Re: Sinfield retires : Wed Apr 27, 2016 7:53 pm  

William Eve wrote:

I was thinking Special Ambassador to the UN would suit him?

Or Middle East Peace Envoy perhaps?

There are so many ways in which his natural skills, intelligence and superior leadership qualities may be utilised.

Nobel peace prize surely they won't bite on that one?

Re: Sinfield retires : Wed Apr 27, 2016 9:49 pm  

Let him have a break & get him on the New Coaches staff for the start of pre-season in 2017.

Re: Sinfield retires : Thu Apr 28, 2016 1:01 am  

Great player one of the best Leeds players I've seen

Re: Sinfield retires : Thu Apr 28, 2016 2:22 am  

It way too soon for him to think of coaching, especially at Leeds. If I were Sinfield I would hope coaching Leeds would be well down the list as it could only taint his legacy. He'd start off with warm and fuzzy feelings but if results aren't delivered it would only be a matter of time before the knives were out.

Re: Sinfield retires : Thu Apr 28, 2016 5:44 am  

BrisbaneRhino wrote:

It way too soon for him to think of coaching, especially at Leeds. If I were Sinfield I would hope coaching Leeds would be well down the list as it could only taint his legacy. He'd start off with warm and fuzzy feelings but if results aren't delivered it would only be a matter of time before the knives were out.

Completely disagree re-tainting his legacy thats etched firmly in our history also i dont think anyone is suggesting him to become our Head Coach asap id expect him to be on the staff at least 2/3yrs before that conversation even occured.

Re: Sinfield retires : Thu Apr 28, 2016 5:44 am  

We need him at the club in a coaching role of some sort. He'd be absolutely wasted in a suit, he can always do that later in life, get him signed up as assistant coach with a view to becoming gaffer in a year or two time.

Re: Sinfield retires : Thu Apr 28, 2016 8:40 am  

Bang wrote:

We need him at the club in a coaching role of some sort. He'd be absolutely wasted in a suit, he can always do that later in life, get him signed up as assistant coach with a view to becoming gaffer in a year or two time.

I would make him head of youth development and give him a free reign reporting to GH he can recruit the coaches and scouts he wants design a structure he wants etc - no influence from McDermott.

If his career isn't an inspiration to a young player nothing ever will be - if ever you wanted a role model as to how a career in RL can enhance the quality of your life it is him.

Re: Sinfield retires : Thu Apr 28, 2016 9:04 am  

Sal Paradise wrote:

I would make him head of youth development and give him a free reign reporting to GH he can recruit the coaches and scouts he wants design a structure he wants etc - no influence from McDermott.

If his career isn't an inspiration to a young player nothing ever will be - if ever you wanted a role model as to how a career in RL can enhance the quality of your life it is him.

Great idea that. The youth should be seperated from McDermott anyway, who has took it backwards, or any other coach who is appointed. What a great inspiration for Juniors to be overseen by Sinfield.

Would still like him one day in GH job, but that would work great for now.

Re: Sinfield retires : Thu Apr 28, 2016 9:12 am  

BrisbaneRhino wrote:

It way too soon for him to think of coaching, especially at Leeds. If I were Sinfield I would hope coaching Leeds would be well down the list as it could only taint his legacy. He'd start off with warm and fuzzy feelings but if results aren't delivered it would only be a matter of time before the knives were out.

If he wanted to go into coaching - and everything I've read from him would suggest he doesn't, at least not right now - then it needs to be with a bunch of players that he has no previous history with.

One of the issues with Powell was that he struggled to command the authority and professional distance required to coach a bunch of blokes he'd been playing alongside just months previously. Anyone who has been promoted at work knows how difficult it can be to go from being "one of the lads" to "the boss".

Re: Sinfield retires : Thu Apr 28, 2016 9:29 am  

Andy Gilder wrote:

If he wanted to go into coaching - and everything I've read from him would suggest he doesn't, at least not right now - then it needs to be with a bunch of players that he has no previous history with.

One of the issues with Powell was that he struggled to command the authority and professional distance required to coach a bunch of blokes he'd been playing alongside just months previously. Anyone who has been promoted at work knows how difficult it can be to go from being "one of the lads" to "the boss".

Agree with that. I think it is why Peacock distanced himself from the club, he will be back one day in some capacity.