Re: Assistant Coach - Langley : Tue Nov 19, 2024 9:07 pm  

I'm still bemused by the uncertainty of Arthur's future . It's being said he really wants to return to the NRL ,but will give an answer by end of year about his longterm future. If it's just one season then start again ?

Re: Assistant Coach - Langley : Wed Nov 20, 2024 7:59 am  

lionarmour87 wrote:

I'm still bemused by the uncertainty of Arthur's future . It's being said he really wants to return to the NRL ,but will give an answer by end of year about his longterm future. If it's just one season then start again ?

I think he just wanted to draw wages while waiting for another opportunity in the NRL.

Re: Assistant Coach - Langley : Wed Nov 20, 2024 9:02 am  

excruciatingterror wrote:

Chev and Grixy aren't going anywhere. Chev is moving sideways to be a transition/pathways coach,

Talk about jobs for the boys. I don’t wonder we’ve been unable to spend up to the full salary cap recently.

Re: Assistant Coach - Langley : Wed Nov 20, 2024 9:46 am  

leeds owl wrote:

Talk about jobs for the boys. I don’t wonder we’ve been unable to spend up to the full salary cap recently.

Coaches aren't on the salary cap.

Re: Assistant Coach - Langley : Wed Nov 20, 2024 9:54 am  

lionarmour87 wrote:

I'm still bemused by the uncertainty of Arthur's future . It's being said he really wants to return to the NRL ,but will give an answer by end of year about his longterm future. If it's just one season then start again ?

It's positive that we are going to know by the new year. If he extends great, if he doesn’t we have got plenty of time to get the right man, while we still have an excellent coach at the helm. Wane was openly expressing an interest in a return to club coaching ( and the Leeds job) a couple of weeks ago so if we fancy another stern disciplinarian in the Arthur mold, he might be an obvious candidate.

Re: Assistant Coach - Langley : Wed Nov 20, 2024 12:34 pm  

Academy to first team could probably be the most important part of the clubs success/failure over the next 3 years.

I think it’s a good move

Re: Assistant Coach - Langley : Wed Nov 20, 2024 2:15 pm  

JG280738 wrote:

Academy to first team could probably be the most important part of the clubs success/failure over the next 3 years.

I think it’s a good move

I agree that this is an important role but my concern is if you are referring to Walker he wasn`t very good as an assistant coach and if memory serves me right he didn`t do that well with the youngsters. Although I might be proved wrong on that comment by those more in the know.

Re: Assistant Coach - Langley : Wed Nov 20, 2024 3:20 pm  

chapylad wrote:

I agree that this is an important role but my concern is if you are referring to Walker he wasn`t very good as an assistant coach and if memory serves me right he didn`t do that well with the youngsters. Although I might be proved wrong on that comment by those more in the know.

Wasn't Walker the coach when we won the Academy GF in 2022? I do wonder if the Arthur/Blease view is that the Smith approach didn't get the best of the coaches, not just the players. Pure guesswork though.

Re: Assistant Coach - Langley : Wed Nov 20, 2024 7:49 pm  

You might be right AC as I say my memory isn`t that good and reading the negative comments on here about Walker has probably soured my judgement of him.

Re: Assistant Coach - Langley : Wed Nov 20, 2024 8:01 pm  

JG280738 wrote:

Academy to first team could probably be the most important part of the clubs success/failure over the next 3 years.

I think it’s a good move

I wonder if Tony Smith will still be in his academy coaching role for 2025?
I wonder if the club could actually replace Tony Smith with Tony Smith (Our previous head coach) for 2025?

That's me totally guessing by the way,But IMO he could be the ideal fit to be the head of our clubs academy