I don't want any ex players, it'll end in tears and tarnish any good memories

Harris could rebuild his reputation with the fans if he showed his commitment to stay with us for the long term even if we were near the bottom of the table, rather than jumping ship like last time.

Reading between the lines I can only see this as being Smith's final year with us. If memory serves him leaving Leeds was the worst kept secret in rugby league. He never forgave Eddie and Stevo for discussing it on Sky before he had told his players.

I just hope this doesn't turn into a long running distraction as per Nathan Brown at Huddersfield.

Pre-ordained successions usually end up the same way. The coach leaves "with immediate effect" at some point mid season and the successor takes over earlier.

Isn't Tony Smith Football Director or something like that? Essentially means Agar could quite easily come in as 'Head Coach'

He has certainly paid his dues in terms of coaching, I'd give him a go in the future. I think Michael Monaghan would make a good coach and maybe Morley. I think it would be best if it was a player that played under smith though.

I really hope the announcement is a 10 year contract extension though. His shelf life set warrington will never be over for me.

Don't get me wrong I think Smith has been fantastic for us but I'm not sure why some see him as a sort of demigod. Sticking with the one coach forever and a day rarely works.

I know what you're saying but that very much depends on the man you have in charge. I think that the club and tony smith will know when the time is right but I really can't see that the time is now. Anyways it's not demigod more appreciation for the fantastic job that the team have done since tony smith took charge in terms of entertainment and silverware.

If it does happen then the warrington head coach job will be more appealing than it has been before in my lifetime.

I think his title is something like Director of rugby/football and coaching.
I think he was given that roll so Lowes in effect was still first team coach.
I remember in the early part of that season nobody actually knew who the coach was.
Lowes was listed as our coach by the bookies.
Eddies and Stevo didn't really know.
Then Lowes cleared it all up for us by going to Leeds sulking.

If Smith does leave after leading us to grand final success then he can go having achieved all he can(although a WCC would be nice to shut the smellies up once and for all). However, he should have NO input into his successor(see man utd for an example). If he decides to leave then who we bring in should be nothing to do with him, whether he has a close relationship with agar or not. Moran is a rich, successful man who has been watching rugby a long time. I know he is a loyal man who trusts his coaches, but he's still a fan. And i've yet to hear from one fan who thinks this would be a good appointment.

How many Leeds fans were calling for McDermott's head midway through 2011?

Different situation. Tony has played it down and is quite happy where he is. Nathan Brown openly admitted he wanted a job in the NRL and that's why it was a distraction to Huddersfield, because they basically had a coach that wanted to leave.

and was a bit pooh

When we signed Tony Smith, he was the first Warrington coach since Alex Murphy took over in 1973 who had actually won a trophy coaching another team! Amazing, really. I think he'll stay if he's allowed to widen his horizons a bit by Simon Moran. Director of Rugby means all things to all men, but he might be after the opportunity to spend more time in Aus, NZ etc looking out for playing and training techniques, players etc, so would need freedom to leave day-to-day coaching even more to a support team.

There definitely seems to be a little something like that in the interview... I wouldn't be at all surprised to see a new contract with a 'move upstairs' clause after a year or two.