Wants to coach in NRL
Super League coach of the year Mick Potter has expressed an interest in the vacant Wests Tigers job after returning home to Australia.
Potter, who was yesterday voted the best coach in Super League by his peers at rival clubs after his efforts with the Bradford this year, turned down an offer from the Bulls’ new owners and wants a job in the NRL.
While yet to speak to anyone at the Tigers since the club decided last week to move Tim Sheens into a different role, Potter said he would be keen to do so if there was a chance he could get the coaching job.
After seven years in charge of the Catalan Dragons, St Helens RLFC and Bradford Bulls, Potter feels he has something to offer as an NRL coach but would consider an assistant’s role.
Parramatta Eels bound assistant Matt Parish, Sydney Roosters under-20s coach Jason Taylor and Melbourne Storm deputy Kevin Walters have also been linked to the job.
what about the warriors mick?
God please send us Walters or Potter!!!
Brad Arthur will make a good assistant coach IMO. Hes probably better than Stuart. He knew exactly the type of gameplan Parramatta suited and 3/4 wins came against quality sides.
Interesting no one has picked him up. Apparently the Roosters are interested in him. It baffles me how Roosters arent one of Sydneys premier clubs. Yes they have an extremely small catchement area the smallest in all of the league so I dont blame them for poaching but they have money, facilities etc.
I guess next year with great talent and a new coach and better roster they can challenge next year. Theyll finish 5-6th IMO and Panthers 9th. They wont win it and it wont be Bulldogs year either might be lol@Souffs year IMO.
I agree KSO I would love Arthur to be an assistant but we only have one assistant coaching spot available so id rather Mick Potter as assistant and were also planning to get Cherry Mescia as coach. And it baffles me too I guess its just a combination of bad coaching and big buys turning out flops. Now we have talent and I mean “talent” every club thinks they have talent but were more talented than others. Clubs like Parra claim they have great juniors but in reality Sio is the only promising one with a massive future. Parra aremt the junior powerhouse they used to be.
Canberra have the best promising talent IMO. Lee, Wighton, Mataora, Papalii, Cornish, McIllwrick.
We have Moga, Cordner, Tuivasa-Sheck, Tupou, Evans, Napa and they are talented unlike other clubs who claim their juniors to be promising Moga has represented U20s Origin and Junior Roos and has massive wraps, Cordner captain U20s Blues, Tuivasa-Sheck hasnt even played a year of league just came out of school and is representing NZ juniors and was named in NYC team of the year Evans and Napa represented Junior Roos and Junior Blues, Tupou scored a hatrick in his second game and Nsw cup top scorer. Leilua was Blues 18th man.
Imo Canberra has best talent followed by Dogs(Klemmer etc) then Roosters then Panthers(VTK) and Tigers(Nofoaluma, Rowe, Koroibete)
Sorry made a midtake Cherry Mescia as strength and Conditioning coach
Easts Do you not rate Sironen, Tedesco both 18, Groat and Miller and also the two junior kiwi props in Sue and Fatuaki? Anyway I would have thought winning the GF by 40 would indicate some talent in the Tigers camp. Have to say Evans and Napa are special got size and speed. Sheck could be anything. So Roosters looking good with plenty of youngsters that have already made the grade.
It would be great to have Potter at the tigers to freshen things up.
Hope Tim Sheens sticks around also, he has done a lot for the club.
“Potter could weave magic”
Come on now…
Mick Potter is an ex Saints player. He captained us and won the Dally M medal playing for us, he also won a Dally M medal playing for Can’terbury. I would much prefer to give him a run coaching Saints then the Price is not right. Potter has had a lot of coaching experience coaching in England and deserves a shot at NRL.
He could be a good choice for Wests too.
This is probably the best news for the tigers for a long time, the last coach from an english club that came to aus was mike Maguire for the rabbitohs and he has made a huge difference for the club, potter would probably do the same.
please god, give the long-suffering wests franchise a break and give us potter. if not, taylor
DS most times you make a lot of sense but fair dinkum mate you do bag the Dragons a hell of a lot also. Give Pricey ago mate give him 2 or 3 really good players blended in with our current roster them i’m sure you’ll be changing your point of view. As for Potter he’s a nice guy and obviously a good coach but really Mick why take on a team heading backwards????
The questions are does Pricey have the authority to make decisions without consulting the rest of his coaching staff? Will 2 or 3 good players come to our club to play under Pricey? There are many people on this site saying that no one wants to come and play under Pricey and combine that with reports that player agents don’t want to deal with Craig Young and thirdly will Pricey get rid of Jamie Coward?
cmonthedragons, Thats the problem which players will want to play for price..?
this is the bloke who should have been given the job when doust made nathan brown head coach and we all know how that turned out years of torture when we had the team to win 2 or 3 titles
ANOTHER TOP DECISION DOUST YOU MUPPET!
Walters as a coach, Haha yeah right, cuz the last deputy coach at Melbourne did a really good job coaching at the top level.