I can’t believe it but I am agreeing with Vastman that Kear would be the ideal replacement. He obviously prefers to coach than be a Director of Rugby because that was the post he held at Wakefield when he went to Bradford.

When everybody wanted CC out , it was bring Ker back . But I see he`s only just been mentioned. Paul Rowley is a coach who could muster his teams up for the battle ( literally ) We need a coach who can get the pack dominating the opposition , to give the half backs breathing space. Try talking Westerman in to a player / coaching position.

Rowley's coaching methods are thuggish and only worked in the Championship.

What else would you do with a massive pack , you make them dominate . Rugby is hard enough but if a pack makes the difference between winning and losing you utilise them .

and he could bring his son as a package deal

he got souths to a prelim final must have some ability

i am a bit out of the loop over here and don't really know what is being proposed but shouldn't we just keep willie in there until its sorted what is happening with the re structure ?we will be safe this yeat at least.

i think we defo need a Aussie Coach with new ideas (exception if we got wane = really like him) but what is the point of spending the money just to find out we are in div 1 wiht no hope of going back up? these aussie ass coached or our of gig coaches would come i reckon for the right price to try and prove themselves for a nrl gig

Ben Hornby

Shane Flanagan

Josh Hannay

Dean Young (has public stated he would go to England as a head coach) i would like this one

Anthony Seybold

By all accounts he got offered the Salford job as soon as Watson left but he turned it down. Apparently he has no desire to become a head coach again any time soon.

Yes pop tart, I agree but, they have to like that job & have on plaudits which is no good to a man that likes his ego & limelight !

Carter has pretty much said job is willies to lose and giving that we are paying cc throughout next season can’t imagine there is any money for a n expensive replacement

JK does tick the right boxes for me, he’d instil discipline back into the club, he knows and loves the club and we haven’t got the luxury of someone having time to find their feet, we need results next season if this new format does come in.

He still sees himself as a SL coach and left on good terms with Carter saying he’d be welcome back at any time. I really can’t see past him.

I`d have him back in a heartbeat.

Fair point, so maybe but it's not exactly modernizing but as you say he's a disciplinarian and a motivator.

I’m undecided on the Kear thing, it depends what we are looking for. If we want a short term boost for a season or so then he’s possibly the man but shouldn’t we be looking more long term than that? And would he want the stress of moving to a struggling superleague club anyway? He turns 67 shortly and has another year on his after this on his Bradford contract so there would be a fee to pay. I also listened to an interview he did last week after some random rumour appeared about him going to Cas as director of rugby and he was quite forceful in his rebuttal of the suggestion he was leaving and he wants to finish the job he has committed to at the bulls. JK was good for us in both his stints here and he should be fondly remembered but on balance i’d probably look elsewhere.

Danny Ward would be my choice, he seems to have some of Kears traits in getting the most out of lower rated players, creates a good team enviroment and is willing to kick some backsides if needed. He also comes across as quite media friendly, something Chester never really looked comfortable with. He is also available now. And I’ll guarantee you Andrew Henderson will apply if he hasn’t already. He has already tried for the Salford, Hull & Cas jobs in the last 12 months and has been linked with Leigh.

If Willie is doing the Head Coach job next year on an assistant's salary, his judgement has to be questioned, so the money has to be found somewhere.

Willie has been an assistant for too long. If we have an end-of-season bounce, he'll end up with the job and 2022 will be 2006 and 2015 all over again, people who are really assistants discovering their shortcomings.

Henderson did well at London, I seem to recall, but why has he been turned down so often?

Perhaps we could offer him cheap digs in Cas as part of the deal. I seem to recall he spoke very fondly of the town (not).