He's no stranger to to fans calling for his head and Dragons coach Paul McGregor says he's happy to continue wearing criticism if it eases pressure on his players.
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Now in his fifth year in charge of the joint-venture, McGregor has copped plenty of criticism from the red v faithful throughout his time as coach.
It was somewhat tempered on the Dragons run to week two of the finals last season, one that played a part in the club's decision to extend McGregor's contract a further two seasons in April.
His side has won just three of 11 games since amid a heavy injury toll, but last week's defeat to Canberra dubbed the "worst of the season" by McGregor himself has seen fans frustration shift to rage.
It could well leave him feeling the heat ahead of Friday's must-win clash with Penrith, but he accepts it as part of the gig.
"I don't take anything personally," McGregor said.
"If they're talking about me they're leaving the players alone and that's a good thing.
"We certainly didn't anticipate we'd be in [this] position this year after a successful 2018, being 85 minutes away from a grand final with a similar squad.
"We've had some next level distractions and no element of luck but I still feel we should've won a couple more games and we probably wouldn't be talking about it right now.
"We'd be in the bottom part of the eight if we won two more games but we haven't. In the NRL there's only a small room for error so we need to be better and I'm a part of that, I'm the leader."
Ironically, they're the type of questions Penrith counterpart Ivan Cleary was fielding after the Panthers won just two of their opening 10 games.
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Cleary admitted he didn't have answers then, but his side have since gone on a six-game winning streak heading into Friday's clash.
It's a run McGregor feels his side can replicate, particularly with the likes of James Graham, who'll return from injury this week, and Gareth Widdop back on deck.
"You climb up the ladder pretty quick if you can put games on the bounce," McGregor said.
"Penrith are a good example of that, they've won six in a row. I've got good confidence, trust and belief in my football team and my staff that we can do that.
"Obviously we've got to respond to the position we are in because, at some stage, every coach, every team, every player will be under some sort of pressure.
"With James returning this week for us and Gareth possibly next week, we're starting to get back near a full-strength team.
"There's no reason we can't win consecutive games to finish the year. There's saying it and doing it, we've just got to make sure we go out there and do it through our actions."
They will have to do it this week without halfback Ben Hunt who has been rested after a poor showing against Canberra on Sunday, four days after the Origin decider.
It's been labeled a gamble but McGregor said the call didn't feel like a risky one.
"If you look at the well-being and welfare of the player it's no risk," he said.
"He obviously thought he'd be OK after Origin but, after the performance, and certainly when we got together on Tuesday, the most important thing was to look after Ben as a person."