This is too big a job for an unproven coach.

I don't know who will be next in line, but I do know that I hate the RL term 'for mine'.

Didn't we bring in Blease to relieve some of the pressure on the head coach?

I thought we brought in Blease to relieve the pressure on the CEO?

Think most believe we need a proven head coach who can put some steel in the pack, could we see the return of the Mc?

My money is not on it (hope this is better Seth)

It’s a Stevoism. As annoying as ‘back to 6” instead of ‘back to 1’.

I actually think Demetriou will be firmly in the frame. He knows the area and has lived here a long time before. He will have been knocked around in NRL and fancy his chances of resurrecting his career with Leeds.

His record at Souths latterly wasn't great but... he was touted as the next best thing a couple of years ago, to the point where he was deemed out of our league around the time we appointed Smith.

Again I know people don't like hearing this but commercials will have a part to play. We can't just sign any coach in the world we want, and there is always a tradeoff. Do we spend an extra £100k pa on Coach X, or put a similar amount towards a marquee player? I do know coaches' salaries don't count on the cap (!), but we need to appreciate the club does still have budgets and needs to trade profitably. If Demetriou is going to cost less and look less risky than Arthur, we would look at it I'm sure.

BA is quite risky in some ways. On the bright side, to have Brad Arthur, Jason Demetriou, Paul Rowley and maybe one or two others in the running for the Leeds job seems like a strong shortlist to me.

According to Aussie media Lee Briers is coming back to the UK ?
Young coach , wouldn’t be in charge of recruitmen.

trent barrett anyone ?

If Perth are in NRL BA must be on their radar?.

Rishi Sunak?

No structured offense and a passive defence. Though he is available.

Better get cracking with the new coach. How long before Hudds, and maybe even Saints, are in the market?

Agree cannot imagine Watson lasting much longer and the Saints fans have been unhappy a while under Wellens who have been nowhere the same team as previously.

Brad Arthur announced in Oz as new coach

Until the end of this season. Puzzling appointment duration…

Bizarre if true, i just don’t see the point

Can only think it's Arthur now, Rowley later.

Strange to wait 2 + weeks to then only bring him in as an interim.

Clarity required from the club.

If true, plenty of upside for Arthur. Keeps his hand in, visibility, back to Oz to take up a 2025 gig. For us, not sure. But we're back to square one from the start of next season, new coach, new ideas. Another year of "rebuilding" ahead? There may well be a master plan behind this but I can't see what it is.

Very odd.

Let's say we go unbeaten under Arthur who in there right mind is going to follow that , unlikely but possible.

What a complete waste of time getting a new coach for 11 or 12 games. Sounds to me like a Hetherington plan to me.

What a complete waste of time getting a new coach for 11 or 12 games. Sounds to me like a Hetherington plan to me.

Crazy,what is the point for a few months.
Even if they do well a new coach for 2025 will have different ideas.
If this is Blease's idea does not give much hope if best he can come up with after several weeks searching is this.