I should add there may be a limiting factor in Graham Lowe who has one of the longest enemies lists in Rugby League. Brian Smith is the kind of person I can imagine is on it.

Ellery Hanley worth a punt? Would tie in with the good doc's apparent eagerness to attract big names,

For me, because it sends a message out to everyone else at the club about who's in charge, and how you're going to have to do something special to be in a job by the end of the year. Vievers may well be a scapegoat and I feel sorry for the guy, but its an occupational hazard of sports ( that he probably accepts ).

Reality is if mr moneybags is going to attract top players to jump ship then they need a big money coach to attract them. Shame for veivers given what he put up with in the offseason but no room for sentiment in business.

Koukash will get the cap rules changed, just watch. Not by himself, but he'll get enough people on side to make it happen (and not before time). Money and success changes minds.

Vievers is First Coaching Casualty of 2013 Salford City Reds have parted company with coach Phil Veivers just five games into a season which has seen them with just a single win. New millionaire owner Dr Marwan Koukash was furious after Salford's capitulation to London Broncos on Friday night and made it clear that no-one would be safe from his ambitious plans for a Red future. Veivers follows director of football Steve Simms, and commercial director Tina Wilkinson, who left the club earlier and he has been replaced by Alan Hunte, in a caretaker role ahead of next weekend's match at Wakefield Wildcats. READ MORE ON THIS STORY...

Vievers is First Coaching Casualty of 2013 Salford City Reds have parted company with coach Phil Veivers just five games into a season which has seen them with just a single win. New millionaire owner Dr Marwan Koukash was furious after Salford's capitulation to London Broncos on Friday night and made it clear that no-one would be safe from his ambitious plans for a Red future. Veivers follows director of football Steve Simms, and commercial director Tina Wilkinson, who left the club earlier and he has been replaced by Alan Hunte, in a caretaker role ahead of next weekend's match at Wakefield Wildcats. READ MORE ON THIS STORY...

Koukash has a mish-mash of a team with no discernible talent.

Bringing in Brian Smith will ensure a 1st year preseason house-cleaning followed by a rapid rise up the table (though never a grand final victory) followed by a multi-year collapse of fortunes as his abrasive personality causes a decline in morale among many talented players. That is his record at Parramatta Eels, Newcastle Knights and Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) Roosters. Smith is the reason why Danny Buderus left Newcastle for Leeds, and only returned after Smith had left. Smith is the reason why Mitchell Pearce was fielding offers from other clubs before Smith was sacked. (Pearce just recently resigned for the Roosters).

Brian Smith is a one year near wonder and a long term disaster.

Get Smith in for 1 year and he'd turn the club around.

Like MjM I do wonder about Lowe's influence.

Mishmash of a team? You are joking arnt you? Ed Farish, Graham Lowe and Andrew chalmers isn't a mishmash team.

Unless your talking about the players then yea your right.

Can you name seven other club owners/CEOs who will ally with him to vote it through? Possibly Leneghan and Moran. Then...? Perhaps you'd get other clubs with aspiring owners like Bradford or Wakefield but a majority of the clubs is a push, no matter how what you think of Koukash's persuasive abilities.

Ian Lenagan, Simon Moran, Eamon McManus, Gary Hetherington, David Hughes, Adam Pearson, Bradford owners!

That makes 7.

What about Daniel Anderson?

He has a good job in the NRL.

Bradford might have a few stipulations before we vote. Like, our share of the Sky money for a start!