 on Wednesday night.
“I know there’s a lot of pressure but three games is ridiculous to be putting pressure on coaches.
"In 1989 we lost two games after running third in 1988, my first year at Canberra, and the board had a meeting and Les McIntyre (the Raiders inaugural chairman) stood up for me. We then won the next seven and the premiership but they were going to get rid of me two games into the season."
Price is in final year of his contract with the Dragons and despite the backing of his senior players, the club is in no hurry to re-sign him.
The Dragons made no secret that they were pursuing Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy, sending a clear sign that if a more experienced coach became available, they will be making a play for him.
Having recently parted ways with the Wests Tigers, Sheens’s advice to Price was stay strong and silence his critics by winning games.
“He’s got to win some games, no doubt,” Sheens said.
“He’s got to trust himself and back himself. If you’re going to go you want it to be on your own terms, not someone else.
"If the wins start happening everyone shuts up."
In his second season as an NRL head coach, South Sydney’s Michael Maguire is yet to come under that sort of pressure.
He says the most important thing in his role as a coach is ensuring the club’s board is up to speed with his plans.
"The biggest thing I work on as a coach coming through is making sure everyone understands what I am trying to achieve right across the organisation,” Maguire said.
“What I do at Souths is make sure everyone understands where we are going, from the chairman, Nick Pappas, right through to the guys who clean the organisation. Everyone has a fair vision of what we’re trying to create and I incorporate them into what we’re doing."
Sheens echoed Maguire’s thoughts on transparency.
“You’ve got to communicate with your fans in particular,” Sheens said.
“You often see blogs from coaches telling everyone what they are doing and why they are doing it. Public perception is very, very important."
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