Re: New Coach : Sun Aug 06, 2023 1:25 pm  

In three days we've apparently gone from 'let's get a tried and tested coach, and make sure it's the right appointment before rushing into it' to 'let's get the first guy we can think of in'.

Burgess has 12 months as assistant to the team who are currently 8th in the NRL and finished 7th last year.

Re: New Coach : Sun Aug 06, 2023 1:36 pm  

just_browny wrote:

In three days we've apparently gone from 'let's get a tried and tested coach, and make sure it's the right appointment before rushing into it' to 'let's get the first guy we can think of in'.

Burgess has 12 months as assistant to the team who are currently 8th in the NRL and finished 7th last year.

Spot on - it might be better if there was a DoR to build the overall rugby playing structure. Is that the Cullen rumour? Where has that one come from?

Re: New Coach : Sun Aug 06, 2023 1:38 pm  

CW8 wrote:

If this has been tied up already then fair play to middleton. He's gone over there with a job to do and got it done quickly. Much better than Karl's jollies where he wines and dines a load of uninterested parties and returns to us with a fistful of "magic" beans.

Apologies for a thread derail, but that has reminded me of Goodies and the Beanstalk, where a golden egg drops from the sky and is caught by Eddie Waring, who runs up the field and scores under the posts. A week ago, having Sam Burgess as head coach and Sean Long as his No.2 seemed as far fetched as that happening when I was a kid.

Re: New Coach : Sun Aug 06, 2023 1:45 pm  

just_browny wrote:

In three days we've apparently gone from 'let's get a tried and tested coach, and make sure it's the right appointment before rushing into it' to 'let's get the first guy we can think of in'.

Burgess has 12 months as assistant to the team who are currently 8th in the NRL and finished 7th last year.

I mean, if your tried and tested ‘first choice’ turns you down, you’ve got to have a back up plan. The club often gets criticised for not having a plan in place. For all we know Burgess may of been on the radar all along…

Re: New Coach : Sun Aug 06, 2023 2:20 pm  

just_browny wrote:

Burgess has 12 months as assistant to the team who are currently 8th in the NRL and finished 7th last year.

Also know as the biggest and most successful team in NRL history.

Re: New Coach : Sun Aug 06, 2023 2:50 pm  

Surprised Long would leave Featherstone tbh.

Re: New Coach : Sun Aug 06, 2023 2:54 pm  

Not the choice i like but lets give them a chance.

[Wanderer]

Re: New Coach : Sun Aug 06, 2023 2:59 pm  

karetaker wrote:

Surprised Long would leave Featherstone tbh.

I've said much the same on Sam Burgess thread.

Re: New Coach : Sun Aug 06, 2023 4:12 pm  

Apparently flying in on Thursday. Wonder if they was allowed to swap it for Holbrook’s ticket.

Re: New Coach : Sun Aug 06, 2023 4:35 pm  

MorePlaymakersNeeded wrote:

Apologies for a thread derail, but that has reminded me of Goodies and the Beanstalk, where a golden egg drops from the sky and is caught by Eddie Waring, who runs up the field and scores under the posts. A week ago, having Sam Burgess as head coach and Sean Long as his No.2 seemed as far fetched as that happening when I was a kid.

It was the back end of Billy Boston’s career at Wigan too.