www.therhinos.co.uk/news/morley- ... D6MzHrfWEd New head academy coach. Could be a master stroke

www.therhinos.co.uk/news/morley- ... D6MzHrfWEd New head academy coach. Could be a master stroke

www.loverugbyleague.com/news_242 ... leeds.html Hmmm, not sure about this, no coaching experience. But good to see him back at Leeds. Whoops just beaten to posting this.

www.loverugbyleague.com/news_242 ... leeds.html Hmmm, not sure about this, no coaching experience. But good to see him back at Leeds. Whoops just beaten to posting this.

At least (for better or worse) it provides BM with a full-time assistant.
No mention of what happens to Barry Eaton.

Quite happy with this. Any change to something that is not working is at least the right move. Let's hope it rubs of successful now.

Good to see the club employing some brains in a key position.

What's your opinion of Wane?

Not sure about this one. Top bloke, great playing CV and no doubt will bring some added value. My question is however, what knowledge on skill development and skill acquisition does he bring? These youth players wouldn't survive in SL now as they don't possess the necessary skill set (and of course strength) so how is this developed? These are young kids, so skill acquisition and development expertise would be top of my list if I were recruiting this job. How can we as Leeds Rhinos turn our 8 out of 10 rated U16,17, and 18's into 9 out of 10 rated player and ones we as fans can genuinely get excited about. .

It's about performing skills under pressure, it's about being creative and allowing players to express themselves whilst taking ownership. Passion and pride get you so far as a coach but learning new skills as players is the bread and butter for me.

Morley will no doubt bring passion, no doubt some good experience however can he develop players skill set! That's what we lack at junior and academy level.

Another ex-prop developing the half-backs and hookers we need going forward.

Head Academy coach...with no coaching experience whatsoever. You couldnt make it up.

Good lad no doubt and great to have him back as a club ambassador, but this looks like another poor decision by Gawy.

One of only a handful of UK players to be rated by the Aussies.

IF he is supplied with the right tools and the right assistants then we can reap his experience of being at the very top of the game, an invaluable asset and edge if we can tap into his experience.

I would really like a quality "backs" coach involved somewhere in the coaching equation though, no disrespect to Morley.

He's a sheeple.

Sinfield should have been made an offer he could not refuse to head up the academy

He has a top job at the RFL, we won't see him back at HQ for many years if at all imo.

I think he's obviously aiming to be head of the RFL eventually. He's still relatively young though. I wouldn't at all be suprised to see him back at Leeds but all the signs are it would be in a management role rather than a coaching one.

He does not have a top job at the R.F.L . He has a part time job

RFL Rugby director heading the planning team for the 2021 WC. i would say that was a top job.

What is is role exactly? he isn't head of development so maybe he just doing the coaching side of things and building up some experience, as opposed to actually being in charge of developing their skill sets.

As for those worried about backs coaching, in a year or two we will have McGuire (who has said before he wants to work with young halfbacks), and Burrow (who already coaches the under 16s I believe), who could hopefully become full time members of the coaching staff.

I know some will complain about jobs for the boys, but I think it was clearly a mistake letting Sinfield and Peacock leave the club and we shouldn't make the same mistake with another 2 of Leeds best ever players.

No idea about Moz's capability. Hopefully he's another Dean Bell. We'll see in 10 years.

I wonder if Mac leaves suddenly Mozza will be given " temporary " head coaching job? Or I wonder if that's the plan anyway?

What has Morley done to suggest he's capable of coaching anyone other than by exhorting them to smash into the opposition? I hope he's a tad more sophisticated when it comes to halfbacks.

Since when did how and what position someone play determine how well someone will be as a coach? History is littered with great players who bombed as coaches and little known players succeeding as coaches.

Our esteemed head coach was a prop, was he not?

Thereby rests our case.

He can down a pint in 3 seconds. Given some of the lads who have come through your academy I think that skill will mean he will hit the floor running

Regards

King James