Leeds Rhinos • Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4
Exeter Rhino wrote:
Thanks for this.
Whomever the new coach will be, I do get nervous at the hint of wholesale changes to the first team. While I would agree new faces are needed, this is something that neither Agar nor Smith managed well, leaving a roster of contracted players to hamstring the next person in the hot seat.
About half of Smith's tenure was blighted by disruption caused by players unhappy that they weren't wanted or didn't want to play certain positions, from the bench or not be captain (etc), and a handful we wanted to move on but couldn't - including some signed by Smith too (Olpherts as a case in point).
Hopefully the new coach will be honest enough to be transparent with all the playing staff as early as possible so that any ongoing disruption is minimised and does not cast too much of a shadow over the 2025 season.
Yes good post.
The reality is we can’t do wholesale changes because of contracts and cap. I guess he is just establishing how much backing he can expect when ultimately it’s his head and reputation.
He seems very direct, may be just what we need but I don’t think he’ll mess about.
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