With the nrl announcing they will consider Flanagan as a coach as early as this year we'd be mad to not be seriously considering him.
NRL open to Shane Flanagan taking over as head coach if Paul McGregor is sacked by Dragons
With Paul McGregor on the brink at St George Illawarra, The Daily Telegraph can reveal the NRL has softened its stance on former Cronulla boss Shane Flanagan stepping into the Dragons’ head coach role.
Fatima Kdouh, The Daily Telegraph
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June 1, 2020 8:32pm
Pressure mounts on Dragons
NRL: Dragons coach Paul McGregor has been told he has two games to save his position, after another embarrassing performance on the weekend.
The NRL has opened the door for Shane Flanagan to return in a head coach role as soon as this season, putting further pressure on St George Illawarra coach Paul McGregor’s job.
As it stands Flanagan, who is a Dragons assistant coach, isn’t eligible for a head coach role until the end of next season.
But rather than put a line through a return before then,
The Daily Telegraph can reveal the NRL would consider the merit of an application made by the Dragons, or any other club, to appoint Flanagan as a head coach.
Calls for McGregor to be replaced intensified over the weekend
after his side slumped to their third straight loss to start the season, going down 18-nil to an injury-depleted New Zealand Warriors.
In April last year, McGregor was re-signed until the end of 2021 but could end up surviving for the entire duration of the deal despite finishing 15th last year and only managing four wins from the last 21 games.
It’s believed the club
would have folk out between $1.5 and $1.8 million if the board were to terminate McGregor’s contract.
On top of the pay out, the club would also need to find the extra funds to pay a new coach which could cost up to $800,000 a season.
But the board could potentially be swayed to make a call on McGregor’s future if it was in a position to make a cheaper internal hire in his
The Dragons’ next board meeting is scheduled for June 16, with a match against the struggling Gold Coast to follow.
Initially, Flanagan was deregistered indefinitely in December 2018 for violating the rules of his 2014 ban for his role in Cronulla’s supplement scandal.
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