Adam O'Brien replacement?

a major contributing factor to the team not performing well is the lack of a recognized hooker for the majority of AOB tenure, but that falls on him. He should have had a contingency from the get go after Braileys first injury.

I'm really keen to see how the side goes with a stable spine and a hooker in particular to lay a platform.
He isn't head of recruitment...
 
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He isn't head of recruitment...
Well that is certainly a revelation. You'll be on to theory of dark matter superfluidity next :lol:

he certainly has a say in who is recruited does he not? Are you trying to tell me he just gets given a playing group and has to suck it up if it isnt the group of players he wants?

I find that difficult to believe.
 
Well that is certainly a revelation. You'll be on to theory of dark matter superfluidity next :lol:

he certainly has a say in who is recruited does he not? Are you trying to tell me he just gets given a playing group and has to suck it up if it isnt the group of players he wants?

I find that difficult to believe.
Difference between "having a say" in who is recruited, and suggesting that a recruitment failure "falls on him", as if it's ultimately his fault.
 
blake green leaving isnt he? holbrook was a half, may be for an assistant/halves job? i doubt his recieved offers elsewhere and wants to return to newcastle.
They were saying Green was looking at leaving but will now be staying since AOB is safe ... the implication being that a new coach usually wants to bring in his own assistants, and why stick around if your job isn't safe anyway.

But now it's looking like AOB isn't safe, so Green might decide to go after all. 🤦🏻‍♂️
 
If we sack him now, at the back end of a season when we have the 4th best attack and 6th best defence, after he survived a season where we went 6-18… to replace him with the tinker man himself, Justin Holbrook… I may lose my mind.

They were vindicated in sticking by him. It makes no sense at all.
 
Difference between "having a say" in who is recruited, and suggesting that a recruitment failure "falls on him", as if it's ultimately his fault.
Ok " it is a failure of the coach. He is the Captain of the ship. If anyone is going to be sacked it will be AOB .
 
If we sack him now, at the back end of a season when we have the 4th best attack and 6th best defence, after he survived a season where we went 6-18… to replace him with the tinker man himself, Justin Holbrook… I may lose my mind.

They were vindicated in sticking by him. It makes no sense at all.
my guess is it is a position outside Head Coach. It is the only explanation.
 
If we sack him now, at the back end of a season when we have the 4th best attack and 6th best defence, after he survived a season where we went 6-18… to replace him with the tinker man himself, Justin Holbrook… I may lose my mind.

They were vindicated in sticking by him. It makes no sense at all.
I'd quite literally give up supporting the team.
 
AOB makes finals he ain't going anywhere regardless of who they are talking to... Since the club has been talking to other coaching options we have gone 4 in a row, so having said that
Here's to 4 more in a row and then we need to talk to some else before round 27 for another 4 in a row
 
Why would you pay out Obrien for 2024 to then employ/pay Holbrook who has a inferior record and recently sacked at Titans, sounds like a lot of “you know what”
 
Sounds like Holbrook's manager reached out to the Knights regarding a couple of jobs currently available in the club. Not head coach.

He's looking to move back home to Newie and trying to find employment. Nothing to be worried about.
Is he bring Tino AND Fifita, or just one of them?
 
I didn't know Holbrook was from Newcastle.
I thought he did his juniors in Sydney and came to the Knights as a cheap understudy for Joey, but hardly got a run.
 
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