Agreed. A good solution for all parties.

Not ideal but I agree. Let him sort the team out in the offseason, lets get back on a positive footing, try and sign a couple of good props for starters and then this gives the club longer to get the best long term appointment in possible. We need to start seeing some progression forwards, it will certainly be mission impossible to plan for the offseason without knowing who the HC will be next year and we can't afford that to happen.

Yeah i would be pretty happy with that scenario. Whoever did take over the following season, would hopefully inherit a team heading in the right direction.

This was my take on his interview too
I'd be happy with this if the club backed his vision and also trusted him to sign his choice of players required to bring the much needed physicality back into the pack so that we can match the current top sides

He basically said he’d be off to NRL season after next no doubt. However you never know, he could really settle and have good season next year and may want to do one more

I was Told the jobs his if he wants it, and he wants it but only want to commit to 2025 go home if something Comes up for 2026 onwards.
Wants his own backroom team (which can inly be a good thing) but the club want him to groom the next head coach to take over in 2026/27 if If Arthur goes home.

Apart from the last bit, think everything else is pretty much what we all know

I’d be happy with that. From what I’ve seen I think he’d have the integrity to stick out the year even if someone came calling.

Is Arthur guaranteed a job in the NRL in 2026? Most of the Aussie coaches that go back to head coach role win the competition here. Maybe a year by year contract is the best we could get, ideally with an assistant who could take over that all parties would be happy with.

I believe family as much as anything will decide if he even wants to stay for the 2025 season.
He's only been here for several weeks and in an interview the other day said was already missing them.
He said his wife, arriving Saturday, and later his son for a few weeks , if she does not take to the UK then that could be the deciding factor. Lets hope it does not pee it down whilst she is here.
Then again, if there are no offers in the NRL for next season he may have to stay with us for financial reasons.

He isn't guaranteed a head coach job for 26, but he does appear to have the inside track for the upcoming Perth roIe. Think he'll do a year for us (I suspect he's already 90% decided on that) and then go back. Graeme Murray did two years and is perhaps the most fondly remembered coach during my time supporting the club. Forget about winning trophies, if he can get the club back in the top 4 he has an excellent chance of being celebrated in the same way. He seems like a smart guy, so he's probably already worked that out. Now, if only he can persuade the missus..

He may have taken a walk through Roundhay Park today with the sun shining gloriously off his bald head. He may have felt a £20 note gently flutter onto his foot as he headed towards the Lakeside Cafe, where he had the best caffe latte of his life. As he sat watching the swans glide majestically across Waterloo Lake he may have thought, “Do you know what, this ain’t such a bad place”. Alternatively, he may have got lost and his car may have broken down in the middle of Harehills.

Having now listened to the post match interview and the behind the scenes stuff on the club website, I’m completely convinced that the way BA goes about things is exactly what this club needs. He’s stone cold honest with the staff and players, he’s right in their corner as leader of the group, and he knows exactly how the game should be played and isn’t afraid of telling people.

I can’t wait for him to be announced as the HC for 2025. Back him Blaster, he’s your man.

Agreed. Im not hung up on him having to commit to a 3/4 year deal like some.
Get him in. get him backed with whatever he wants and let him at the very least set the club up for the next coach.

Signing Arthur could be the best signing Leeds have made since Murray.

Basically it’s very very rare that a coach of his quality is available to a SL club, we need to do whatever we can to keep him even if it’s for a short while.