He hasn’t coached for 20 years: Griffin breaks silence

Despite Penrith sitting fifth on the ladder at the time, the club decided to sack coach Anthony Griffin.It was turned out to be just one of a number of coaching upheavals in the NRL this year, but this axing was quite extraordinary given that the club were headed for finals footy.Panthers supremo Phil Gould believed Griffin couldn’t take the team to the next level because of his “old school” approach.Griffin was able to have his say in an exclusive interview on Fox League’s NRL 360 where he fired this one back at Gould: “He hasn’t coached for 20 years. He hasn’t had his head in the fire for 20 years.“If there’s anyone old school in the conversation — if I’m in the conversation about being old school, he’d need to be there as well.”