The players were all hoping that Malc would take the coaching role, so it looks like Malc will be the coach in the New Stadium.







Hopefully he will be attending coaching schools and watching and talking to our new players about the techniques they are using now, modern coaching.

Sorry but for me that is way to quick, think the club will go for a big name marque coach from Australia to attract the very biggest named players when the current coach's contract expires at the end of next season. Think that IF Alker makes it as a top notch coach he would need longer than one year as 2nd in command and that bring in said quality Aussie coach he will hopefully be learning the most up to date NRL techniques.

I believe these guys contracts run out at the end of 2011:



David Furner (Raiders)

Shane Flanagan (Sharks)

John Cartwright (Titans)

Wayne Bennett (Dragons)

Daniel Anderson (Eels)

Matthew Elliott (Panthers)

Rick Stone (Knights)

John Lang (Rabbitohs)

Tim Sheens (Tigers)



Some good ones on there (and a great one) but can you imagine John Cartwright coming back to us this time as a coach, in a new stadium a new era, now that would be a dream.

That made me laugh !

we only hear and see the good side of Alan Hunte

Salford mess to many kids around tell them there in, and just leave them on the doorstep, no answer, no explanation

But he does a good job of the bad and the good side of everything i must say

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John Cartwright come on home

Exactly, think we'd all like to kick of the first season in the new stadium with JC at the helm, would bring a wealth of NRL coaching experience, command real respect from both players and fans alike and not only is he the type of forward we are all screaming out for but he promotes and expansive attacking game too boot.



My number one choice without shadow of a doubt.

He (JC) gets my vote - if anyone's taking a vote that is

? Said he was doing a good job ( With the limited resources available to him ) , I guess every season there are difficult decisions to make about who progresses and who doesn't, does he dump people with out explantion ? , I didn't say he was a 'Saint' or that he gets it right every time ,

Said what I think in the past so will end it at that.

The Rugby Genius is doing a fantastic job bringing the youth through,there will be more who dont make it than do and where we are at the mo we dont have access to the best of the best so alans job is to find the late developer or the one that got away, which he has, several times imo a more important job for us than a assistant coach.



We didnt have a assistant, now we do see how we go, somthing is better than nothing.

I'm not 100% convinced that Mal will add a huge amount as Assistant Coach but am pleased that he will still be around the club once he stops playing because his loyalty, work-rate and determination are second to none.



I hope that he will learn lots in his new role and ultimately become a top first team coach.



In the meantime I don't feel that his appointment can do much harm as we have previoulsy had no assistant coach and before that had Scott Naylor who never seemed to be particularly influential.