Quote: Saddened! "We should have asked Huddersfield to release Brown. '"
Absolutely. Waiting a full season for a coach is fraught with danger. Whose to say Brown's stock won't collapse (like Justin Morgan or even Iain Millward) between now and then? We'd look pretty silly awaiting a coach no-one wants come the start of the year.
What if players start piling up bad habits (as they appear to be) under Rush? Brown could be forced to spend half his first season ironing them out.
What if some outstanding candidate suddenly becomes available next week? Again, we'd be the laughing stock shackled to Brown whilst some big fish slips away and into the hands of our rivals.