"To concede points in a row…our discipline, staying in our systems at important times when we’re put under pressure – we’re not doing what we know. "After 25 years with the Illawarra Steelers and St George Illawarra as a player, staff member, captain and coach, I viewed my positions as a series of privileges not obligations. "Dean’s as hard a worker as anyone I have had on my staff, he is loyal to the club, he has bled for the club, he will only do good things for the club and he is a very smart coach.
St George Illawarra coach Paul McGregor is again under pressure after a two-game losing streak, with Phil Rothfield reporting rumours of unrest at the club. McGregor and the club came to the conclusion on Thursday that the best course of action was for the 52-year-old to vacate the position. St George Illawarra Dragons coach Paul McGregor contract information, NRL news and rumours. Source: AAP Sacked coach Paul McGregor said his frustration around the club’s controversial selection panel was a decisive factor in his Dragons exit. "16-0 and their half (Adam Reynolds) is off - play the game the right way and you win comfortably. It’s 12 points – we trained all week knowing that guy was going to come out of the line. "I wish to thank the Dragons for allowing me to be head coach over the past seven seasons as well as everyone who has been involved in my journey at this proud club," McGregor said in the statement released by the club. The dust has barely settled from Paul McGregor’s resignation as Dragons coach and already attention has turned to who succeeds him. Facebook; Twitter; Whats App; Reddit; Email; Getty-Images. "I think once the process gets put in place around the new coach and what we are doing, if Dean wants to throw his hat in the ring then when that time comes he can make that call. Credit: Adam Pretty / Getty Images. It’s a little bit frustrating at the moment to see so much difference between our best and our worst within a 20 minute period.“It’s trust and belief at times when you’re fatigued. After a mid-season revival that saw them win four from six games, the Dragons have now lost their last two and four of their last six and Rothfield believes their finals hopes are over.“A couple of sides were very disappointing and I’ve put the red felt pen through them for the year and one of them is the Dragons,” Rothfield told “I think St George are gone and I was hoping the Dragons and the Tigers would be banging hard on the door for the finals, but you look at their form over the weekend and you have got to have serious doubts.”McGregor survived the axe earlier this season after he lost his first four games and there were suggestions he had lost the dressing room.Rothfield revealed the murmurs of unrest in the Dragons ranks have returned after the 32-24 Round 12 loss to the Rabbitohs.“I got a couple of calls over the weekend about unrest at the Dragons,” Rothfield said.“Paul McGregor cops it whenever the Dragons’ form is down and a club that doesn’t win football games they are never happy places to be around.“I am just hearing stories of unrest and there and suggestions that Mary (McGregor) is losing the players again.“They led 16-0 so he hadn’t lost them there for that first 20 minutes, but the way they capitulated and folded was very, very disappointing.“But these are the stories I am hearing and I don’t like reporting these sort of stories, but the people who are telling me have got good connections to the club.”McGregor faces an uphill battle to retain his job at the club beyond 2020 and Rothfield believes it will come down to how the players respond in the last two months of the season.“I think it is a story that we are going to have to keep a very close eye on in the run home to the finals over the next eight weeks because this decision was the biggest talking point earlier in the year and then they knuckled down,” Rothfield said.“The thing with this side is you play Hunt at hooker and he was going great. Dean Young will coach the Dragons for the final six rounds of 2020. Two other teams have interim coaches - Souths and Brisbane - due to Wayne Bennett breaching biosecurity rules and Anthony Seibold taking leave due to a personal matter.Webb said the Dragons' decision to end the 52-year-old coach's tenure was "one that nobody took lightly".
The signings failed to turn the Dragons into a serious title contender, only making the finals twice and finishing no higher than seventh.Dragons CEO Ryan Webb thanked McGregor for his contribution as head coach over the past seven seasons.“The decision to part ways with Paul was one that nobody took lightly,” he said.“Paul has had a 25-year association with our club and the joint venture’s founding club, the Illawarra Steelers and has shown great passion, integrity, character and a strong work ethic throughout this time. Rugby league: Paul McGregor fights for job at Dragons. Dragons coach Paul McGregor is again under pressure.Dragons player look dejected after the Rabbitohs loss. At the helm since 2014, McGregor took the club to two finals series in 2015 and 2018.

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