The mole saying Cowboys players want Woolf as their coach for 2021.
https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/mole-cr...3-f59fa79eef1d
The mole saying Cowboys players want Woolf as their coach for 2021.
https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/mole-cr...3-f59fa79eef1d
Last edited by zippy; 3rd August 2020 at 23:15.
He can go for me. He has publicaly stated than tonga comes before st helens and he would only take our job if he can continue working on tonga. Id rather a coach 100% committed to us and no other club
He had an strange pre-season with a lot of his key players missing due to the internationals at the end of last season, and the WCC game too. We've come out post lockdown with what appears to be a belief and positive way of playing on the evidence of the Catalans match.
But if he's even remotely being tempted by a move so early in his tenure as a first team coach, i'd be concerned. Could it just be lazy journalism or "no smoke without firre"?
It only says he has the support of some of the senior NQC players, as does one of the other 4 or 5 men in the running.
As long as we have an Australian coach, we have to accept that they will always be linked with a move back to the NRL. I’m sure the club factors this into the planning when we chose one.
I think if he does leave Marshall will take over. I think we need to buck the trend of Aussie coaches using SL to get a job back at home.
If he does go, I wouldn't go for another Aussie unless he agreed to a large buy out fee in his contract if he went to an NRL club during his contract period. Any odds on Longy returning?
Better if Woolf wants to work in the NRL which I am sure he will do, Saints should just let him go.
I agree with the previous comment all Australian Coaches who are any good working in this country will always be looked at by teams in Australia.
If he leaves I would like to see Marshall given a chance with Wellens along with Derek Trainer given a role, they both now the club inside out.
I'd have Justin Back loved and adored.
I'm not sure on Long as head coach but he certainly knows what the club is about.
So do I.
I think you speak for us all there but it will be on to bigger things for him. I see him at the Roosters within 3 years and wouldn't be surprised if he went all the way to the top job.
Alot of people assuming Woolf is leaving and writing him off here.
I personally hope he stays and no reason to believe he won't unless we hear something more concrete. It's not been the best start to the season but injuries and the WCC affected early season performances. The Catalans game shows what the team can do and I believe Woolf will prove to be a very good coach for us given time.
Originally Posted by Despondent Dave
I’d rather us not lose a coach after a year but if he’s going to be gone after a couple of seasons anyway then maybe it’s better if he went at the end of the year and we can appoint Watson or Marshall long term. From what I can see though, it looks like the job is Todd Paytens. Turned down the NZ Warriors job for family reasons which has to be nonsense considering he went for the interview anyway and is seemingly the front runner for the Cowboys job.
I'm fully behind Woolf after Sunday, I admit as lock down started I did think that I wouldn't have been bothered if he'd left in the same way I wouldn't if he wanted NRL next season but can't fault that display on Sunday.
Time will tell if he is/was right for us, in 35 years of going to Saints I've only ever wanted with a passion one coach gone but I'll leave that one in the past.
The last thing the club needs is instability and rumours undermining things.
I just hope the club knows more about what is going on than we do. With the rumours circling at the moment we've got four more forwards to replace for next season, which will be an almost impossible task if we're having to cut costs due to the financial impact of this season.
Since when did playing in the WCC become such a detrimental thing for a club? I can’t say I’ve particularly noticed Leeds or Wigan make such claims, but I don’t know if that’s because I don’t follow those clubs.
We also had injuries but were those injuries that bad that we had to completely abandon a style of play and go from one extreme to the other? I don’t think so.
I wasn’t overly enamoured but Woolf’s start and can’t help but feel the rule changes have gone against what he was trying to do at the club. I will happily give him a chance as we have no idea how it would have panned out normally and I will judge him off the rules now.
That said, if his head gets turned or he and his family doesn’t settle, then I’m more than happy for him to return to Australia.
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