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Ivan Cleary begins long goodbye with a legacy built to last long after he leaves Panthers | Nick Tedeschi | Collector
Ivan Cleary begins long goodbye with a legacy built to last long after he leaves Panthers | Nick Tedeschi
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Ivan Cleary begins long goodbye with a legacy built to last long after he leaves Panthers | Nick Tedeschi

The coach’s success at Penrith has not been centred on the cult of personality, unlike like so many other great NRL mentors The great coaches all have something special that elevates them above others. Wayne Bennett built his success on connection and an ability to authentically forge relationships with generation after generation of players. Craig Bellamy has a foundation of deifying work ethic and simple communication. Trent Robinson, intellect and loyalty. Ivan Cleary is an engineer, the ultimate believer in process, a coach at once ruthless and relatable who dreamt of building a bigger and more complex machine that could sustain itself beyond the people it was initially built around. Continue reading...

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