Warrington Wolves • Dumb rugby

I think fans can rightly criticise a head coach simply because he is responsible for winning games, motivating the players, and deciding the tactics. If any of that is clearly going wrong the buck stops at the coach and eventually he gets the sack.

Trouble is, we don't know exactly what Briers does. We don't know if the kids love training with him, whether he contributes to the match tactics, whether he studies matches to pinpoint strengths and weaknesses of the opposition, whether he turns up an hour early or bunks off in the afternoon for a pint. We don't know if he would like to move on and get a head coach job or whether the club is desperately hanging on to him. The only thing we really know is that he has a shockingly bad beard and looks like someone from the gold rush era.