Quote ="The_Enforcer"With the mess the club finds itself in with no coach for next year, key players leaving and retirements of key players, does anybody think it would be a good idea to try bring in a trusted old head such as John Monie to do a bit of work off the field? I think the club could seriously do with somebody who knows what they are doing to have a look over the squad and help identify some realistic targets from the NRL. He could also run a watchful eye over Lam for a few weeks and report back on his performance as a coach and whether or not he is up to the job of staying on next year. This would also have the added benefit of bringing some much needed feel good factor back to the club in the wake of the Edwards disaster. Its obvious to me that the club needs a guiding hand off the field right now.'"
I think the time has come for IL to have a long hard think about the structure of the club. Is it time to say thanks to KL and move him on and bring in an experienced Director of Rugby, by this I don't mean a recently retired player a la Kevin Sinfield, I mean someone with a greater knowledge of the game from a possible recent coaching standpoint. They could act as a mouthpiece between the coach and IL regarding all issues related to rugby ie in conjunction with the coach identifying new players, releasing academy players that are unlikely to make the grade instead of holding on to as many as possible to the detriment of the salary cap and the clubs overall finances. They would facilitate the actual recruitment process and contracts etc and let IL concentrate solely on the revenue, administration and budgetary aspects of the club which is what a succesful businessman should be capable of. I am pretty sure that he would make a better fist of things than he is at present if he knew the playing side of things were being looked after succesfully.
We also need a hot Commercial Manager to raise the profile of the club back to where it belongs and hopefully help to identify other ways of raising revenue that is slightly outside of the norm.
And last but definitely not least a top coach, whether that is for now or at the end of the season, personally I would go for now so that they can assess the current squad and academy retainees, release the ones we don't want, then identify and recruit their replacements for 2020.
