It’s 3:30am in Sydney, one way or another this is over in 5-6 hours.

Which is why he isn't coming.

Looks that way. Never any guarantee of success in any case though sure to cause disruption.

He’s not coming is he? Another mugging off from that mob over there. No wonder the game is on its over here.

As was Wendell Sailor with Wigan

Only bothered about themselves and nobody outside of the NRL

If he does renege, he will go way down in my estimation as its a sh@tty thing to do.

Lets wait and see

Should think he will go down in everyone's estimations.

phone call tomorrow.
are you coming? anything but a straight yes we move on. plenty of quality out there.

This, but in an hour and a half. Then we announce the result on the website and via social media. Anything else looks too much like fudging it whilst he makes his mind up.

Exactly. Nearly 7am in Sydney. If I was Gary I wouldnt be going to bed without an answer tonight!

Gutting though it would be, you can’t hold it against him. Think about if a better opportunity came up for you in your job you’d have to take it, you can’t travel across the world just to appease others.

Arses are twitching over Kippax way

I'm sure I'll be in the minority here, but I would have no ill feeling towards him if he backflips. The reason why; he'd be absolutely stupid to turn it down.
He's not even officially started here, and let's say he does now have the option of South's, his choices are;

1 - Honour his word to Leeds, move him and his family to other side of the world, changing schools, leaving friends, worse climate and standard of living etc etc to coach in the vastly inferior SL competition, carrying out a pretty tough rebuild job, at a club where winning comps as become expected, but the squad needs a major overhaul

2 - Stay in Sydney, with zero change to family circumstances, to coach a team where he already works, with some of the best players in the world, who are a genuine challenger for the NRL title.

Head coaching gigs in the NRL will not come available that often to a relatively rookie coach, certainly not at clubs the size and stature of South's.

It's absolutely in his best interests, he has to do what's best for him and his family, and I very much doubt anyone else would choose option 1 if they're really honest.