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.