Re: New Head Coach - who's it going to be? : Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:18 am  

Bang wrote:

Would Leeds fans be happy if Wane came in?

I certainly would. Proven winner with a fantastic record of giving youth a chance.

I would be very excited if Wane was appointed.

Wane's brand of rugby is nor particularly one I would look forward to watching.

He has been successful but that was with a club he had passion for and had worked for all his coaching career, he was successful in bringing some youngsters through because he also coached them at junior level.

Re: New Head Coach - who's it going to be? : Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:21 am  

Wane would be an absolute disaster. He suited Wigan, and then he was found out for what he is.

Re: New Head Coach - who's it going to be? : Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:24 am  

I personally wouldn't want Wane for a few reasons being posted on here too

Re: New Head Coach - who's it going to be? : Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:37 am  

the point is there are coaches put there. plenty of them

Re: New Head Coach - who's it going to be? : Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:45 am  

tad rhino wrote:

the point is there are coaches put there. plenty of them

Well you say that but for me all the best coaches are contracted to clubs and coaching now.
Holbrook and Powell are probably the only SL coaches I would be interested in.
Many of the NRL coaches are ego machines actually... of course you'd have Wayne Bennett but I doubt that will happen, certainly this side of a Premiership win for Souths.
Demetriou is well regarded and knows the English game but unproven at first team level.
I don't think the pool of suitable candidates for Leeds is very deep. There's no point in going there unless someone can bring significantly more than Agar, and right now he's in a honeymoon period with the players and it's kindof working after a fashion.

Re: New Head Coach - who's it going to be? : Thu Jun 27, 2019 11:16 am  

KaeruJim wrote:

I don't think the pool of suitable candidates for Leeds is very deep. There's no point in going there unless someone can bring significantly more than Agar, and right now he's in a honeymoon period with the players and it's kindof working after a fashion.

The thing is the whole lot needs a shake up from a coach with some standing given the reigns to stamp his own authority. Agar is little more than Sinfield's lacky.if that is keeping the seat warm until the end of the season for someone else and is enough to get us the wins to steer clear of the bottom then fine but if it is the plan to continue in the same vein for 2020 then expect more of the same next season.

There are coaches out there; the leeds job is still a big one.but it may mean KS will have to butt out enough to let them do the job.

Re: New Head Coach - who's it going to be? : Thu Jun 27, 2019 1:40 pm  

KaeruJim wrote:

Well you say that but for me all the best coaches are contracted to clubs and coaching now.
Holbrook and Powell are probably the only SL coaches I would be interested in.
Many of the NRL coaches are ego machines actually... of course you'd have Wayne Bennett but I doubt that will happen, certainly this side of a Premiership win for Souths.
Demetriou is well regarded and knows the English game but unproven at first team level.
I don't think the pool of suitable candidates for Leeds is very deep. There's no point in going there unless someone can bring significantly more than Agar, and right now he's in a honeymoon period with the players and it's kindof working after a fashion.

How is it kind of working?
We are next to bottom of SL, and maybe tonight we will be rock bottom.
Agar is not the long term future for a resurgent Leeds Rhinos.

Re: New Head Coach - who's it going to be? : Thu Jun 27, 2019 2:03 pm  

With all the player movement going on and disruption to the squad for this season and next, perhaps it is understandable that the club want Agar to provide some stability off-field.

They have clearly been burnt by Furner - probably for a combination of on-field performance and off-field cultural issues - and will think twice before bringing in further unknowns. This is why, IMO, of all the targets mentioned they prefer Powell, because he has a past connection with GH, KS and the club and is a known quantity.

From the outside it is fine for us as fans to list coaches who we think would go well, but with the best will in the world we don't know that they would be a good fit for Leeds. For every Maguire and Holbrook it seems there is the potential to get a Furner or an Ian Millward (Wigan version). For this reason you can understand why they might not want to take huge risks on big name coaches who might upset the apple cart.

None of this means I'm overjoyed at a longer-term appointment for Agar, but rather my attempt to understand the situation the club is in.

Re: New Head Coach - who's it going to be? : Thu Jun 27, 2019 2:07 pm  

I would want wane to upset the apple cart.
it's far to cosy at the minute.some people need some home truths

Re: New Head Coach - who's it going to be? : Thu Jun 27, 2019 2:14 pm  

ant1 wrote:

How is it kind of working?
We are next to bottom of SL, and maybe tonight we will be rock bottom.
Agar is not the long term future for a resurgent Leeds Rhinos.

He's not the long term future, that I would fully agree with.

But is he the right man for the problems we had to sort first? I would say he possibly might be.