This does sound a little Aesop.

By stating a fact? I care neither way whether Holbrook comes or not because I don't think any coach will get us over the line such is my dissolusionment with the club in general after the past couple seasons, so why not Holbrook tbh. Just saying that we did in fact make him look silly with the likes of Price in charge and the something club that was Lineham, Mamo and was it Currie? Maybe King. Point stands.

HHolbrook was reportedly keen to accept our offer but sadly his family didn't want to come back.

Also Justin Morgan signing a new deal to stay in the NRL: https://www.totalrl.com/ex-hull-kr-boss ... ague-move/ I'm getting ominous vibes of the mess we found ourselves in after DVDV left and Neil Kelly turned us down and we were scrambling around trying to find somebody and ended up with Anderson and Plange. If needs be just stick with Chambers and Marshall for a year and look to recruit next year, rather than just grab whoever we can get and hope...

Also Justin Morgan signing a new deal to stay in the NRL: https://www.totalrl.com/ex-hull-kr-boss ... ague-move/ I'm getting ominous vibes of the mess we found ourselves in after DVDV left and Neil Kelly turned us down and we were scrambling around trying to find somebody and ended up with Anderson and Plange. If needs be just stick with Chambers and Marshall for a year and look to recruit next year, rather than just grab whoever we can get and hope...

To be fair his first year was as bonkers as anything I've witnessed and not just at the Wire, to say Powell's methods polarised opinion is an understatement and some might rightly but not in hindsight supported Powell to make it work given full backing and a reasonable amount of time. .

As a collective, once our heads cleared and we faced up to last season's nadir (given the investment and expectation), we seemed to be saving our assessment for the first run of games (6 or

, where we all thought we'd know where we stood. How daft were we then?

Although as I've stated elsewhere I don't think that the majority were fooled by our blinding start and his removal from post is anything but a knee jerk reaction.

So who next then?

Holbrook will no doubt have swung back to the new Wayne Bennett from the overnight Andy Last on the redvee scouse reactionary coach-o-meter.

Quote ="sally cinnamon"Also Justin Morgan signing a new deal to stay in the NRL: https://www.totalrl.com/ex-hull-kr-boss ... ague-move/ I'm getting ominous vibes of the mess we found ourselves in after DVDV left and Neil Kelly turned us down and we were scrambling around trying to find somebody and ended up with Anderson and Plange. If needs be just stick with Chambers and Marshall for a year and look to recruit next year, rather than just grab whoever we can get and hope...'" This for definite, I said it in an earlier post somewhere....let the dust settle in the 'post Powell era', then look to move forwards with the RIGHT person, not just any random Aussie who fancies money off coupons for Ego in Stockton Heath.

Quote ="sally cinnamon"Also Justin Morgan signing a new deal to stay in the NRL: https://www.totalrl.com/ex-hull-kr-boss ... ague-move/ I'm getting ominous vibes of the mess we found ourselves in after DVDV left and Neil Kelly turned us down and we were scrambling around trying to find somebody and ended up with Anderson and Plange. If needs be just stick with Chambers and Marshall for a year and look to recruit next year, rather than just grab whoever we can get and hope...'" This for definite, I said it in an earlier post somewhere....let the dust settle in the 'post Powell era', then look to move forwards with the RIGHT person, not just any random Aussie who fancies money off coupons for Ego in Stockton Heath.

Daryl Powell is available.

On the positive side it shows our intent to get the best coach available and we moved fast but we might regret the rumours about how much we were willing to spend. Getting Aussie families to commit to a few years over here is a real issue. I think the vast majority of fans were looking forward to seeing what Holbrook could do ... but not to be. We move on.

I’m thinking you lot will be blowing up Paul Rowley’s mobile today.

Agree it’s a shame but no point doing it if his family isn’t 100% behind it.
Also agree with Sally let’s not rush into anything - we need to look at the whole set up. Frankly from Middleton’s interviews it makes the club sound amateurish with responsibilities falling all onto 1 or 2 shoulders.
My only nagging thought is - should we have sounded out Holbrook as soon as he was available before he got all the NRL offers - I suspect it would have come to a similar conclusion but would have avoided what now looks like an embarrassing rejection of the club and the fans getting excited with the noise coming out last night just adds to the Wire / joke club narrative.

Anyway - onwards and upwards with Chambers!

So why did this joker waste SM’s time at the interview if he knew his family had reservations

Quite funny watching redvee forum swinging from Holbrook isn't a great coach to being a world beater.

Well I would say that pretty much confirms it’s off now. https://www.betfred.com/sports/event/19442725.2

Well I would say that pretty much confirms it’s off now. https://www.betfred.com/sports/event/19442725.2

One person said this... Not the entire fan base..

Not happening...

You made him look so silly, he decided to win a Grand Final... When did Price, Smith, Powell, Cullen etc win a Grand Final??

Did paula get the answers she was after re the Princess cruises?

I'll stand by my interpretation since we first started mentioning names that Rowley would be the answer and not some NRL coach between gigs particularly as no-one sticks around long enough from Australasia once they twig the Manchester ship canal has banned surf boards

Surely if we want a coach getting the best out of an average bunch of players, then we should look no further than Applegarth at Wakefield?

Obviously out of their depth based on early season form and now arguably the in-form side in the comp, he's performing miracles there?

Got to be a mickey take?

Smith??

Disappointing that Holbrook has said no.

I don't think Paul Rowley would be a bad shout though given our options.

Got to say that Holbrook looks like he's led us down the garden path here. Surely he'd have known that his family would have said no if that's the issue.

I think Rowley typifies the type of coach that gets results out of a pieced together squad with a backs against the wall mentality. We need someone with the experience of restructuring an RL club to grand final success.

I’m concerned that person isn’t available anywhere on the market at present.