You didn’t answer the question Ben, you diverted. I’ll answer yours:
- Other do worse? Name some names and I’ll answer specifically.
- Last 17 games: give the kids who’ll be here next year more minutes (several won’t be here).
- Do I enjoy: obviously not.
- Can’t do better: see question 1.
Last year they could have signed O'Brien or Holbrook. Both had far better credentials than Pay. O'Brien has been impressive at Newcastle. Demetriou was always a good option before he got the job to succeed Bennett.
Holbrook has had a horrible start at the Titans but he inherited as big as mess as Pay did and many people want to write Holbrook off after three games but keep making excuses for Pay after three years...
Candidates from the ESL would be Shaun Wane, Adrian Lam, Kristian Woolf..
Assistants to look at would be Craig Fitzgibbon, Andrew McFadden, Cam Ciraldo, Todd Peyton.
From ex NRL coaches only Henry or Griffin I'd go near as they've both got a decent track record at having an impact in year one at clubs but they'd be short term options.
I'm sure there are others out there I can't think of. Eventually they'll have to find another coach. One isn't just magically going to appear. So they'll have to take a chance on someone else and hope they do better than Pay. Which won't be hard to achieve.