Penrith just missing outhis wife on the wooden spoon, Cleary was fired as head coach.
At the time, Gould was the general manager of Penrith, a position he still has with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.
Their CEO has since asserted that Gould made the decision to fire Cleary, not the club.
“The club didn’t really fire him,” Fletcher said to Hughesy, Ed, and Erin on 2DAY FM.
“He was sacked by Phil Gould.”
The next season, Cleary was replaced by Anthony Griffin; however, Griffin’s four-year contract was only completed.
In 2019, Cleary was brought back to lead the Panthers, and he guided them to a 10th-place result.
The team has dominated the NRL ever since, participating in three
Now, when the Panthers play the Broncos in the 2023 championship game on Sunday night, they will try to complete an unprecedented three-peat.
The CEO of the club thinks they will do well because of their recent large-scale experience.
“[The organisation] is in pretty good shape at the moment — playing in four [consecutive] grand finals is something you dream of,” he stated.
The fact that we’ve been there and know what to do makes it good.
“And the only thing we’ve got to do now is win the game.”
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