Is he an S&C guy? Ours at Hull has just left .
Sounds like we've lined up uncle Tony up, who he'll presumably know

He's off to do more movies with Simon Pegg.

never quite figured out what his actual role at the club was

Like a few others within the club over the years, I never figured out how they got there in the first place.

He was/is an S and C guy but considered to be a bit of a comedy figure by many fans. He carries a bit of excess timber and his glasses were often skewwhiff.
This is probably unfair as we won a lot of stuff when he was in the role.
He has been pushed to one side a bit in recent years.
He worked with Tony Smith at Hudds and Smith made
Him Head Conditioner when he was England coach, so could see him going to FC.

3 on the outer.

Sean Long is leaving as assistant coach, JJB moving to a new role within the club, Jason Davidson on the way out. Massive shake up.

About time too - shame Agar didn't have the nuts to do it either

Is JJB going to run the foundation - he would be excellent at that.

Longs quote is interesting, infers that he's chosen to leave because of a change in his responsibilities. Great opportunity for Smith to build the team and staff the way he wants.

I wonder who he'll bring in

Smith clearly identified weaknesses off the field as well as on it. The good news is he's not been afraid to act. Also a bit of kudos to GH, who is clearly backing him.

Odd timing of these announcements though, in the runup to the biggest game of the season.

Maybe because the posts need to be advertised imminently

I like this about Smith. Whether players of staff, he is not afraid to make big calls. I’m sure Long left before he was pushed. Smith clearly knows how he wants the rugby department to operate, and his lack of previous ties to the club mean he can make the hard decisions.

Hopefully Danny Ward will be one of the new coaches

Smith is trying to clean house and that means wiping out all that 'Leeds DNA' nonsense and harking back to recent players as some kind of magic wand. The club had got lazy and complacent right across the board, starting with coaching and fitness and including a hopeless player contracting strategy (if there even was one).

GH deserves every bit of criticism for letting the club fall in a heap post 2015, but at least he's seemingly done a good job in picking Smith and now backing him, at least in terms of staff.