I won't put a name in the frame. It could merely be coincidental. As often happens over here, people get spoken to and if someone hears about it, it spreads. If it's true? Probably or Possibly. But the timing was funny and I heard it from over here, without even following SL these days.

First of all, it is nearly impossible to replace Graham, no English prop is near him and it's hard to sign a top NRL player these days due to exchange rate etc.

I was really surprised when Saints appointed Simmons, he did Ok when he was at Hull, but nothing special and he had a decent (ish) squad at the time, when he went back to the NRL he didn't do very well there either so his Head Coach record was pretty poor, he is a good assistant, a bit like Peter Sharp.

Nathan Brown would a great appointment for Saints, really thought he would go back to the NRL though.

I think Daniel Anderson will be the next Saints coach.

Might be wrong but why would Nathan Brown throw away all of the hard work he's done at Huddersfield to get them to this point where they are one of the top candidates for the Grand Final, then leave for a team and set up he doesn't know?

Money is the only reason, surely.

It would be like leaving Man U to take over at West Brom

Simmons spent the last decade as a defence coach, he was hardly going to be suited to St's style of play! The board need a good kicking for a very poor appointment.

It's such an important appointment for Saints that they shouldn't rush it. With the likes of Lomax, Gaskell and Makinson, they have the potential to form the nucleus of the team to build around for the next 10 years. But they are at a crucial point in their careers and a bad appointment that see's these players games not develop properly over the next 2 years and they may never end up reaching their potential.
I know some people don't like other club comparisons but at a similar stage in their careers McGuire and Burrow at Leeds had Tony Smith arrive in 2004 and they are still going strong 8 years later.

Steve Kearney may be available sooner rather than later.
He Coaches a "balanced" approach to the game.