Re: New Coach : Sat Aug 05, 2023 10:23 am  

ratticusfinch wrote:

I refuse to believe there are not MANY more suitable candidates available than Sam Burgess.

What's the criteria for a suitable candidate?

Re: New Coach : Sat Aug 05, 2023 10:36 am  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

What's the criteria for a suitable candidate?

Excellent question. Im struggling to think what Burgess and Holbrook have in common.

Re: New Coach : Sat Aug 05, 2023 10:45 am  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

What's the criteria for a suitable candidate?

Not from Yorkshire

Re: New Coach : Sat Aug 05, 2023 10:49 am  

Wires71 wrote:

Excellent question. Im struggling to think what Burgess and Holbrook have in common.

Realistically, there isn't a perfect candidate - We are playing in a second rate competition, so it's not like we can go and poach the best coach in the world. We are always going to end up with someone who you can find negatives about.

Holbrook was probably at the top end of the spectrum for what we could realistically attract, but, as we have found out, an assistant coach's job in the NRL is equally, if not more, attractive than a head coach's role in our comp.

Burgess would be a gamble, but I suspect anyone we can realistically attract is going to come with doubts about their suitability for the job.

Re: New Coach : Sat Aug 05, 2023 11:03 am  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

Realistically, there isn't a perfect candidate - We are playing in a second rate competition, so it's not like we can go and poach the best coach in the world. We are always going to end up with someone who you can find negatives about.

Holbrook was probably at the top end of the spectrum for what we could realistically attract, but, as we have found out, an assistant coach's job in the NRL is equally, if not more, attractive than a head coach's role in our comp.

Burgess would be a gamble, but I suspect anyone we can realistically attract is going to come with doubts about their suitability for the job.

Good ponts. I am just trying to work the criteria or rationale from the alleged candidate list.

Re: New Coach : Sat Aug 05, 2023 11:07 am  

Fair points but there has to be an assistant (or upcoming coach) in the NRL who fancies two years of proving his credentials over here and thereby landing a better gig back in oz. I assume we’ve approached Hannay and Morris who would both be much better options than Burgess. Both long shots admittedly.

Re: New Coach : Sat Aug 05, 2023 11:21 am  

ratticusfinch wrote:

Fair points but there has to be an assistant (or upcoming coach) in the NRL who fancies two years of proving his credentials over here and thereby landing a better gig back in oz. I assume we’ve approached Hannay and Morris who would both be much better options than Burgess. Both long shots admittedly.

Burgess is an assistant at the Rabbitohs?

Re: New Coach : Sat Aug 05, 2023 11:35 am  

I think Russell Crowe might be a better prospect than Burgess.

Re: New Coach : Sat Aug 05, 2023 11:55 am  

ninearches wrote:

I think Russell Crowe might be a better prospect than Burgess.

Team talk easy - "unleash hell"

Re: New Coach : Sat Aug 05, 2023 12:06 pm  

The best we can hope for now is probably an assistant coach from the NRL who would relish the opportunity to prove his credentials for a top job back home… I know this failed last time.. but what other options do we have?

Whoever we appoint now, will know they weren’t first pick after the Holbrook farce… so it’s slightly tainted in that regard.

I would still be happy with a Briers or a Monaghan…. What I absolutely DONT want is us to take another SL coach, like Rowley… or an embarrassing attempt at throwing big money at someone and taking them away from the current club.