Agree . Were I Souths, I would have tried to flush out one of the young assistant coaches at a successful club,just like they did with Taylor a few years ago. Storm’s Kearney ruled himself out but I think one of the other Melbourne staff were keen on getting an interview, at least. …I think Chief exec Richardson wanted someone he knew & perhaps a little more distant from the players so thought Lang a good fit, given their working history together at Penrith & Cronulla.
Interesting to see Steve Folkes get a job with the Tigers as ‘Strength,Conditioning & High Performance Mgr’ , a throwback to his initial role at Canterbury….Tigers have said they wouldn’t stand in Folkes’ way if he wanted to return to coaching anywhere in the future but perhaps there may be opportunities ‘in house’ ?. …Coach Sheens still has some ‘goodwill’ , particularly after the improved team effort this year ,despite not making finals but his time could be up if the Tigers miss again in 2010…
As for this year ,I reckon we’ll have a Canterbury (not as hard to type as I thought ….Sorry, all the media/public outpouring of ‘Eel’ love does nothing for me. If anything it alienates me further....) v Melbourne grand final next weekend.