So the pendulum will swing again: "we need a British coach to inspire them with British passion", just like the end of David Waite's era when we brought in Noble and when McNamara followed TS.
So who is going to be in line for the job?
Ian Watson is the assistant coach and so should be the logical choice and he could be a Gareth Southgate style appointment who does well despite being not a big name.
I have a feeling that Brian McDermott is going to want to focus on Toronto, we don't know about Shaun Wane's availability. Personally I would go for Daryl Powell.
I think the other guy who will be in the frame will be Richard Agar who ticks the boxes, coach of a big club, been around the game a while, lots of references from others inside the game to say he's a great coach etc.
Whoever it is, I expect the verdict on their 3 or 4 years as coach to be:
- had too many 'favourites' from the 'big clubs'
- played players out of their normal positions
- had one or two points where we looked like we were closing the gap but at the point they left we looked as far away as ever
for reference: see Noble, McNamara, Goodway before that...