Take this with a pinch of salt (as it is Dave Parker reporting it) but in today's League Express it says that Saints may be looking at Brian Smith if Nathan Brown were to renege on his contract.

Hmm.

If Brown doesn't come back, we'll get another suitable candidate. Some of the doom and gloom on this thread is completely unnecessary!

We're one of the biggest jobs in world rugby, and, unlike the current dearth of player talent, there are still plenty of more than qualified coaches available.

Let's be clear I've always thought, and still do, that Nathan Brown is the shot in the arm Saints need. But that's not to say it will be the end of the world if he decides to stay in Australia. We've got a good squad and life will go on regardless.

Spot on. If he doesn't want to be here we don't want him here. There'll be no shortage of candidates.

Daniel Anderson is still looking for a job.

Whilst, I don't think DA was any sort of coaching messiah (his all conquering side had a glut of talent for a salary capped squad and was helped by an era of quick PTBs and a massive front row).
However, he id show more ability to improve his players technically than we've seen recently, the case in point (imo) being Sean Long. Whilst his game had started to become more rounded, it wasn't until DA's arrival that we saw him turn into a genuine controlling 1st reciever.

He wouldn't be a bad appointment, but I'm still having a bit of blind faith that Brown will turn up as arranged.

Tim Sheens has quit as coach of West Tigers.

We shouldn't even be having this discussion. Nathan Brown has signed a contract, and it would be terribly ungentlemanly of him to renege at this stage. He should make a statement, along with the Saints board, re-iterating his commitment to this job.

Hasn't his manager stated he's fully committed to saints?

To be fair, he's not said he's not coming and has signed a three year deal, it's all paper talk so IMO he's nothing to answer to.

In talks with Wests Tigers. He's either going there as coach or we're tying up the loose ends on the Benji Marshall for Lance Hohaia swap deal.

Thanks for that, I needed a good laugh this morning!

maybe we could swap Brown for Marshall?

He is the 2nd favourite behind Matt Parish with the Aussie bookies!