I just don't get all this talk of a DOR. Has anybody been a successful DOR before? I mean i hear this role crop up a lot but whats wrong with a good old fashioned coach by himself. Have all of the most successful coaches in SL & the NRL had a DOR? i don't recall any..
Sinfield was DOR at Leeds under Ager? and it was all pretty much a disaster IIRC.

It’s not right that Powell had the call on what he wanted to do with players.
I don’t think Powell fully had the interest of the players at heart, and that it he just didn’t have the honeymoon period of time to give a fringe player that consideration.
It’s best someone else not connected with the pressures of the first team, deals with the welfare of the affected player.

Director of Rugby is a great position to have. Step back and look at every aspect of the ins and outs and help with the day to day running of the club. Leaves Burgess to concentrate on the players and performance, and KF to run instagram.
I think Chambers is a smart guy and a good choice for the role.

Called it

I hope he does turn out to be an inspired appointment. Just amazing fortune that the best person in the whole world for the job was already at the club... To me it smacks of when/how KF was appointed.

He picked broadly the same team as Powell did and we were still crap.

Anyway ... we will see.

Visionary. Warrington in w@nk appointment shocker!

Tell me what experience you think that Chambers has that will enable him to develop an elite, succesful, sporting environment from the low base of what we have now? How does he know what it takes to win?

This is a fair challenge. I think the rationale was to have a pure sporting/rugby voice on the board as opposed to the clown.

That's up to Burgess to turn us in to winners, Chambers said he'll be looking at the day to day running of the club. He didn't say he's sitting behind Burgess calling the shots, he's there to ensure smooth running of the club. He'll have input and Question decisions being made, which is a good thing rather than making rash decisions. I think he's got a good calm temperament which could be good all round.

Doesn't a DoR responsibilities include : culture, playing style/ethos, values, recruitment and retention of performance team, succession planning, salary cap planning, contracts, line management of performance staff, sporting facilities, youth, womens and pdrl rugby operations?

Do you think he was consulted on the Burgess appointment?