Sorry but I disagree entirely. In sport your product is it's brand and ultimately the brand is made or broke by it's players/coaching staff. Fans want an affinity with it's "heroes" and sponsors want there piece too for ploughing money into the brand. Having a coach that advocates leaving straight after a game and not talking to ultimately the people who pays his wages is an absolute travesty. Therefore to me this element is absolutely critical. Leigh as a club is extremely successful at this and fans have a great affinity with their players because of it and this is completely down to Ian Millward instilling this into his squad. An area we falter in but it will and must improve if our marketing is to improve too.

O'k, I'm wrong,

Job description.

Must be able to meet and speak with the public.
Must be able to talk and sell the club to the sponsors.
Must attend after game receptions and mingle with the crowd.

Where do I get an application form from?

The coach is the flagship for the team and therfore must be accessible to all, yes he needs to coach but in this day and age he needs to do more. If he was Wayne Bennett then he could maybe get away with it but even he speaks to sponsors etc.
Matt has done a reasonable job but there are a lot of us who feel that with the personnel he has had at the club over the last 3 years that he has underachieved. I do thank him for the finals and the attacking rugby but we now need somebody else to take onwards and upwards.

I think you're doing a bit of a dis-service to some of your players in regards to the training situation. They wouldn't come up with performances like last week if they weren't professional in what they do, so I'd fully expect they've been doing their own recovery, rehab and conditioning since the final before a tactical run-through this morning as a team.

We told nashy to go to rehab but he said no no no.

Ooooh, topical that.

The coach is the flagship for the team?

May you be struck down in the night. The drugs don't work.

Meaning that he should be the leader off the pitch and be the first to speak to the press/sponsors etc.