I'm firmly in the 'give the man a chance section'
At the end of the day whoever comes over if indeed it is an Aussie, they will eventually want a seat at the top table in Australia, this gives them a window to show what they can do being the big boss. Die a death and they would be highly unlikely to get a top gig at home, BUT go to the other side of the world, turn a flagging team into a champion side and I'm sure his stock will go through the roof.

So at the end of the day, whoever isn't just coming for the money they are coming to work as hard as possible to rise up the ranks and get noticed back home of that i have no doubt.

Hopefully the club, players and fans will all benefit.

Jack.

Steve Price it is, and the ink is dry. You can lock this thread now.

Interesting to see how the other names in the frame for our coaching vacancy a year ago have gone on this season:

Dean Pay: Bulldogs finished 12th with 8 wins for the season, 2 fewer than they got in 2017.
Garth Brennan: Titan finished 14th with 8 wins, 1 more than they got in 2017.
Des Hasler: out of a job all year but looks set to return to Manly.
Geoff Toovey: out of a job all year, linked with Manly for 2019 but looks set to be beaten to it by Hasler.
Michael McGuire: no NRL job but took the NZ job following their disastrous World Cup and just beat Australia.

Haven't pulled up any trees have they. Guess we'll never know how things would have panned out in 2018 with a different coach at our helm, but I would have been happy with fourth and making two finals with any of the above in that role. SP has ticked a good few boxes so far, let's hope he completes the set in the future.

Austin with either KB and/or DP will be more than enough to beat the bin dippers and pies

Our pack got us to two finals, we need creativity. There's a lot of pressure and expectancy for Austin to deliver, as I've no belief in either Brown or Patton's ability to deliver when it matters.
Quite happy to be proved wrong though, as the standard disclaimer goes.