Is this the start of Hetherington's "exit plan"? He's 64, could probably afford to spend more time on the golf course if that's how he wants to spend his time, he has basically overseen the stadium redevelopment and is starting to hand over responsibilities. Sinfield has been public before about not wanting a coaching job, so is he basically being mentored for Hetherington's?

I have watched Leeds since 1954 and over all those years in my opinion it has always been a player led club .When coming back from
Wigan it seemed to me that BM had lost the dressing room and that he had to go,just like a number of predecessors over the years,history always repeats itself.I for one welcome Sinfield and believe he will do a good job.ONE THING KEVIN IS IS A WINNER.

Lowes is a good coach - he is now in exactly the right role where he concentrates on developing the skills and the team working required to get out of this mess

I would disagree regarding James Lowes, at Bradford he wouldn't listen to anyone and wanted things his way. Karl Harrison mentions he offered him advice all season and Lowes ignored it. Spits his dummy out with media too.

McDermott learned. Maybe Lowes has.

Perhaps he has learned along the way - and if he doesn't listen to Sinfield he wont have a job Having met Kevin on several occasions he seems to me to make decisions that benefit the whole and isn't afraid to make those decisions.

Under estimate him at your peril

I think that’s what this is. I can imagine Hetherington wanting Sinfield to have at least had experience coaching before moving up completely to CEO. This way it eases him into aspects of the CEO job with Hetherington still there to assist and gives him that experience at coaching.

As far as I’m concerned it’s a great move for the long term.

People keep mentioning Cunningham, and they have in common that they were both great players and club legends, but Sir Kev has the finest rugby mind of his generation and that's what he's bringing to the table. There are few players in world rugby who could read a game as well as him and I don't say that lightly. On top of that you've got his ethic - he went from being a not great kicker to the best in Super League, he was, apparently, not fast enough to be a half back yet he ran the show against all the flash Harry's and brought us trophy after trophy. I can't think of a single better figurehead we could have.

He's also an incredibly considered individual and I have no doubt that he would not have taken this job on without very seriously considering all the ramifications. In short, I think if he thinks he's good enough for the job then it probably means he's good enough for the job - that's the kind of man he is.

If you can't tell, I'm delighted.

He is a violent lunatic. I am making it up but there is more evidence for my argument than yours.

What is it that makes you think this David, I don't doubt your knowledge of the game, but I'm struggling for supporting evidence.

His technical knowledge seems pretty strong - he did an excellent job with Carneige - he had a great playing presence and when you hear him talking about the game his inner knowledge of the real aspects of the game is excellent

He needs leadership and boundries - Sinfield will bring that, I can see this really working well

Hats off to GH. He's a genius...can't think of anyone else who could have pulled this off.
I was sorry to see Mac sacked but all good things come to an end.
The king is dead, long live the new KING.

There are exactly my thoughts

I really hope you are right. IMO, the Sinfield appointment is great, and was always going to happen at some stage. I'll reserve judgement on the Lowes one until I've seen how we try to play on the field. I'm trying not to be a bit disappointed, let's see.