By Matt Findlay  Damien Cummins readily admits he was “pretty bloody pissed off” after being dumped as Manly coach following the 2016 season but reflecting on the club’s decision now, several years on, he says it was a blessing in disguise. He is still somewhat disappointed he was never afforded the chance to rectify his mistakes of 2016 but even so, considering the success he’s had since he found it had to describe the forced change as anything but good. In a well-publicised move Cummins made a shock defection to bitter rivals Warringah for the 2017 season and promptly won a premiership as Darren Coleman’s assistant, an emotional win for the club after the death of Lachlan Ward earlier that year. Cummins stayed on the year after to help with Warringah’s scrum as the Rats once again earned a grand final berth, and has since moved on to the coaching role he’s in now at Scots College. “I was pretty bloody pissed off at the time, definitely,” Cummins said