Quote theredshed="theredshed"Ed Farish’s statement yesterday mentioned the club are looking for an overseas coach. As it is generally the way for contracted coaches in the NRL not to leave their posts to join other clubs what are the options available to us?
[uBrian Smith[/u
Formally with: South Sydney
2011 – Finished 6th
2012 – Finished 11th
2013 – Finished 13th
[uStephen Kearney[/u
Formally with: Parramatta
2012 – Finished 14th
2013 – Finished 16th and replaced during season
[uBrian McClennan[/u
Formally with: New Zealand Warriors
2012 – Finished 14th and replaced during season
Any thoughts and other suggestions who the club could be considering?'"
Just for the record, Smith was with Easts and not Souths. In 2010 he surprisingly coached Easts to the GF, losing to Wayne Bennett's St George.
From Wiki' - [i'For the 2010 NRL season Smith took over as Roosters coach from Brad Fittler who had been sacked the previous year. At the 2010 Dally M Awards Smith was named coach of the year. The Rooseters reached the 2010 NRL Grand Final but were defeated by Wayne Bennett's St. George Illawarra Dragons. Smith also worked as an assistant coach for Steve McNamara for the English team in their 2010 Four Nations campaign.
Smith was sacked by the club with a year still remaining on his contract at the end of the 2012 NRL season, after the Roosters finished in 13th place with an 8-15-1 record[/i'
