Whomever the board are looking at or indeed chasing for a signature, I hope it is not a protracted event. If Maguire is now free and SM wants him then let get him over the line soonest.

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To appoint Briers or Monaghan would be crazy. Very limited experience. Similar to the CEO appointment. Let them earn their spurs and prove they are worthy of leading one of the top professional RL teams (on paper)

Maguire has not failed in Oz. He has won an NRL and a SL title. I cannot think of many others with that pedigree who have just become available.

In any case it completely kills that inane "yeah but who else could we get if Smith left us" mantra that was trotted out not so many months ago.

Money is not a stumbling block.

Under TS we have been good a winning when we are well in front early doors. What has been lacking in my opinion is the will to win when the chips are down. Michael Maguire and now Shaun Wane at Wigan have instilled that "You shall not pass" attitude that gets you over the line in tight games in the teams that they have coached. I for one would welcome MM to the HJ. Lets get a win at all costs attitude, this is what wins you Grand Finals.

Wouldn't touch Briers with a barge pole, he is already a part of the coaching set up so he to is responsible for where we are with Agar and Smith.

Whilst that is true, Lee is starting on his coaching career and needs to be mentored. The end point responsibility lies with Smith.

Ultimate responsibility for the season lies with Tony Smith and he alone. From all accounts he has fallen on his sword and is only seeing us through until the end of the season. The level of responsibility given to the other coaches I am unsure about. I was never keen on Agar from day one, which was solely based on the wherever he was, he always seemed to do a poor job. On that basis and the fact that we have gone backwards at a rate of knots this season allows me to conclude that he has to go too.

Lee Briers has steadily climbed the coaching structure at the club since his retirement and at this point of his coaching career I am willing to say that he should be part of the club for the immediate future, however he must be nurtured by an experienced coach. I would bring Michael Monaghan back as assistant coach along with Briers to whoever we bring in to replace TS. What i do know and have known for a while is that we need a coach that can oversee all aspects of Defence. We miss to many tackles, shoot out of the line (even Peta Hiku did it last week), and generally have been extremely poor.

I enjoy all these Briers for head coach posts . I loved Lee as a player however , he has been coaching the attack from the start of this season and it doesn't look great to me .

Could be some cost cutting going on next season, until we’re in profit again. Briers as head coach, or TS seeing out his contract. Lots of players contracts up, few replacements coming in. All points towards saving money.

I really hope I’m wrong, but the signs are there.

What about the new structure in 2019 as well. Surely that has an effect, how do you plan for the next 5 years when you only know the make-up of the competition for the next season?

No one seriously believes that a club of Wire's ambition will appoint someone as inexperienced and unproven as Lee Briers as head coach, and there is no chance that Tony Smity will hold that position after the end of this season, either. The fact that no new signings have yet to be announced has more to do with the fact that we can't confirm to any prospective newcomesrs that we will be in SL. I expect quite a lot to change in the weeks after out final match against HKR.

We may well be safe (guaranteed 3rd or above) before that.

We recruited a CEO with no experience and unproven in that role! What makes you think we wouldn't with a coach..........