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You're right about expectation. And the board will be aware of this too - they will be facing another election in February 2022, so if we don't make the 8 this year (I think we can) we definitely need to make it in 2021.It’s probably fair that he gets the chance in 2021 but I also think there is a lot of expectation and pressure for 2021- anything less than finals is probably a failure. So I think the best available person for the job should get it. We also don’t know how much help Pay is getting with his coaching as there is a heap of ex players around the club at the moment... bit of a family environment
Agree best available for the job. Whether or not that's Dean will largely be up to him and how we get out of the gates this year.
Most clubs have multiple coaches now - assistants, forwards coaches, backs coaches, halves coaches, kicking coaches etc - I wouldn't pay too much attention to that.
A head coach is largely also responsible for strategy including juniors, recruitment/retention etc - not just the game plan for each game. One bloke doesn't and couldn't do it all - even if you're Robinson or Bellamy.