I do appreciate that Boyem, and don't for one minute believe that we have suddenly become the richest club in Superleague overnight, but we all know that MC isn't exactly skint (have you seen his new Porsche ??), and that being a bean-counter he chooses to spend his money wisely, but I think he may have finally realised that without further investment, we are doomed.
I am seeing this as a positive for the club (not had too may of those this season, have we !!)...the fact that Smith is being brought in to save the club, and the fact that MC is making funds available to help him

Welcome to the Trinity family Brian I have long admired your work...

OK
I know future circumstances will dictate whether Smith stays longer than the end of the season and we could well keep him for the foreseable future which would be great.

Having fielded around 14+ applications for the job from far and wide, if we were to part company with Smith after just 3 months we would then find ourselves advertising the Head Coach position all over again. If Smith leaves after 3 months it will likely be because we got relegated so I doubt we'd get the same level of interest or calibre of Coach applying then, I doubt it.

Let's hope it all works out!

Not my choice cant see why we appoint a 60 year old Aussie when there are good out of work British coaches its a panic appointment

Having said that the appointment is made soo good luck to the fella I would start with a top conditioning appointment and a total booze ban from now until after the last game of the season

I would also like to see a ban on players giving interviews, because they are becoming embarrassing as their actions certainly don't match their words.

I have sympathy with this view as he hs been out of the game a while and it ended badly for him in his last job. He also has famously never won anything in his career despite some hefty salary cap spend. But given the way the season is going, topped off with yesterdays shambles, Smith can't do much worse than what has already gone. I just hope he is fully focused on the challenge and not just coming to top up his pension.

Give us a list then and then quantify their goodness.

The traits of Brian Smith that on paper make him the ideal choice:

- Happy to pull wayward players into line
- Not afraid to axe players from the team
- Disciplinarian
- Has a reputation of going to clubs, sorting out junior development pathways and discipline and getting clubs turned around in a short space of time.
- Been around the game forever

But the best quote I saw:
"few coaches have been described as being as intense, bordering on compulsive-obsessive, as Brian Smith"

What in our current predicament doesn't lend itself perfectly to those attributes?

No matter what happens, im willing to bet that Mr Smith will leave the club in much better shape than when he came. Hes more than just a coach, he will structure the whole framework from top to bottom. M C will find the experience of working along side him invaluable.
S L status may be at the top of our list, but a healthy club must be our long term objective.

Also, it's great that we have a top notch coach and haven't taken the "cheap" option
Onwards and upwards !

Most are out of work for a reason. I actually saw someone on twitter suggesting Bobbie Goulding!

He's been out for 3 years and that's the NRL - he'd have to of been dead for 10 years not to be up to SL speed!

True he's been unlucky because most of those losses were against Wayne Bennett teams and Smith nor most others are in that class.

Truth is it's not my choice either but at least it's bold and at least it's a guy with authority.