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McNamara has left Catalan.
Now there's a thing. Wonder if there is anything to do with Sam leaving to Perth Bears (as reported not confirmed).
Told this is to be announced next week. Burgess to Perth in 2027 is done.
Yes, I heard that he was going as an assistant to Wayne Bennett, with Burgess taking over after2 years.
It was inevitable that Burgess would return to the NRL after his Warrington contract expired.
The situation makes it awkward for us to appoint a new 1st team coach to replace him though, with one and a half seasons to go. It may be better for us if he leaves at the end of this season
I've never known the like of a club with a coach with half of his 3 year contract remaining disclosing details about his next role like this. Wire need to start recruitment now and exit Burgess at the end of this season on our timeline - not his, rather than having a year treading water, or in our case, getting worse. There is no medium or long term future with Sam and he's hardly pulling up any trees like a coaching guru. He is getting that new job on his legend status alone.
No more gimmicks, no more knee jerks, no more jobs for the boys, no more experiments - we need a head coach with some sort of track record of being one.
