Surely it is only a formality that Gentle will soon be on a plane back to Oz after last night.

There seems to be a particularly poor crop of Aussie coaches in SL at the moment, TS excepted.

Sandercock, Brown, Rey. They all seem to be nice enough people but under-skilled and generally
out of their depth.

Maybe SL will soon be coached entirely by locally raised products (TS excepted).

Question is, do we have enough talented coaches waiting in the wings ?

It would probably be a challenge initially but I'm sure we have people around who can equal or better the
current Aussie's.

Their are some fantastic young coaches doing good jobs around the leagues at the moment. Look no further than Gary Chambers. Taken over a lowly Swinton and kept them in the Championship with a bit-part squad with payment issues.

Also, Long, Deacon, James Webster, Stanley Gene are all doing fantastic jobs, serving time as assistants with good reputations.

We really do have some fantastic coaches, the shame is the ones we lost though. Rob Powell, ex London, came in to the head coach role too soon and ultimately did better that Rea, but was cut and is now coaching in RU. I suppose the moral of the story is to serve your apprenticeship first, do the time as assistant/19's/21's coach then move into the championship, and work up the ladder. Tony Smith himself did it, and it's worked well for him.

gentle and sandercock were nobodies in australia, same as Matt Parrish at Salford.

speaking of which, i wonder if he's been looking on at Salford's takeover and wondering what might have been.

Very good point this. Three out of the top four clubs are coached by English coaches. And I don't see Smith as being a 'typical' Aussie coach in his principles and methods.

I bet one or two clubs are kicking themselves over not going for Powell, good bit of business for Castleford .

Its come to something when James Webster and Stanley Gene are flying the flag for British coaches.

Out of interest which of these British coaches would we like to coach Warrington after Tony Smith?

iestyn harris

Don't ever place that Judas any where near our club again

Tony Smith is technically British.

Iestyn I know is very fond of Warrington. He lives here and his lad is at Rylands. He didn't particularly want to leave Warrington rlfc. He was sold on along with Paul sculthorpe in 2 unpopular deals that saved our club from bankruptcy!

I wonder just how much Wsnes recent success has been down to iestyn's guidance??

Harris & Noble did a decent job at the crusaders.

He didn't particularly want to leave Warrington rlfc. He was sold on along with Paul sculthorpe in 2 unpopular deals that saved our club from bankruptcy!

I wonder just how much Wsnes recent success has been down to iestyn's guidance??'"

If your intention is to divide my post as too correct each part in an attempt to make me look foolish, and to make yourself look very clever, then be certain your are right, otherwise it could reflect the opposite.

Iestyn going on strike! One player going on strike, listen to yourself!
I knew Iestyn around town enough to talk to him back then. He told me John Dorahy(who is probably the worst coach who did more damage in his time at Warrington than any coach in our history) refused to let him play while he was on a transfer, and told him to keep away!
Even Phil Larder knew how pathetic that was, and still had him playing a key role for the lions yet he couldn't get a game at Warrington.

But did Harris engineer a move away from Warrington
He refused to play full back, an order given to him by 2 coaches, dress it up anyway you like, he refused to play for us,I call it going on strike.

P.S. If you think Dorahy was the worst coach, more damage, blahblahblah , you and Harris have probably forgotten Reggie Bowden, Steve Anderson, David Plange, and not forgetting the walking PR disaster that was Lowes.

True, Dorahy wasn't exactly Wayne Bennett, but he did get us a fifth place in the league, only a few months after we were a "basket case" resulting from 2 Stains wallopings in a fortnight.

Keep digging, duckie

Reggie Bowden put together one of the finest sides we have ever had, the club just lost patience waiting for the click!

Steve Anderson inherited a team that had sold on or dispatched of all if its best players to survive, Harris, Sculthorpe, Batemen and a season earlier Davis.
I'm not saying he wad a good coach, but he working with a team like having a dirty bowl of water, and like he tried cleaning it with a bar of soap! He had a sows ear of a team from his first day.

David Plange, not fare to place him in that category. He inherited the same dirty water Anderson had, but I will say this for Plange, I remember that day Briers banged over 5 drop goals against Hull! I say that day helped save Warrington from relegation. So a thank you to Plange and Cullen is in order from me.

John Dorahy is the worst I've ever seen in my lifetime. He took on a role that seen a good, not great! team turned completely in to tatters.

No coach has ever overseen such a greater demise to this club, than it had while he was in charge!

It's when people start dragging up Plange and Anderson, I start to fully appreciate where we are these days! Christ, they were some hard times. Dorahy was a pretty good coach and had us playing some half decent rugby, but was here at the start of some dark times financially for the club.