I suspect there's never really been a huge amount of input from coaches into our signings anyway. Always struck me that Hetherington made those decisions pretty much on his own so the only difference is that it's now Sinfield making those calls.

If as we all seem to think, there is a head coach being sized up but they arent available until the end of the season, I don't see how we can sit on our hands and not try and move/retain/recruit players. No coach is going to be head coach somewhere this year whilst having input into our signings for next year.

I think Powell is a miserable wine , but its looking more and more like he will be coach in 2020, think he has gone has far has he can with Cas, i think if he wants to win things it will have to be a bigger club, he could be the right nan at the right time for us, which in his first spell he was the wrong man at the wrong time and he did a not bad job in his first spell but not quite get us there.

think coaches mostly only have limited input into signings, everyone has always said GH signs the Players, but there as always been input from the coach. If we have got a coach lined up for 2020 which seems very likely scenario, Sinfield has probably run the Mellor Signing Dwyer Walker Retention (walker probably a given)by them already, maybe that's why Dwyer has only got 1 year as the new coach is 50/50 on him. there would be no point in signing players on longer deals if the new coach comes in and says he is crap i am not picking him get rid, and then we have Furner scenario all over again. so i suspect we already no who the new coach is and he is a current super league coach and has been involved in the target list along side Sinfield.

Ok put it this way he was sacked as Head Coach at every Club he held that job.
All of which btw were nowhere near as big as Leeds.
The players may like him but it isnt happening on the pitch so thats a mute point.
If they all "know" why not announce it?
To dismiss any concerns without any evidence to back it up are wishful thinking or just ignoring the obvious mess we are in.

Who ever gets the job, six months down the line (it maybe less) we will all be having a good moan, shouting get rid of him etc. It's how we are chaps, if we are not moaning we are not happy. We enjoy a good moan and backside kicking. Cannot believe were hoping for DP after the crap he served up last time LOL (JUST JOKING) but looking at his face and that of Sheridan, it turns the milk sour.

I will be pretty shocked if it’s Powell. Not so sure why people are convincing themselves. I wouldn’t be dissapointed, but I am almost certain it is not him. Nor will it be Agar.

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Moot not mute, anyway pedantry aside, if they do know but they are currently employed they may have asked for it not to be announced, I’m not dismissing anything I am simply offering an alternative view point, I have no more knowledge than anyone else outside of the club.

We are clearly in a mess that’s obvious it’s just my personal opinion that the club is trying to sort it out and rushing a coaching appointment in now IMO would add to the mess not solve it, the club should be trying to do whatever is right for the club not trying to appease fans

Appease fans?
They are ££££ the Club need to operate & pay off those big shiny new soon to be empty stands.
So yes they do need to appease or better put "reassure" the fan base & especially the big corporate ones its a blip & not a cluster it seems to be.
How long is it since Furner was given the boot? Throw in a couple more weeks before that when it started to turn sour.
That's not rushing anything is it? That should be plenty of time to get the right man/staff in.
Surely you can see the longer this drags the more time it takes to fully stabakise the Club & start that Climb back towards challenging again on a firm footing.

You're assuming all fans feel the same way, personally it's more reassuring to me to hear they are taking the time to get the next appointment correct.

You see it as dragging on, I see it as the club being diligent. we have seen this week that players are happy to sign or extend their deals with the club.

The only thing that might be going on that we as fans don`t know about is that the coach has been identified and KS is running the recruitment past him before going public.
I just hope KS ego is in the best interest of the club going forward if not.
It must have been one hell of a fallout for Furner and KS to part the way it did considering they were best mates and he was Kev`s first choice.

Its not clear why they did fall out.. was it just performance of the team? Intriguing...

The time its taking and looks to be a while yet to announce the next coach, to me points to someone in a job currently as head coach..Agar doesnt want the job.. it has to be surely.

I'm glad Tony Smith is back in the game even if not with us.