Former NSW Origin great Laurie Daley in frame for coach job
LAURIE Daley has emerged as a potential frontrunner to coach NSW next season should Ricky Stuart jump ship for Canterbury.
While speculation surrounding the Bulldogs and a likely offer to Stuart in the wake of the sacking of Kevin Moore continues to grow, NSW league officials can do nothing but sit tight and wait to see how it plays out.
NSWRL boss Geoff Carr reinterated yesterday that next year's Blues coach will have no affiliation with an NRL club.
That would automatically rule out Stuart if he links with the Dogs.
"Ricky Stuart has a two-year contract to coach the Blues and is very keen to do it again," Carr said.
"If he gets a huge offer to coach back in the NRL, something he can't knock back, then obviously we'd have to look at it. But at this stage, it's all speculation."
Carr said a possible alternative to Stuart, should he vacate the Blues job, has never been officially discussed.
"We have a coach for next year," he insisted. "It hasn't been discussed and I'm not about to speculate on it."
But well-placed sources have told The Sunday Telegraph that Daley would be among the frontrunners for the position in the event Stuart becomes unavailable.
"He'd be the first choice at this stage, depending on his work commitments and whether he could do it or not," the source said.
"His name has certainly been casually tossed around by a few people.
"The list of possible contenders is not all that long.
"Laurie's done the Country Origin job for the past three or four years and done well there. With the right people around him, he'd handle Origin in much the same way that big Mal (Meninga) has for Queensland.
**"The only difference is I don't think Laurie would be afraid to come out and say he needs some help around him."**
Well no surprises with the last comment there…
LAURIE Daley has emerged as a potential frontrunner to coach NSW next season should Ricky Stuart jump ship for Canterbury.
While speculation surrounding the Bulldogs and a likely offer to Stuart in the wake of the sacking of Kevin Moore continues to grow, NSW league officials can do nothing but sit tight and wait to see how it plays out.
NSWRL boss Geoff Carr reinterated yesterday that next year's Blues coach will have no affiliation with an NRL club.
That would automatically rule out Stuart if he links with the Dogs.
"Ricky Stuart has a two-year contract to coach the Blues and is very keen to do it again," Carr said.
"If he gets a huge offer to coach back in the NRL, something he can't knock back, then obviously we'd have to look at it. But at this stage, it's all speculation."
Carr said a possible alternative to Stuart, should he vacate the Blues job, has never been officially discussed.
"We have a coach for next year," he insisted. "It hasn't been discussed and I'm not about to speculate on it."
But well-placed sources have told The Sunday Telegraph that Daley would be among the frontrunners for the position in the event Stuart becomes unavailable.
"He'd be the first choice at this stage, depending on his work commitments and whether he could do it or not," the source said.
"His name has certainly been casually tossed around by a few people.
"The list of possible contenders is not all that long.
"Laurie's done the Country Origin job for the past three or four years and done well there. With the right people around him, he'd handle Origin in much the same way that big Mal (Meninga) has for Queensland.
**"The only difference is I don't think Laurie would be afraid to come out and say he needs some help around him."**
Well no surprises with the last comment there…
