I'd even take him as a short term consultancy till the end of the season to show Carter what he needs.
He can be part of the recruitment process too.

Just a thought... MC is apparently on holiday this week... Anyone know where he has gone?

Portugal i think.

Probably not interviewing potential Aussie coaches then!

They do have mobile/wifi reception in Portugal, Voice/Skype/FaceTime, same as it would be here.
No Aussie is gonna fly over for an interview and we could not afford travel expenses

This might be the best bet if it is to be him. Smiths last RL job was at the Roosters (who are the NRL team i follow) where he started off well getting them to the grand final in 2010 but in the following two years they got progressively worse and worse and were a bit of a basket case when the sacked him at the end of the 2012 season. Trent Robinson took over for the following season, sorted out the recruitment and put new structures in place and they finished top and won the grand final. Smith certainly has the past record and he could work as a short term fix but i would be wary about going with him long term. Personally i would also go down the british coach route, or at least British based.

Does anyone know if players ever have any say in the appointing of a new coach?

I hope not.

I think they may have had a say in Websters appointment (at least the ones who were here last season) and look where that got us.

Ohhh ok that's interesting, just wondered if anyone knew of it actually playing a part in building a successful club/team somewhere else, given the fact that they are the ones who are actually playing under him etc, and if it's a majority that do want a particular person, then it all goes t**s up, then they've only got themselves to blame!

Encourage but there are a couple of names there where I would have to remove my Wakey Trin tattoo if they were to become coach.

If Bobby Goulding gets the job Id have to gouge it out with a blunt screwdriver

I'm looking at this in a terribly simplistic way, I'm guessing our new coach might be an Aussie/Kiwi, if we were gonna appoint a British coach it wouldn't take another "5 days" (quoting MC on Twitter here)to sign him up, the only way it could drag on for nearly two weeks is if he's to travel over for a press conference.