Support For Moore As Gould Takes The Tiller
Sun Herald
Saturday September 2, 1989
CANTERBURY'S chief executive Peter Moore had the full backing of the Bulldogs football committee this week to re-hire coach Phil Gould or to sack him.
The committee gave Moore total support in the simmering coach issue.
Reports that the committee voted 6-1 against Moore on the coaching subject are way off beam.
So too are suggestions that the Leagues Club board took a hand in the issue.
Moore runs Canterbury. That's why he is the highest paid chief executive in the League.
But Peter Moore is getting sick and tired of proving where his heart lies.
"Our record at Belmoe in the 80's is the best in the League," Moore said.
"At times it has been stormy to say the least-I don't deny that.
"But any decision that is made is done with the good of the club in the long term in mind.
"Phil Gould has an agreement to coach at Belmore next season.
"He has said all season that he will be here in 1990 and that's exactly what has happened.
"I had a long talk with Gould during the week and he told me his problems and I told him mine.
"We want to work together in 1990 and we will," Moore said.
Moore is fuming at suggestions that he was pushing for son-in-law Chris Anderson for the coaching position.
"I am aware of what uninformed and vindictive people in the media are suggesting.
"That is now a matter for my legal advisers.
"I'm proud of my family involvement in the club but Chris Anderson and my other son-in-law Steve Folkes have never sought or got a head start on anyone else.
"What they achieved, they achieved without me," Moore said.
"It was the same when the Hughes brothers played with the club.
"I can wear the criticism but it has got much too personal lately," Moore said.
Phil Gould says he is delighted to be able to start planning next season.
"We have the talent to bounce back to where Canterbury are used to being,"Gould said.
THE next Board meeting of the NSW Rugby League on September 15 will officially appoint Jack Gibson as coach of the NSW Blues for the 1990 State of Origin series.
Gibson hasn't yet informed the League of his decision one way or the other
However, the Board aren't looking around for other coaches and have made it clear the job is Gibson's if he wants it.
GAVIN MILLER's consistency is his greatest asset next to his talented skills with the football.
His joint victory in the 1989 Rothmans Medal comes on top of his runners-up performance last year.
Miller is unbeatable in the Dally M award and will win that contest back to back.
For the second year in succession he is contesting the 2GB player-of-the-year and will figure strongly in the finish.
In the contest he has scored points in 70 per cent of the matches he has played in the last two seasons.
That is with a variety of judges marking his display.
The Cronulla players deserve a lot of the credit for Miller's achievements
They support him totally-something the representative players were reluctant to do this season.
CRONULLA players watched en masse the reserve grade play off at Parramatta Stadium on Tuesday night.
The tracksuited Sharks were confronted by the Broncos management being shown to their VIP seats.
One Shark commented that football games weren't won by off field management in business suits.
And he didn't keep his comment to himself.
THE NSW Rugby League were quick to praise both Cronulla and Brisbane after the crackerjack play-off for fifth match.
Both John Quayle and Ken Arthurson congratulated both camps on the match which must have been compelling viewing on television.
After the rough Balmain v Penrith game two days earlier it was a timely reminder of how the game should be played.
Not a punch thrown in anger, not a hint of a head high tackle, no knees, no elbows and very little on field questioning of the referee (except from Wally).
The match was incredibly quick. So quick, in fact, that Balmain coach Warren Ryan questioned the fitness of the Broncos.
"One of Cronulla's stars was their conditioner Mick Souter-his side was going when the Broncos had long stopped bucking," Ryan said.
THE historic Ashes winning performance of Allan Border and his side in England hasn't gone unnoticed by the NSW Rugby League.
Border and his team have been invited to be special guests at the Winfield Cup grand final. Unfortunately, most will still be overseas on September 24.
The team has constantly been in touch with Australia for progress scores during their long tour. Fast bowler Geoff Lawson broke the news of the Broncos exit to Border and the Queensland members of the team while they dined at a Park Lane restaurant with John Cornell and Paul Hogan after the sixth test at The Oval.
Lawson has been covering the Test series for 2GB.
THE SCG Trust this week decided to go ahead with plans for huge changes to the new Football Stadium.
Apartments will be built above the existing gold members' car park and there will be major extensions to the existing gymnasium area.
With gold cards sold there will be improvements for members with several new bar areas introduced.
One new southern bar will feature a balcony over the existing pool area.
The Trust is considering the introduction of a licenced club at the ground. There have been suggestions that South Sydney could be involved. However, the Trust, under the chairmanship of Pat Hills, has made no decision on the issue
The NSW Premier, Mr Nick Greiner, is elated at the workings of the current Trust.
JOIN us on 2GB for the business end of the season on World of Football. Canterbury coach Phil Gould will join us today for the Penrith v Balmain major semi-final. Rothmans medal winner Gavin Miller will also join us throughout the finals series. From noon to 6pm all the Rugby League action and stories on Sydney's No1 football station.
© 1989 Sun Herald
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