I think the Rhinos have probably got the best currently available person for the role. I think Rohan has a chance to retain his job with some better performances from the team. But, I’m glad that there is a more dynamic and hard faced person to hold Rohan and the team to account. The new SD will want to understand the various odd aspects of recent playing style
( wouldn’t we all ! ).
If only we could get access to those conversations between the new SD and Rohan…

Without wanting to re-hash Rohan, hes now going to have a director above him who wont settle for the nonsense we are currently serving up.

Its not good enough and hasnt been for the last few years. I cant see Blease standing for any of this "Vibes" rugby turd and nor should he.

Blease won't stand for it because his job will also be on the line. That's been part of the problem under GH for the last few years, as we seem to be permanently stuck in the afterglow of the Golden Generation, with far too little focus on making winning the number one priority.

And that is spot on.
I`m not into this well we played really but we keep losing rubbish.
It`s all about winning and sport is a business that needs results.
We can play with flair once we start winning and grinding out results over a sustained period of time.
I really do think Blease will expect Smith to deliver.

Agreed, mainly because the board will be looking at him if the coach isnt delivering.

“You see all these trophies the golden generation won? Well, stick em in the bin because they were all won by bloomin cheating”.

I think Blease looks a good appointment - anyone who takes decision making off GH is a move forward when it comes to the playing side.

It looks to me like RS's days are numbered. GH has form on this, he did it when he brought Agar across to "assist" Furner. Different scenario but similar MO, bringing someone in to apply pressure to the coach. Blease was non-committal about Smith. He talked about identity, I reckon he's read this forum and there are some semis.

The performance side of the club clearly needs a thorough review, and with a fresh pair of eyes. Whether Blease can replicate some "success" at Leeds remains to be seen, I think Salford and Leeds are very different propositions with different pressures and dynamics. I'll reserve ultimate judgment until I see what kind of signings and retention business we do. But cautiously optimisitc.

He's got 10 games. If there's no improvement then "Blease out".

the big difference between salford and leeds is expectation.

Yeah GH was as usual trying to put a positive spin on things but it was nonsense imo. With rubbish excuses like that you can see why we’ve been poor these last few seasons. On the other hand I very much liked what Blease had to say and how he went about it.

Agreed. Lets hope he can make an impact when he starts next Monday.

I very much liked the cut of his jib.

And the fact that they almost constantly exceed expectation and we are way below expectation points to good signs.

Ultimately, this seems a long term appointment, you don't sack a DOR unless they have put years worth of bad coaches in place, not just one or two appointments.

I think it's much healthier that he's no loyalty to Smith. He loosely said he would support the coaching staff in the presser, but from the tone and body language, and the fact RS wasn't there speaks volumes.

Not expecting a change before the end of the season, but I'm almost certain we'll have a new coach next year.

One interesting part that he mentioned was repairing Salford's public image to the overseas market. Wonder if we need a similar thing.

Good post and I agree.

A very good point. We do seem to have a somewhat tarnished reputation down under and don't seem to have the best "inside track" on players / agents etc from the NRL.

Blease is big pals with Jackson Hastings too.

Wouldn't rule out seeing him in blue and amber at some point in the future.