Re: New coach : Wed Aug 11, 2021 12:48 pm  

Slugger McBatt wrote:

If Willie is doing the Head Coach job next year on an assistant's salary, his judgement has to be questioned, so the money has to be found somewhere.

Willie has been an assistant for too long. If we have an end-of-season bounce, he'll end up with the job and 2022 will be 2006 and 2015 all over again, people who are really assistants discovering their shortcomings.

Henderson did well at London, I seem to recall, but why has he been turned down so often?

Perhaps we could offer him cheap digs in Cas as part of the deal. I seem to recall he spoke very fondly of the town (not).

That was brother Ian.

Re: New coach : Wed Aug 11, 2021 1:10 pm  

homme vaste wrote:

As I said previously though, if we are looking in Aus, it would be good to appoint JD as a consultant to hire a new coach.

See BOJ042 recommendations above....who needs JD ??

(We'll send you some Foster's and Bundaberg vouchers in the post, BOJ, 'cos that's all we can afford for a consultancy fee )

Re: New coach : Wed Aug 11, 2021 1:24 pm  

wildshot wrote:

For me the first choice would be Kear. Yes he's in contract but this is at a lower league club which we could probably buy out of. Also for the quality and experience he brings I think he would be good value and not the high price of some other coaches. Bradford are also not the best in their league and have had recent financial issues so are not going to pull up any trees.

I would look to bring Kear in for 2 years to steady the ship. In 2006 he made an immediate impact and saved the club. By 2009 he had got us to a CC semi-final and the top 5 of the league. Then the finances fell apart and he grafted with a make shift squad, again keeping us off the bottom of the league. The rugby wasn't great in that final year but it did the job with an extremely limited squad.

Roll forward to 2017. He had a great impact as director of rugby and effectively Chester's no.2. In around 35 years of following the club 2017 was the best season I've seen and was us punching above our weight.

JK knows the club inside out, has a good relationship with the current management and has worked with a lot of our existing squad. He would come under no illusions about budget, talent or ambition.

As for others, Danny Ward maybe a probable 2nd choice. I just don't know why he left London, anyone have the full story? They had a full time squad but weren't pushing up trees in the Championship, why?

Brian Mac, hmm not so sure. He inherited a great, winning squad at a big club which is a complete contrast to what we have. Also, with a big budget at Toronto they didn't win a game in their short lived SL life.

Rowley, no thanks, thug rugby which is just awful. He had Leigh and Toronto dominate the Championship and failed to get either promoted with all the talent at his disposal.

Cant disagree with any of that.
I'd have JK back at a heartbeat but, I'm not sure that he would walk out on his contract at Bradford.
The guy is an absolute legend and can do no wrong, if only he would come.

Re: New coach : Wed Aug 11, 2021 1:26 pm  

FIL wrote:

See BOJ042 recommendations above....who needs JD ??

(We'll send you some Foster's and Bundaberg vouchers in the post, BOJ, 'cos that's all we can afford for a consultancy fee )

Is the internet connection in Cas strong enough for him to be involved in the Inveteviews over Zoom though?

Re: New coach : Wed Aug 11, 2021 1:29 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

Cant disagree with any of that.
I'd have JK back at a heartbeat but, I'm not sure that he would walk out on his contract at Bradford.
The guy is an absolute legend and can do no wrong, if only he would come.

There is talk in the Bradford camp that they have a new coach incoming and JK was to move upstairs, I guess it all depends on what JK wants to do, it may suit him to be in a less hands on role, who knows but my guess is if he wanted the job he would get it.

Re: New coach : Wed Aug 11, 2021 1:34 pm  

Henderson and Briers are available

Re: New coach : Wed Aug 11, 2021 1:57 pm  

bellycouldtackle wrote:

Henderson and Briers are available

Briers, seriously

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Re: New coach : Wed Aug 11, 2021 2:01 pm  

FIL wrote:

See BOJ042 recommendations above....who needs JD ??

(We'll send you some Foster's and Bundaberg vouchers in the post, BOJ, 'cos that's all we can afford for a consultancy fee )

Apparently we've run out Fosters vouchers. We can send vegimite vouchers.

Re: New coach : Wed Aug 11, 2021 3:17 pm  

Anyone old enough to remember Mitch Brennan! Think he went back to manage a car park or something.

Re: New coach : Wed Aug 11, 2021 3:22 pm  

I guess a lot will rely on the new coaches ideas but I would take a serious look at bringing Applegarth in as one of the assistants if we could, not only have the academy been playing some fantastic rugby, he could be pivotal in managing some of those players introduction to first grade.