JJB and Sean Long in charge doesn't inspire confidence. More chance with Ant and Dec! Especially when somebody else is appointed they should be gone or perhaps into another club role in JJB case.
Need to write this season off and take time to get the right man and his own team of coaches in place ahead of next season. No obvious candidate currrently available.

From the outside looking in I'm really not sure what Agar has done to engender such loyalty from the Rhinos board? He doesn't strike me as being any more worthy to be in a DOR role than a head coach role. If he had a glittering CV of previous coaching and leadership greatness then fine, but where is it?

Are there any rumours on where you go from here? Will Sean Long be given a chance? Or JJB? Or straight to the assistant coach market in the NRL? Plenty of worthwhile candidates there.

There are some decent senior coaches available in Danny Ward with his Leeds ties, Paul Green from the NRL. Cameron Ciraldo at the Panthers has a big reputation and wants to be a head coach, Michael Monaghan likewise, currently at Manly I think?

Yep, agree with this. Time needs to be taken now to get a top quality appointment in. It's a big big moment for the club now, enough is enough with the transition.

Thank you Richard for what you have done for the club over the last 3 years. From where you took over to where we are now in a much better position. Recriutment has been good (mostly) and at the beginning of this season I was full of optimisim. Not sure where it has gone wrong and by the sound of it neither are you. You have done the right thing by the club throughout your tenure and i wish you luck in your new role. I'm sure you will apply the same good diligence you have as a head coach. Shame it had to finish in such a fashion

Can you please appoint JJB on a full time basis to keep him off Sky's commentary

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Interim coach until new coach found. This was aleays going to happen.

Exactly im not sure what people were expecting it was always going to be either JJB or Long in the interim

Give it to Longy, should be entertaining.

Resigning now is best for all concerned. If the relationship with players turned toxic he couldn't be DoR. Now the focus is on the players - if we rebound it will show they'd lost faith in Agar. If not its worse as it suggests they just aren't very good.

As for a replacement who knows? There are some NRL coaches looking for head coach jobs like Green and Flanagan. I wouldn't mind so long as they saw getting Leeds back on track as key to their chances of another NRL gig. Need to be careful, but the last thing we should worry about is someone who will be afraid to shake up the team.

Exactly. To me this was always the concern with Agar ceasing to be the coach. I would argue that both JJB and Long are equally culpable, if not more so, for the current mess but now they are in charge! What chance of them leaving the club when a new coach is finally appointed? Slim, I would think.

Long will go but getting JJB out could be a challenge for any coach and if the rumours regarding Furner are true his presence could have a negative impact on who will apply for the role.

You have offered the job to Justin Morgan. Not sure if he has accepted or not.

Paul Green could be a good shout - Flanagan no chance - can't they get Trent Robinson?

Hate to repeat myself,nice guy ,knowledgeable but the most telling thing I keep hearing is that the players liked him!Does anyone think Storm players “like Craig Bellamy”?

From an outsider point of view that seems a really risky move.

Whe was his last head coaching gig? 2011?

JJB was a player during our first foray into disaster in 2016 and was also there in 2018 and a bit in 2019. Not sure why he'd be expected to be some kind of great leader when it wasn't apparent when he was still playing.

Dreading to see who we appoint next. We don't act like a club that wants to compete anymore.

I'd heard that, this morning. Morgan could do a job, he had Hull KR fired up and sometimes over performing, for most of his tenure.

Last I heard he was coaching the NZ women’s team.

Seems a bit random to me, not sure if he is still at NZ warriors.

Well that’s all fine and dandy but the damage has already been done. It should have been obvious to all involved after saints PO defeat he’d taken us as far as he could. Instead of being proactive we’ve just written off another season.

Well done to all involved.

On an interim basis for the season it passes, but long-term? Very poor decision. He’s yesterdays guy. He was in his pomp circa 2007.

No disrespect, but the "new" Head Coach is a tad underwhelming to say the least. Also not sure if Agar should be the DOR moving forward... maybe the club need a complete overhaul, including finding new owners to take us forward.

Owners no. But a clearout yes. Have to stop looking back. The Golden Generation cannot be replicated and none of them has proven their worth as a coach.

If JJB/Long are in charge it needs to be only until a new coach is found. Even if form picks up that cannot lead us to appointing them long-term. That's what got us here with Agar.

Hetherington should fall on his sword as well