Sacked Manly coach Geoff Toovey fears NRL coaches are fast becoming commodities — What You Missed on TV last night

THERE’S an old saying when it comes to football coaches. Geoff Toovey fears that it’s fast becoming the case in the NRL. What you missed on TV.

Supplied Editorial Geoff Toovey watches the NSW Cup rugby league semi-final between Manly v Newcastle at Belmore oval

MANLY legend Geoff Toovey was unceremoniously sacked from the same club he give his all for with a superb record carrying the clipboard.

As he and Broncos assistant coach Kevin Walters joined the NRL360 panel, Toovey fears that the old saying — that coaches are either sacked or waiting to be sacked — is fast becoming a reality in the NRL.

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Are modern coaches just commodities?

Outgoing Sea Eagles coach Geoff Toovey at his final home game in charge of Manly.

Toovey, of course, has endured one of the more ruthless sackings in recent memory, cut with a year to run on his contract with the Sea Eagles despite taking the side to the finals in every year he has coached bar one and being adored by fans on the northern beaches.

Within days of the press conference that announced Trent Barrett would replace Toovey at Manly in 2016, Newcastle’s Rick Stone was also axed, and Toovey admits he fears just how cut throat coaching in the NRL has become.

“Someone told me that a coach is just a coach waiting to be sacked,” Toovey said.

“I hate to think that that’s the way we’ve become because I love the sport and ... I’ve had some great support from coaches at other clubs and supporters from different codes as well.”

Asked if there is too much pressure placed upon coaches to produce results in a team game, Toovey responded by making reference to his own departure from Manly.

“It’s the head of the department in that area and I think they take some accountability for it, but I thought that what’s happened to me was very quick. Very quick,” Toovey said.

“People forgot that the year before that we finished equal first. We lost the minor premiership on for and against to the Roosters just this time last year.”

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‘Brown is keen to get Farah to Newcastle’

With Nathan Brown officially confirmed as the Knights coach in 2016 on a three-year deal, Ben Ikin and Paul Kent speculated on how he should recruit in order to revitalise the battling club, including whether going after out of favour Tigers skipper Robbie Farah is a good idea.

“He’s got to go and buy some size,” Kent said.

“He’s got to go and look at some props, he’s got to look at some strong edge runners too.

“They need some size and aggro. They’ve got the Sims boys (brothers Korbin and Tariq) there but they need a little help.”

Ikin then questioned whether Farah, whom the Tigers are keen to offload from the final two years of his contract, would be a good fit at Newcastle given they have two up and coming hookers in Adam Clydesdale and Tyler Randell already on the books.

“The word is Nathan Brown’s very keen to get Farah there,” Kent responded.

“Having said that, they’ve got a couple of good young kids coming through ... but you’ve got to be careful that the kids don’t see (recruiting Farah) as a blockage for them to get past ... and then they start to look elsewhere.”

Both Ikin and Kent agree the prospect of partnering Farah with fellow NSW Origin halfback and 2016 Knights recruit Trent Hodkinson is an attractive one for Brown.

Originally published as Sacked Manly coach Geoff Toovey fears NRL coaches are fast becoming commodities — What You Missed on TV last night