Rugby league coaching icon Ron Massey has died after a long battle with illness.One of the games most respected figures and early innovators passed away aged 86 on Monday morning.Massey served as an assistant to coaching legend Jack Gibson during his premiership-winning reigns at Eastern Suburbs and Parramatta in the 1970s and 80s.While Gibson is acknowledged as the greatest coach of all time, Massey was seen as an integral part of the Roosters premiership wins in 1974 and 1975 before helping the Eels to claim their maiden titles in 1981-83.When Gibson became the first coach in the game to appoint an assistant, he picked Massey to be his right-hand man.Together the pair travelled to the United States to study the techniques of NFL franchises and introduced video review analysis.He was also a long-time confidant of Wayne Bennett and was alongside him in the coachs box when St George Illawarra broke their title drought in 2010.He served as Cronulla chief executive from 1990-91 and on the video review panels of the NRL and ARL.The NRL announced that a minutes silence would be held at this weekends preliminary finals as a tribute to the man considered one of the games sharpest minds.In 2013 the NSWRL acknowledged his contribution to the game by naming its second grade competition in his honour.He was also a founding member of the Men of League Foundation, which aims to help members of the games fraternity who have fallen on hard times.Massey had fought a long battle with cancer and in 2012 lost the lower part of his left leg to gangrene.Massey was born on October 17, 1929 and grew up in the Illawarra districts, south of Sydney.He played for the Collegians club in Wollongong before moving to Sydney where he met Gibson, launching his coaching career.The pair formed a tight bond which lasted until Gibsons death in 2008.He also struck up a strong friendship with NSW and Cronulla captain Paul Gallen, who credited him with inspiring him with turning around his career.In 2011, Gallen told of the expletive-riddled spray he received from Massey, who accused him of being soft and a sook, which helped him to reach his potential after finding himself at a crossroads.Massey is survived by his wife Patricia and sons Paul and Luke. 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Were hopeful that theyre our core group of guys. When you think about talent arriving at this level, theyre our first wave, and how they perform on this field will determine how much of the core they are going forward, and there will be another wave of talent coming behind them. I think most of our talent after you get past this wave, a lot of it is down at the lower levels. Theyre going to have time and opportunity to perform.The four prospects helped El Paso win the Pacific Coast League championship. The Chihuahuas lost to International League Scranton-Wilkes-Barre in the Triple-A showdown on Tuesday night in Memphis.The Padres, who will miss the playoffs for the 10th straight season, have retrenched with youth after failing to win with several veterans obtained in a wild spree of trades and signings after the 2014 season. They loaded up then with Matt Kemp, Justin and Melvin Upton, James Shields, Wil Myers, Derek Norris and Craig Kimbrel.Only Myers, a first-time All-Star, and Norris remain. Justtin Upton left as a free agent after last season and Kimbrel was traded to Boston.dddddddddddd Kemp, Melvin Upton and Shields were traded this season in a salary dump.Asuaje and Margot were among the four prospects the Padres got from the Red Sox for Kimbrel in November.Renfroe was the teams first-round draft pick in 2013. Hedges was a second-round pick in 2011.The Padres also loaded up on international signings during the summer.Hedges made his major league debut in 2015, playing in 56 games, including 41 behind the plate.Its the first career callups for Margot, Renfroe and Asuaje.Its great for them. This is where theyve tried to be their entire life and theyre finally here, Green said. Their phones are blowing up right now. Theres 1,000 distractions for them to not pay attention to. 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