Further to that.
Put it this way- if Ricky does leave, and I can see it happening, the next coach will be blessed with having a crop of youngsters in Fergo, Stapo, Kelly, Wright and the NYC boys that are the nucleus of a good team in the future.
On the downside for any potential coach, is the fact that the club is dirt poor.
On Kearney- he knocked back the Souths job, do you reckon he will want to come here? He's waiting for a plum job at Parra/Brisbane/Saints/Storm.
I've said it heaps of times, but if we change coach I want Michael Maguire. And, tbh, I've come round to the idea of Nathan Brown as well. (Shoot me now)
I'm worried that if we do go away from Stuart, in doing so we'll lose the two good things he has definitely brought to the club- our tough, competitive attitude and unity, and the talented youngsters. Sweet, another rebuilding period.
I agree A.Snowden. While I think Kearney is one of the better suggestions I've heard, I think it's got to come down to time and persistence. Otherwise we just become a rabble like Souths were in the 90s and 2000s. Again today we could have got absolutely hammered by a near-perfect Broncos team, but at least we held them below 50. It could have been a LOT worse.
If we make any changes I'd like to see him have another assistant coach. One name that springs to mind is Tawera Nikau.
Another, for mine, is Brad Fittler. But can we afford anyone?
