As he still has close ties with our club would like to see Mal Meninga as a future coach, Holbrook will be hot property in a couple of years if we win trophies this and next season. My gut instinct with Holbrook is that he has a 2 year extension but with a get out clause in his favour., the latter bit causing the delay in the announcement.
His first part-season he led us from no-confidence no-marks to the play-off SF, where we only lost away to the runaway league leaders in the final seconds due to Morgan having a brainfart
Last season was a killer, and we changed our gamestyle disastrously, as well as looking shattered by season's end (and our star player had put his cue on the rack by then also)
I think he'll have learned big lessons.
After taking over a negative uninspiring team and doing what he has done i cannot believe any one could say Holbrook has not been anything but a resounding success. More please.
If a team kick an early penalty to go 2-0 up, they are Justin front.
I'll get my coat. Been a slow day
Anyone else getting a bit worried now at the silence from our end and the links to Bulldogs?
My understanding is that Holbrook is leaving. Long was aware of this and asked to be considered for the post. He was told that wouldn’t happen and is why he accepted a position in union. Not sure how true, just what I have been told
This is correct and it's what I was talking about on the long thread about us not wanting to go down the club legend route again. Apparently Long had a meeting with Rush and Holbrook before he made his decision on leaving and he was told he wouldn't be considered for the job.
Last I heard Justin was looking at the titans job but that might have changed with a better opportunity at the dogs. I really don't think we'll see him here next season myself.
How about Shaun Wane as your next coach?
I’ve thought this would happen and said on a thread at the start of the season that if he really wanted to stay he would have sorted his contract at the end of last season. Is there also a chance Marshall was appointed assistant as a contingency incase Holbrook left and we wanted someone who knew the team? I can only really see the contenders being him or someone from Australia again as there are no SL coaches who are good enough. However, was there not something, in League Express, about McManus saying a new contract for Holbrook was all but done?
This was in May https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post...t-helens-deal/
and this was the league express one https://twitter.com/leagueexpress/st...39895258546176