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No smoke without fire or just hot air?

And would you be bothered?

Interesting - I wonder who the club is? We've seen off this sort of approach before and the club has really backed him. Suspect that if it's a club over in his neck of the woods then it may be harder to resist - the M62 isn't much fun is it?

I'd rather not lose him but Nobby and Lee Greenwood stood in and did a great job at the back end of 2023 so it wouldn't be a total disaster just a shame to disrupt a squad that's progressing nicely.

If it means a player/fee from the team in question id be happy with it from what i gather nobby does majority of coaching and brought the players in anyway

Last thing we need is a change of coach again. Unless he has fallen out with somebody at the club I don't see it, EOC seems pretty committed to the club and players. I think if we miss the cut for SL for 2026 and there are offers flying about it might be a more realistic time for him to consider his options.

Be disappointed if he goes. Done a good job this season. Yes he should have had second and have better discipline and have better game management, but those things are fixable. We have stability and improving every year.

Usually suspects on social media mouthing off because we didn't beat two full time teams. There's not a plethora of outstanding coaches available.

Salford will need a new head coach from 2026 but I don’t think he’d be tempted to go there but his former club Wigan are wanting to replace back room staff and that temptation maybe too much to resist.
Hope none of it comes off as I think he talks a lot of sense and has good people skills with the players.

Gone, Statement from Bulls that he's got an opportunity at a full time super league club.

Wowsers, that escalated quickly...

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Ah well. He did a decent job but didn't improve us massively in comparison to Nobby and Lee Greenwood.

We finished in exactly the same position as last year with a better squad
Our Defence improved and that's probably why he got the Saints defence coach job.
Our discipline wasn't great all season and EOC didn't seem to think this was an issue in post match interviews.

Positives are that our job is probably one of the most wanted in the Championship.

Thoughts about the next coach, then?

Who is available?

I’m not really sure to be honest. It’s a more appealing job now than when EOC applied for it.

Must be one of the most attractive jobs going. With that squad we should be winning silverware next year minimum.

Maybe someone like Ian Watson might fancy it.

Eccles from London?

What is Tony Smith up to these days?

Will be another young coach

Glad EOC is gone massively under achieved this year.
Double the spend with exactly the same result.
Whoever we take on needs to be able to create a winning culture.
Also be mid table SL standard imho

That aged well. Well I'm disappointed, thought he was invested in trying to get this side to the top of the Championship.

Seem to recall the selection process was lengthy last time around!! Be bloody January before the new head coach is announced.

I was hoping he was the target last time around so it would be ironic if he ended up as coach. Not sure if Pele and Okunbor would be so keen though.

Wow, go to bed with not even a sniff, then wake up to initial rumour, written of as nonsense, stronger rumour and then gone.

A tad disappointed as thought he'd continued a build well. That said no-one is irreplaceable. Change can sometimes spur further improvement and progress, the flip side being disruption and a step back initially.

I find it hard to moan about anyone wanting to progress, you've got to grab (pardon the pun) the bull by the horns in life. And if he is doing the M62 5-6 days a week; that gets old very, very quickly (especially when fuel prices are where they are - I'm guessing they're still high?!)

Didn't we employ EOC as a FT head coach which effectively ruled out Greenwood etc who only wanted a part time role? Be interesting to see if those funds are made available again and whether that makes a higher profile coach a realistic target.

Be interested to see which names are linked, wasn't the rumour at the time that EOC wasn't our first choice.. wonder who turned us down/didn't apply?

To justify the optimism developed over the season the way the Bulls have developed under EOC, the Club management will need a decent name coming in to Coach to keep the season ticket sales on the go, delays will only erode support.
I wonder if they could tempt Boom Boom away from the Newcastle Knights?

We're definitely in a stronger position now than we were a year ago when EoC joined. So overall he has done a good job. That should tempt stronger candidates to apply, hopefully.

That Dunning at Hurricanes has done a decent job there - surely he's worth a shout? Watching with intrigue. It's a big job, and surely if the aspiration is Super League, it's a good opportunity for an out of work coach to take a punt on it. Ian Watson out of the price range, do you think?