My personal preference would be Steve McNamara he fits the bill as far as the 5 year plan would be concerned (although I am not privy to the plan) i would think that in the plan is to have a head coach that shares the same vision as peacock and co, I just think a ausie coach would be here 2/3 years max if they did well they would be off back to NRL or if they where poor then they would be out the door, I think Steve Mac is now a experienced coach that will have top contact and has been involved in top professional organizations for last 5/6 years

How would that work for hull fc though? He is the coach of the joint academy that wouldn't go down well IMO

Thanks for the memories Chris, with particular reference to the 1st of August 2015. However, it all went downhill from therein. This has been a shocking couple of months and from extended Christmas breaks via community service instead of training camps, we were (are) totally unprepared for the standard of Rugby needed to compete. Forget the injuries, the squad on Sunday were unmotivated and devoid of any game plan.

Poching ( or is it Poaching?) should have his desk cleared by 10 o'clock on Friday to make way for the future. After my outstanding team for Warrington, my cv will be hitting Jamie's inbox tomorrow. Just keep Rowley away please, I will appoint my own back room.

Agree stan,rowley didnt do it at leigh even though they were the only team in the league with any real money.Difficult call without going abroard wouldn't want mcbanana or agar so I suppose webbo would be the best option.

Brian Smith....? Lol. I am sure he would jump at the chance of joining Hull Kr and leaving his current post of managing a team guaranteed to finish in the bottom four to join a team guaranteed to finish in the .....oh hang on....

daryl powell?

I would also like to thank Chester for the memories....two record derby defeats and another humiliation that escapes me....

Hope you win on friday and poching is given a 5 year contract

Why? I'm sure a replacement will be found. Paul Cooke to coach the academy?

Apparently Wayne Bennett wants to coach in super league in 2017 in the run up to the World Cup as England coach. Hull kr are trying to get Wayne Bennett signed up as coach for 2017, Willie Poaching will take charge for 2016 if this happens.

Well it had to happen, now we need some experience at the helm. My pick would be Geoff Toovey, he's out of work at the mo having been treated disgracefully by Manly, he must be itching to get back into the game. Failing that I would go for Kear as he has always had a good impact wherever he has gone.

Here's one from left field. Peacock brings in sinfield as player coach for season.

Dave K has had some fun today.
Those advocating for James Webster should have seen his car crash of a tenure at Wakefield. Not for me
Didn't rate McNamara but he's got experience of the NRL and if he gets us playing like Waste then I'm for it.
Best of luck to Chester a decent man appointed to a job he couldn't do.
They must have someone lined up. My guess McNamara.

I take no joy or fun from this, I was enjoying Chester's time in charge and am disappointed he has gone.

I think you need to be realistic, money will be tight after sacking and paying off Chester (Did he have nearly two years left on his contract?) and do you expect McNamara to leave his job in the NRL to come and coach Rovers, I certainly wouldn't.

Think you will only get a coach who is unemployed like Cummins, Toovey or Rowley etc.

We're already playing like waste

don't need mcnamara to do that.

Heard Rowley last week
Rumour has it McNamara never went back to oz and his son(s) have signed for skirlaugh ??

Would Mick Mantelli be worth a shot ???

Maurice Bamford.

Has a great 'tache and we don't have enough of those, just scraggy beards.

Look at the great sides of the eighties, great 'tache's all over the place.

Bloody spell check...Easts

I'll see that tache and raise you an Alex Murphy's Carlos The Jackel version. Get him in now.

It'll be an interim coach til,we announce the biggest coach singing in sl history. Step forward stevo.

Does the club come up with criteria for their ideal candidate, then search for that? Or, given that the field seems narrow just pick whoever they have a good feeling about from the list?r

I know you mightn't get all three of these, but ideally I'd like...

1. Experienced as a head coach. We haven't got loads of time for somebody to be finding their feet.
2. Knows SL. I'm thinking here of Sandercock's understandable but unhelpful astonishment that all the best players in the UK play for a small handful of clubs.
3. Force of personality. I have none and would love it to all be about technical competency and attention to detail. I really, really, really wanted Sandercock to win one for the quiet man. But it's at least as much about inspiring confidence. Someone with a bit of charisma and the self-belief to see them through the inevitable bad days.

I did consider him, but he's nfrom Lancashire, so even worse than an Aussie.

Is there no barometric testing this time?

Agree with 1 and 3.

You omit 3 vital characteristics - winning mentality, passionate and professional. Given the current superiority of NRL over SL, I think our new coach should possess an ability to set higher technical standards and performance and then drive them up up to sustainably higher levels. This tips the balance for me for the newbie to be an NRL coach. Peacock as Head of Rugby would feed in knowledge of clubs and players in SL from a recruitment perspective.

Additionally NRL coaches have a half decent track record in the English game. Tony Smith, Nathan Brown and Trent Robinson among recent successes.

Yep, bound to be loads of pressure