Re: new coach : Thu Sep 10, 2020 7:53 am  

Ellam wrote:

Last doesn't want the job he would rather stay on as assistant.

Wonder who we're considering then, Purtill?

Re: new coach : Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:51 am  

Mrs Barista wrote:

Wonder who we're considering then, Purtill?

If that was the case then he would have it now, it has to be someone from the outside.

Re: new coach : Thu Sep 10, 2020 1:52 pm  

Ellam wrote:

Last doesn't want the job he would rather stay on as assistant.

I could be wrong but, didn't Last turn down the chance to take charge (or put his name on the list) once before?

Re: new coach : Fri Sep 11, 2020 1:00 am  

Mrs Barista wrote:

If we lose both games this weekend, as seems likely, that could be pivotal and I don't see Last surviving it. The balancing act of finances, fan loyalty, covid impacts, contracts, squad composition, coach availability etc are complex and nuanced. If we can navigate the pandemic and survive that will be objective #1 achieved IMO.
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must be gutting your negativity regards results hasn't bore fruit, you're such a doom and gloom merchant!

Re: new coach : Fri Sep 11, 2020 6:13 am  

48756c6c20 524c4643 wrote:

must be gutting your negativity regards results hasn't bore fruit, you're such a doom and gloom merchant!

Silly. Try the match thread for discussion of last night's result and assess Tone on there. I'm very chipper this morning.

Re: new coach : Fri Sep 11, 2020 6:27 am  

Shane Flanagan sacked as Assisant Coach at the Dragons.

He still has a year to serve on his head coaching ban in the NRL - not sure if this also applies to Super League.

Re: new coach : Fri Sep 11, 2020 7:22 am  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

Shane Flanagan sacked as Assisant Coach at the Dragons.

He still has a year to serve on his head coaching ban in the NRL - not sure if this also applies to Super League.

I'd love him or Paul Green , issue with Flanagan would be he wouldn't stick around long, but if he could have the impact of Holbrook or Mcguire if would be worth a short stay.

Re: new coach : Fri Sep 11, 2020 7:31 am  

Nothing against Last personally, but the club is crying out for someone to come in and take the team by the scruff of the neck. Even fans from other teams say that we’d become one of the big clubs with the right appointment.
Think without covid we’d have gone and got someone, but not sure now.

I know money is very very tight, but I don’t think we can afford not to go and get someone that might turn us round.

Re: new coach : Fri Sep 11, 2020 7:34 am  

Dave K. wrote:

I'd love him or Paul Green , issue with Flanagan would be he wouldn't stick around long, but if he could have the impact of Holbrook or Mcguire if would be worth a short stay.

I’d settle for someone coming in for a couple of years, turn the culture round, then go back to the NRL.

Bit like Maguire did at Wigan.

Who that is though is the million dollar question

Re: new coach : Fri Sep 11, 2020 7:36 am  

48756c6c20 524c4643 wrote:

If a new coach does come in, we need to clear the decks so Last would need to go, he's too set in a way that is not effective unless you have a huge set of variables aligned for sustained periods and is not sustainable medium to long term both in terms of winning silverware and developing foundations for a club.
It's going to take minimum of 2 years if not 3 to fully rebuild the squad properly, get rid of the driftwood and change the way our players and indeed the youth system go about playing rugby. I just wonder how long fans are prepared to wait after a few years of miserable rugby already.
It does need to happen before season end so they can make decisions that have a bearing on training/personnel for 2021

2-3 years?

Utter nonsense. A good leader and tactician could turn fortunes around within 6 months as we are hardly bottom of the table fodder with the players we have.
Anybody taking the "cliched 2-3 years" is:

a. The wrong person for the job
b. Out of a job within a year
c. Won't get past the interview stage