{"id":497740,"date":"2026-04-01T19:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T19:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=497740"},"modified":"2026-04-02T00:24:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T00:24:21","slug":"fittlers-warning-to-foran-20-years-after-own-shock-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=497740","title":{"rendered":"Fittler's warning to Foran 20 years after own shock appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brad Fittler<\/a> has delivered some coaching advice to Kieran Foran<\/a> as he prepares for his first match as Manly Sea Eagles boss<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Foran has slipped into the interim role after Anthony Seibold's axing<\/a> despite only being new to his assistant coach position, having retired from playing just last year.<\/p>\n

\ufeffFittler was in a similar position to Foran almost two decades ago in 2007.<\/p>\n

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Having retired from playing at the Roosters three years earlier, he became head coach after Chris Anderson quit following a 56-0 loss to Manly.<\/p>\n

The Roosters legend's takeover came midway through the season and led to an unbeaten run of five matches.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Foran's run at Manly will start \ufeffwith three away matches against the Dolphins, Dragons and Cowboys which Fittler believes could be the ideal way to start.<\/p>\n

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"It gives you a chance though to find your feet, being away \ufeffand being with the team," he said on Wide World of Sports' Freddy & The Eighth<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

"When I first got the job, mine was very similar, it was right after a Manly-Roosters game, the Roosters got pumped and they moved Chris Anderson on and I went in the week after.<\/p>\n

"We had a camp in Kiama and that worked unbelievably. It just gave us a chance to go down, refocus, start again and off we went. So I think the actual fact he's got a couple of away games and can travel will be good."<\/p>\n

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However, Fittler did warn Foran there's a lot of head noise to come.<\/p>\n

"\ufeffYour brain won't stop," he said.<\/p>\n

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"When you're the assistant you can go home and slow down and deliberately tell yourself what you want to think about at training or talk to a player about, but outside that it will go away and you can get on with your life.<\/p>\n

"When you're the head coach there's none of that, you don't get your life back. You're constantly churning through (thoughts) … that'll \ufeffbe the thing he notices, when you're lying down in bed at night your brain is constant.<\/p>\n

"But it's exciting, it's a great job but it's hard, it pulls your body apart."<\/p>\n

Foran's Sea Eagles face the Dolphins on Thursday night.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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