Quote ="Steve May"My problems with the club’s management are well known. But now they have a chance to change the momentum of the whole club.
The trajectory the club is on now is undeniably downward. Appoint the wrong man and, make no mistake, we’re back to thinking of Batley as a big game.
Getting this coaching appointment right is critical to the club - someone who can bring new thinking and, crucially someone who can stand up to the board and Thewlis and tell them - tell them - how it’s going to be.
There are people out there who could fill this role. Their appointment would make a statement about the future of the club. It would say that the Giants intend to be in SL for the long haul. And intend to get back to the dominant position they held under Brown and Anderson.
Have the club got the balls to do it? Could the backstage people cope with being challenged to perform?
It’s a pivotal time. Get this wrong and we’re out of the top flight for a long, long time.'"
The challenge is getting an Aussie 'name' coach well enough known to the fans to impress them. Warrington spent the whole of the off-season trying to do this without success. Next best is an 'up and coming' coach. Less likley to impress the fans immediately but, for instance, Justin Holbrook appears to have made a big difference to Saints. Jury is still out on Steve Price at Wire ( who arguably has the tougher job after 2017). I think you should be prepared for the latter as the 'big name' coaches all want to stay in their current big jobs in their home country. You'd need piece of luck such a someone having an early-season fall-out with their NRL club and no chance of another local job. If your bloke is on the spot at the time, it's just possible you could poach someone.
