Good post lets give the lad a chance!

Well Rohan handled himself very well in public during our 3rd meltdown. He took over from Lowes and was dumped for Toovey who was Graham Lowe's mate. Not sure that was the best decision but a lot of water had gone under the bridge.

On the coaching front we played some nice rugby under Smith. He didn't have very long with us and in our one big game he was utterly out-thought by Jon Sharpe's Fev and we got stuffed. He certainly comes over well in an interview. Not sure what substance lies behind the facade but I wouldn't judge him too much on his time with us as we were a total basket case (albeit with a better squad than now).

Not many over here had heard of Graham Murray or Tony Smith, big names aren’t always great.

Well said. Lets all get behind him. I like the sound of him personally. Good appointment imo.

He's done a decent apprenticeship with a GF win in the Intrust Cup last season (coaching Nene Mcdonald, Danny Levi and Tyrone Roberts among others) and whilst not directly from the NRL it's a decent standard of coaching. Easy to be underwhelmed but he's from good stock and his teams play some nice stuff.

Indeed. well said.

I’m pleased it’s a young, hungry coach and with something to prove. If we go with him for 3 years I’m sure we’ll make some huge strides. Let’s hope we manage to move on most of our squad at end of season and let him build a team…..

I’ve edited your post for accuracy

Not sure who fans were thinking we would get as we were never going to appoint an NRL head coach.

He has very good role models in his father and uncle and if he is anything like Tony then we will get to see some good attacking rugby which will be refreshing.

He has lots of experience as an assistant coach in the NRL, was well regarded by Bulls fans during his stint with them and has just won the Queensland Cup which is of far better standard than the championship.

I don't believe Holbrook or Woolf had any better CV's when they joined Saints and personally I don't think we were going to get anything much better.

I am ok with the appointment, albeit the proof will be in the performances.

Any coaching appointment will be a gamble. If we appointed a top line NRL coach, they could leave 8 weeks after joining us if an NRL head coach became available.

Give Rohan a chance and see how he goes.

The QLD cup link is also interesting in that we have a lot of quota spots available next year and there’s a lot of QLD cup players and fringe nrl players that could step up to SL without the cost of a full blown nrl signing.

Yep, always looking for a bargain uncle Gary