The problem is it's not really just an extra half a year, if the start of next year didn't work out, the whole year is a wash. The chances of getting a coach mid season is a lot harder so we end up with an interim coach for the remainder of the year.
Another year is down the drain and closer to the end of the Pearce, Ponga and Klemmer contracts who may not want to resign with poor results and instability around the club.
Yeah I thought the same. It is enough time while Ponga is contracted for the coach to put his stamp on the team. This is probably one of the biggest decisions the Wests Group has to make on the footballing side so they want to give the coach enough time to have an impact and be given an opportunity to mould the team.
Interesting times ahead for the team.