Thanks for everything Garry we have had some wonderful seasons with you in charge and I am eternally grateful for all the great achievements you were involved in.
However as with all the great players you have had to retire it is now your time to do the right thing and hand over to someone younger with the drive and passion of a younger person.
Time to do the right thing Garry what do you other posters think?

from the playing side yes. long overdue
still doing a great job business side

We need a director of Rugby, he’s doing a very good job in his other aspects of his role.

Im not sure people realise how difficult it will have been running a club like Leeds or ver the last few years, unfortunately I think the player side of his role has been neglected a bit, get someone in to do that would help both him and Smith IMO

I agree on the business side he is very good.
However does this include recruitment ?
Rugby side we need new ideas.

You don’t know when you are well off or do you think he is worse than the joker we have got in Fitzpatrick

I think the “ over reaction knee jerk post of the year” has a new candidate.

He should have nothing to with recruitment.

Too old/tight and has got recruitment badly wrong for years.

Rollin thunder you over react to everything that’s not your post how many more seasons do you want gawky to waste?
My last over reaction a while ago was to state that Walters was better than big mick and should not be leaving
You over reacted then as normal for you but most other posters agreed with the fact .

If he does hand over the rugby side it needs to be carefully considered

I’m not impressed at all with our squad management or lack of desire to be the best, seems like we’re asleep when good British players are moving clubs

But let’s not forget he tried letting go once before, and while this might upset a few, sinfields signings , coach hires were awful aswel for the most part

Do you even know what Hetherington's job is?

There wont be a recruitment decision made that doesn't involve GH's agreement. He holds the purse strings.

MJM
Please tell me what you think is job is.

He's chief exec of a sporting, stadium and corporate entertaining business whose primary business concern is generating profits to provide the most resources to plough back into the Rugby League team and into the wider community game. He also no doubt still approves any player signings and contracts - this may or may not be fully delegated from the rest of the board - and does some of the negotiating alongside Smith.

If you think there's a better candidate to do this role please let us know.

Yeah 'cos there's lots of sporting clubs where the board just let the manager or coach sign contracts without board approval.

So of course he's involved. But we know that Smith takes the lead in identifying what players he wants.

Like all businesses there will be sign off levels that all personnel have to adhere to - anything major i.e. >1k will need sign off at the appropriate level. Good corporate governance.