Saw a brief interview with Kevin Walters on Ch 7 News tonight. Pat Molihan asked him about the Tigers job, and rather than say something cliche like "oh mate, it's finals week, all I'm focused on is getting the Storm ready for Sunday", he said something along the lines of "I'm very open to an offer, I have strong aspirations of becoming a head coach one day". Read into it what you will but that looks like positive signs IMO. Half the job of appointing a new coach is to ensure mutual grounds and that they're as interested in the partnership as the club is.
Rumour - Steve Folkes a possible coaching contender
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Highlands_Tiger
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Steve Folkes in my opinion would be a great choice for coach, but Mr Ball Main until you reveal your reliable source on this info we are just speculating about your information and this thread will end up like the Lote and Adam Blair threads 150thousands pages long, and I have just added to this[I'll give myself a wedgie]
I will not believe Steve Folkes will be appointed coach until the club appoints the new coach and releases the info.
I will not believe Steve Folkes will be appointed coach until the club appoints the new coach and releases the info.
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Who put 20 cents in the rumour mill??????
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1974semifinal
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This is NOT TRUE…I have it on good authority...He is sweating on the STGI position. Price won't last . And don't worry , being appointed St George Coach IS a big deal.and he wants it..
St George would be stupid to release Folkes. Steve Price had a terrible year, not only with on the field results, but in the way he's planned for 2012/13\. They've lost Hornby, Young and Scott, as well as promising juniors in Marketo and Buchanan. They have no halfback for next year, no recognised fullback, an ageing squad, and have made no real decent signings (the only signing I can think of is Gerard Beale). They missed the finals for only the second time since '04 (other time was in '07 - Brown was coach, wasn't he?! hmm…), and only two years after winning the premiership. If the Dragons don't start the season well next year I can totally see them sacking Price and promoting Folkes to head coach.
This will be the Lead story in the DT tomorrow….
Tigersmurf
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@Spartan117 said:
It mustn't be true then
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And the merry-go-round continues to spin…Folkes might be alright, he'd certainly have the players in shape and I get the impression he wouldn't tolerate as much crap as Sheens would. I'll re-name the title of the thread too.
Fraze23
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@tigerkaz said:
In all fairness he was only 29 when he started at St George and in 6 years he only missed the finals twice. Not too bad for a rookie coach. Took Huddersfield to the challenge cup final in his first year as coach overseas as well. I think a lot of the criticism on Brown is a tad unfair.
GNR4LIFE
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@tigerkaz said:
You call a couple pre-lim finals terrible? gee whiz
I think most people remember Brownie as the guy who slapped Barrett on the field. He had some success with Dragons but many of their fans think they should have walked away with at least 1 premiership with the team they had during that period.
I spent so long trashing Dragons and Brownie during that time, it seems weird that he is now a leading contender to coach us. I am coming around to the idea though.
I spent so long trashing Dragons and Brownie during that time, it seems weird that he is now a leading contender to coach us. I am coming around to the idea though.
