Sacked coach

Sacked Panthers coach fires back

In his role as Panthers general manager, Gould nominated Griffin's "old-school approach" to coaching as the prime reason for his axing on Monday.

But - while stressing he was not out to assassinate Gould's character - Griffin had his own shot back on Wednesday night.

"Gus (Gould) 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 ... he'd need to be there as well," Griffin told NRL 360 on Fox Sports.